DataBreaches cannot read “Lower Merion School District” without recalling the “Webcamgate” scandal of 2010, when the district was discovered monitoring students remotely in their bedrooms on district-issued MacBooks. At the time, they initially denied any misuse of remote access that was part of a security feature. Now the district is back in local news in…
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Update: ALN Medical Management’s Data Breach Total Soars to More than 1.8 Million Patients Affected
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: The number of people affected by a March 2024 hack on a healthcare revenue cycle management and billing services provider has soared in recent weeks to more than 1.82 million, as the company continues to file updated breach reports to state and federal regulators. ALN Medical Management, which court documents indicate…
MSCS board renews contract with PowerSchool while suing them
Brian Didlake reports: Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members approved a multi-million dollar contract to continue doing business with a company they’re suing in court. The school board announced it was filing a lawsuit against PowerSchool earlier this month after thousands of students’ personal information was leaked. Now, board members said that was in the past…
PA: York County alerts residents of potential data breach
Sean Adams reports: York County officials have released a warning to residents that a “data privacy event” might have put their information at risk. County officials shared that “in early 2025, the county was notified of a possible data security incident” involving a vendor working with them. An employee of that vendor had been hired…
Hack of Opexus Was at Root of Massive Federal Data Breach
This breach may not turn out to be the biggest insider breach of 2025, but it may well turn out to be one of the most impactful. Jason Leopold reports: A software company that handles sensitive data for nearly every US federal agency was the victim of a cyber breach earlier this year due to…
Supplier to major UK supermarkets Aldi, Tesco & Sainsbury’s hit by cyber attack with ransom demand
Owen Scott reports that Peter Green Chilled, a transport service to some of Britain’s supermarkets, has been the victim of a cyberattack with a ransom demand. Peter Green Chilled has said that it is issuing “regular updates” to clients while the attack continues. The company’s clients include major supermarkets such as Tesco, Aldi, and Sainsbury’s. Now,…