DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Category: U.S.

For $80 Million, Yahoo! Settles Shareholder Class Action Claiming Stock Price Losses from Data Breaches

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Dissent

Derek Borchardt and Craig A. Newman write: In the first notable resolution of a data breach-related securities fraud case, a federal court has preliminarily approved Yahoo!’s $80 million settlement based on multiple hacking incidents. As we reported, Yahoo! suffered two cyber-attacks in 2013 and 2014, which compromised the personal information of billions of users. Yahoo!,…

Read more

DC health website security breach exposes nurse’s personal info including SSN

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Dissent

Scott Taylor reports: A nurse tells 7 On Your Side and Call For Action she was horrified to discover a government web site exposed her name, address and social security number to others… and could have done the same to 600 other nurses. Nurses just like Alexia Park can log onto the DC Department of…

Read more

Identities of thousands of Tennesseans with HIV made vulnerable by government error

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Dissent

Bret Kelman reports: For nine months, the confidential data just sat there, where hundreds of employees could reach it. The identities of thousands of Tennesseans with HIV or AIDS, both living and dead, were listed in a computer database kept on a server accessible to the entire staff of the Nashville Metro Public Health Department. But…

Read more

DOJ backtracks on linking OPM hack to loan fraud case

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Dissent

From the not-surprised dept.: I had suggested previously that claims that data used in identity theft came from the OPM hack were not very convincing. Now the government has walked back any claim that the data did come from the OPM hack. Mark Rockwell reports: The Justice Department said it jumped the gun with a…

Read more

Follow-Up: MedEvolve provides notice of leaky FTP server

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Dissent

On May 16, DataBreaches.net reported on a breach involving MedEvolve. The breach had been reported to this site by an independent researcher, who had found that some of MedEvolve’s clients’ patient information was exposed on a public FTP server with no login required. The MedEvolve incident was included in the May statistics compiled for Protenus’s…

Read more

MO: Cass Regional responds to ransomware attack

Posted on July 10, 2018 by Dissent

A special statement from Cass Regional HOSPITAL NEWS | MONDAY, JULY 9, 2018 At approximately 11 a.m. this morning, Cass Regional Medical Center became aware of a ransomware attack on its information technology infrastructure. Affected areas include internal communication systems and access to the organization’s electronic health record (EHR). At this time, there is no…

Read more
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 708
  • 709
  • 710
  • 711
  • 712
  • 713
  • 714
  • …
  • 1,916
  • Next

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Horizon Healthcare RCM discloses ransomware attack in December
  • Disgruntled IT Worker Jailed for Cyber Attack, Huddersfield
  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
  • Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates Notifies Individuals of Data Breach in 2024
  • Battlefords Union Hospitals notifies patients of employee snooping in their records
  • Alert: Scattered Spider has added North American airline and transportation organizations to their target list
  • Northern Light Health patients affected by security incident at Compumedics; 10 healthcare entities affected
  • Privacy commissioner reviewing reported Ontario Health atHome data breach
  • CMS warns Medicare providers of fraud scheme
  • Ex-student charged with wave of cyber attacks on Sydney uni

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • The Trump administration is building a national citizenship data system
  • Supreme Court Decision on Age Verification Tramples Free Speech and Undermines Privacy
  • New Jersey Issues Draft Privacy Regulations: The New
  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
  • Germany Wants Apple, Google to Remove DeepSeek From Their App Stores
  • Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites
  • Justices nix Medicaid ‘right’ to choose doctor, defunding Planned Parenthood in South Carolina

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.