Tag: dataprotection
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Clop Ransomware Hack Claims 250th Org with Radisson Hotels
The number of organizations affected by a recently exploited vulnerability in a popular file transfer tool surpassed 250 on Monday as major corporations like Radisson Hotels and two major insurance companies confirmed that their data was accessed by hackers exploiting a vulnerability in the software. Choice Hotels – the company that purchased global hotel chain… Read more
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11 Million Patients Info Exposed in HCA Healthcare Data Breach
From women’s health clinics in Pensacola to cardiology specialists in Sarasota to Lake Nona’s hospital, HCA Healthcare’s 47 hospitals and 180 physicians in Florida were among those affected by the company’s nationwide data breach. HCA Healthcare officials announced this week that a list of patients’ information was compromised and discovered on an online forum for sale by an… Read more
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UK NHS Is Under Constant Cyber Attack and Suffers Largest Breach Ever
The UK’s largest National Health Service (NHS) trust has yet again suffered a ransomware attack on its systems, compromising data of about 2.5 million patients. Calling it to be “the biggest breach of healthcare data in the United Kingdom”, the notorious ransomware gang BlackCat claimed to have stolen 70 terabytes of sensitive data from Barts… Read more
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Japan’s Largest Port Forced to Shut Down Due To Ransomware
The Port of Nagoya, the largest and busiest port in Japan, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that currently impacts the operation of container terminals. The port accounts for roughly 10% of Japan’s total trade volume. It operates 21 piers and 290 berths. It handles over two million containers and cargo tonnage of 165 million… Read more
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Pepsi Bottling Suffers a Data Breach
More than 28,000 individuals were impacted by a data breach at independent bottling company Pepsi Bottling Ventures. Discovered on January 10, the data breach occurred between December 23, 2022, and January 19, 2023, and resulted in the personal, financial, and health information of the company’s employees being accessed by an unauthorized party. On February 10, Pepsi Bottling… Read more
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Scientists Use AI to Crack Over 25% of LinkedIn Passwords In Minutes
Scientists from Stevens Institute of Technology found a new technique that combines an existing hacking tool and artificial intelligence to figure out a quarter of 43 million LinkedIn profiles. The best dark web password guessers, John the Ripper and hashCat guessed 90 percent of passwords but took years of manual coding to create. Meanwhile, Stevens… Read more
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Poly Network Loses at Least $10 Million in Crypto
Millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency were stolen from the Poly Network platform this weekend in an attack that saw hackers take billions of largely worthless coins. The China-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform provides users the ability to trade cryptocurrency assets across different blockchains. Early on Sunday morning, the company said it was suspending its services due… Read more
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Univ of Manchester Ransomware Attack Exposes Data Of Over A Million NHS Patients
A ransomware attack on the University of Manchester has exposed the details of 1.1 million NHS patients from across 200 hospitals. Information about major trauma patients was collected by the university for research purposes, and includes details of patients from across the UK. It is believed that NHS patient numbers have been leaked, as well as… Read more
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More Than 16 Million People Have Had Data Exposed in MOVEit Breaches – 158 Companies Affected So far
More than 16 million people are known to have had their information accessed by hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in the MOVEit software thus far, according to researchers tracking the situation — a tally that is likely a fraction of the total amount. Since June 1, experts have warned of the vulnerability affecting the popular file transfer… Read more
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The Two Largest California Pension Funds Suffer Data Breach of Over a Million Beneficiaries
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System reported that hackers stole the names, social security numbers, birth dates and other confidential information of roughly 769,000 retirees and beneficiaries, taking advantage of a vulnerability in a contracted vendor’s cybersecurity system. “This external breach of information is inexcusable,” said CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost in a news release. “Our… Read more