Dan Goodin reports: Researchers are marveling at the scope and magnitude of a vulnerability that hackers are actively exploiting to take full control of network devices that run on some of the world’s biggest and most sensitive networks. The vulnerability, which carries a 9.8 severity rating out of a possible 10, affects F5’s BIG-IP, a…
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Lawyers are nearing a settlement deal for the infamous 2015 OPM hack
Attorneys are closing in on a settlement deal that could deliver up to $63 million to some victims of one of the most cataclysmic data breaches in history The settlement, if approved by a judge, would end a seven-year legal effort to win compensation for more than 21 million current and former federal employees who were…
Sunday notes: Welldyne, North Alabama Bone & Joint Clinic disclose breaches affecting patient data
A Sunday two-fer on health data breaches: WellDyneRx, LLC (“WellDyne”) issued a press release on May 6 concerning an incident they first detected on December 2. The Florida-headquartered pharmacy benefits service provider’s investigation discovered that there was unauthorized access to an email account between October 30, 2021, and November 11, 2021. “Although there is no…
OpenSea Discord server hacked, increasing the risk of phishing scams
Ali Raza reports: OpenSea, a non-fungible token marketplace, has become the victim of a hack on its main Discord channel. The breach has allowed the threat actors to post fake announcements about partnerships between OpenSea and other projects. OpenSea shared a screenshot on May 6 showing the fake news about partnerships. The screenshot also contained a link…
Update: U.S. v. Robert Purbeck aka “Lifelock”
Long-time readers may recall that in 2017 and 2018, DataBreaches.net reported on hacks of two medical practices by someone calling himself “Lifelock.” DataBreaches’ past reporting on him can be found in this July, 2017 post (see comments under the post), in two 2018 posts, and then a post in response to a press release from…
Another school district notifies parent of Illuminate breach
Natalie Chuck reports that another district in Colorado has sent letters to parents about the breach at Illuminate Education that impacted more than 820,000 students in New York City as well as 24 other districts and 18 charter schools in NY: Someone, somewhere knows details about thousands of students in southern Colorado after a data…