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Data Breach Exposes 100K U.S. Traveler Photos, License Plates
2019-06-11 13:40

A recent breach of U.S. Customs and Border Protection traveler photo and license plate data has led experts to condemn the collection and storage of facial recognition data.

Multiple Class Action Lawsuits Filed in AMCA Breach
2019-06-10 20:18

More Than a Dozen Lawsuits in Several States re: Breach Impacting 20 Million PatientsA flurry of class action lawsuits have already been filed by individuals alleging they have been injured by a...

BioReference Laboratories Added to AMCA Breach Tally
2019-06-06 16:03

At Least 3 Lab Testing Firms Affected; State Attorney General InvestigatesA third medical lab test firm - BioReference Laboratories - has acknowledged that it's a victim of the data breach at...

7.7 Million LabCorp Patients Added to AMCA Breach Tally
2019-06-05 21:03

Earlier, Quest Diagnostics Reported Nearly 12 Million Affected by Same IncidentHow big will the American Medical Collections Agency data breach get? LabCorp has now revealed that data on 7.7...

LabCorp Says 7.7 Million Patients Caught in AMCA Data Breach
2019-06-05 06:19

One day after medical testing firm Quest Diagnostics revealed that nearly 12 million of its patients had their personal and financial information exposed as a result of a breach at the American...

LabCorp: 7.7 Million Consumers Hit in Collections Firm Breach
2019-06-04 21:45

Medical testing giant LabCorp. said today personal and financial data on some 7.7 million consumers were exposed by a breach at a third-party billing collections firm. That third party -- the...

Strewth: Hackers slurp 19 years of Oz student data in uni's second breach within a year
2019-06-04 11:30

Upgraded its systems after attack in early '18, just enough to detect attack in late '18 The Australian National University (ANU) today copped to a fresh breach in which intruders gained access to...

Nearly 12 million Quest Diagnostics patients affected by data breach
2019-06-04 08:29

Quest Diagnostics, a US-based company that offers medical testing services, has announced that a third-party billing collections company they use has been hit by a data breach, affecting 11.9...

$74 Million Settlement of Premera Breach Lawsuits Proposed
2019-06-03 21:18

In Addition to Settling With Victims, Heath Insurer Would Invest in Security MeasuresA proposed $74 million settlement of a consolidated class action lawsuit against Premera Blue Cross after a...

AMCA Breach Hits 12 Million Quest Diagnostics Patients
2019-06-03 17:14

A data breach at billing collections service provider American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) could impact many of the company’s customers. One victim is medical testing firm Quest Diagnostics...