Reuters reports: T-Mobile US Inc said on Friday, August 20, an ongoing investigation into a data breach revealed that hackers accessed personal information of an additional 5.3 million customers, bringing the total number of people affected to more than 53 million. The third largest US wireless carrier had earlier this week said that personal data…
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MO: Rockwood School District Provides Notice of Ransomware Incident
EUREKA, Mo., Aug. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Rockwood School District (the “District”) today is providing information about a recent event that may impact the privacy of some personal data related to current and former employees and students. The confidentiality, privacy, and security of information in the District’s care is one of its highest priorities and the District takes…
Willdan Group, Inc. (“Willdan”) Provides Notice Of Data Privacy Incident
The following press release relates to an incident that Conti claimed in February, 2021. Conti dumped data from the entity on March 1, 2021 consisting of of more than 136 GB of data in 97,000 files. ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Willdan Group, Inc. (“Willdan”) is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the…
A bug in a medical startup’s website put thousands of COVID-19 test results at risk
Zack Whittaker reports: A California-based medical startup that provides COVID-19 testing across Los Angeles has pulled down a website it used to allow customers to access their test results after a customer found a vulnerability that allowed access to other people’s personal information. Total Testing Solutions has 10 COVID-19 testing sites across Los Angeles, and processes…
Data breach from contact tracing survey ‘low risk’ to Hoosier privacy, 750,000 affected
WANE reports: The Indiana Department of Health announced Tuesday it is notifying nearly 750,000 Hoosiers that data from the state’s COVID-19 online contact tracing survey was improperly accessed back in July. The data included name, address, email, gender, ethnicity and race, and date of birth. “We believe the risk to Hoosiers whose information was accessed…
T-Mobile says at least 47M current and former customers affected by hack
Zack Whittaker reports: T-Mobile has confirmed that millions of current and former customers had their information stolen in a data breach, following reports of a hack over the weekend. In a statement, T-Mobile, which has more than 100 million customers, said its preliminary analysis shows 7.8 million current postpaid T-Mobile customers had information taken in the…