Richard N. Velotta reports: The Federal Trade Commission’s dispute with MGM Resorts International over providing information about 2023’s costly cyberattack against the company may be coming to a resolution. The FTC has told MGM it plans to withdraw its civil investigative demand regarding the incident that cost the company an estimated $100 million and crippled the company’s…
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FBCS updates the number affected in its 2024 breach to 4,253,394
Lawrence Abrams reports: Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) has again increased the number of people impacted by a February [2024] data breach, now saying it affects 4.2 million people in the US. … The exposed data varies per individual but can include the following information: Full name Social Security Number (SSN)…
DISA Global Solutions reports more than 3.3 million people affected by 2024 data breach, but questions remain
On February 3, DataBreaches quoted a press release by BakerHostetler about a breach update from DISA Global Solutions that DISA had issued on January 23, 2025. BakerHostetler’s release was subsequently removed from their website, although a copy still currently exists at PublicNow. Of note, in their main takeaways section, BakerHostetler quoted DISA’s update and commented:…
No need to hack when it’s leaking, Monday edition: TeammateApp
Another day, another leak, another inaccurate claim by an entity, and another inappropriate attack on a researcher. Buckle up. TeammateApp is not the sort of entity that DataBreaches usually reports on. DataBreaches decided to report on a data leak they reportedly experienced because once again, a well-intended researcher appears to have been falsely accused of…
Cyberespionage groups or cybercriminals? UAV and C-UAV vendors and buyers are increasingly targeted
As Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or “drones”) and Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are increasingly deployed as part of military operations, there has also been an upsurge in counter-UAV (C-UAV) and counter-UAS technologies designed to detect and neutralize the threats they pose. Unsurprisingly, there has been an uptick in cyberespionage groups and cybercriminals attempting to acquire…
As US newspaper outages drag on, Lee Enterprises blames cyberattack for encrypting critical systems
Zack Whittaker reports: Newspaper publishing giant Lee Enterprises said an ongoing cyberattack is causing disruptions across its business, and is now in its third week of outages. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Lee said it was conducting a forensic analysis to determine if sensitive or personal data was stolen in…