DataBreaches.Net

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

Category: U.S.

FL: Okaloosa Water and Sewer warns users of possible security breach

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Dissent

NWF Daily News reports: There may have been a security break for Okaloosa County Water and Sewer users who paid their bills with a credit or debit card, according to a press release from the county. The security breach occurred involving external vendors which process electronic credit/debit card payments for water and sewer bills. In…

Read more

Medical and personal information on 33,420 BJC HealthCare patients left exposed on Internet

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Dissent

By Blythe Bernhard A security breach at BJC HealthCare left personal information on 33,420 patients potentially available to the public, a company spokeswoman said today. The patients’ medical records, names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, medical and insurance information were accessible through the Internet from May 9, 2017,…

Read more

IL: Security breach affects 46 employees, family members at Columbia College Chicago

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Dissent

Molly Wash, a campus reporter, reports that Share Point may have shared too much, but it’s not clear to me from the report how this happened. A data security breach resulted in the disclosure of the names and Social Security numbers of Columbia employees and their family members on IRIS, the college’s internal website. The…

Read more

SuperValu Data Breach Claim Nixed, Court Sees No Consumer Harm

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Dissent

Daniel R. Stoller reports: Grocery store chains SuperValu Inc. and New Albertson’s Inc. again dodged class claims over a 2014 data breach that impacted over 1,000 stores, after a federal court said hacked payment card data didn’t inflict enough direct harm to sustain a lawsuit. Judge Ann D. Montgomery of the U.S. District Court for…

Read more

Leon County Schools vendor’s data leak exposed 368,000 current and former FLVS students’ details, LCS teacher data, and more

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Dissent

Leon County Schools in Tallahassee, Florida has more than 34,000 students, more than 2,400 teachers, and a total of 4,300 employees. That’s a lot of students and teachers to notify when you discover that a third-party vendor’s mistake exposed their personal information for almost two years. But it’s not as much as the vendor, Florida…

Read more

Ninth Circuit Revives Data Breach Claims Against Zappos

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Dissent

In January, 2012, Zappos announced that they were notifying more than 24 million consumers to change their passwords following  a hack. In the months that followed, a to-be-predicted lawsuit was filed, and state attorneys general started investigating. Eventually, Zappos settled with states, and the class-action lawsuit was dismissed in 2015. Whew, right? Not so fast, though. Ross Todd…

Read more
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 746
  • 747
  • 748
  • 749
  • 750
  • 751
  • 752
  • …
  • 1,918
  • 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

  • Honeywell vulnerability exposes building systems to cyber attacks
  • Recent public service announcements of note — parents should take special note of these
  • Au: Junior doctor faces fresh toilet spying charges as probe widens to other major hospitals
  • Average Brit hit by five data breaches since 2004
  • BlackSuit ransomware site seized as part of Operation Checkmate
  • The day after XSS.is forum was seized, it struggles to come back online — but is it really them?
  • U.S. nuclear and health agencies hit in Microsoft SharePoint breach
  • Russia suspected of hacking Dutch prosecution service systems
  • Korea imposes 343 million won penalty on HAESUNG DS for data breach of 70,000 shareholders
  • Paying cyberattackers is wrong, right? Should Taos County’s incident be an exception? (1)

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

  • Indonesia asked to reassess data privacy terms in new U.S. trade deal
  • Meta Denies Tracking Menstrual Data in Flo Health Privacy Trial
  • Wikipedia seeks to shield contributors from UK law targeting online anonymity
  • British government reportedlu set to back down on secret iCloud backdoor after US pressure
  • Idaho agrees not to prosecute doctors for out-of-state abortion referrals
  • As companies race to add AI, terms of service changes are going to freak a lot of people out. Think twice before granting consent!
  • Uganda orders Google to register as a data-controller within 30 days after landmark privacy ruling

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