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How to Prevent Your First AI Data Breach
2024-08-13 14:02

The company identified the source of the data breach: a former employee used a gen AI copilot to access an internal database full of account data. In this article, we'll explore these challenges and show you how to secure your data in the era of gen AI. Gen AI's data risk.

CSC ServiceWorks discloses data breach after 2023 cyberattack
2024-08-09 17:56

​CSC ServiceWorks, a leading provider of commercial laundry services, has disclosed a data breach after the personal information of an undisclosed number of individuals was exposed in a 2023...

ADT confirms data breach after customer info leaked on hacking forum
2024-08-08 13:41

ADT Inc. disclosed via a Form 8-K filing at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that hackers have gained access to its systems, which hold customer order details. [...]

Optus and Medibank Data Breach Cases Allege Cyber Security Failures
2024-08-02 18:38

Both telecommunications provider Optus and private health insurer Medibank suffered large-scale data breaches affecting tens of millions of Australians, leading to heightened regulatory and business focus on cyber security in the years since. More Australia coverage Australia's privacy regulator alleges serious Medibank cyber security failures.

Average data breach cost jumps to $4.88 million, collateral damage increased
2024-07-30 12:11

IBM released its annual Cost of a Data Breach Report revealing the global average cost of a data breach reached $4.88 million in 2024, as breaches grow more disruptive and further expand demands on cyber teams. Breach costs increased 10% from the prior year, the largest yearly jump since the pandemic, as 70% of breached organizations reported that the breach caused significant or very significant disruption.

HealthEquity says data breach impacts 4.3 million people
2024-07-29 15:54

"We discovered some unauthorized access to and potential disclosure of protected health information and/or personally identifiable information stored in an unstructured data repository outside our core systems," reads the data breach notice to be distributed to impacted individuals on August 9, 2024. The breached data repository, which HealthEquity clarified is outside its core systems, has now been secured by terminating unauthorized sessions and blocking IP addresses associated with the intruders.

Crypto exchange Gemini discloses third-party data breach
2024-07-26 19:31

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini is warning it suffered a data breach incident caused by a cyberattack at its Automated Clearing House service provider, whose name was not disclosed. According to the notification, Gemini suffered a third-party data breach when an unauthorized actor breached its vendor's systems between June 3 and June 7, 2024.

FBCS data breach impact now reaches 4.2 million people
2024-07-26 18:47

Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions has again increased the number of people impacted by a February data breach, now saying it affects 4.2 million people in the US. FBCS is a US debt collection agency that collects unpaid debts from consumer credit, healthcare, commercial, auto loans and leases, student loans, and utilities.In late April, the firm reported that roughly 1.9 million people in the U.S. had sensitive personal information compromised in a data breach on February 14, 2024.

Verizon to pay $16 million in TracFone data breach settlement
2024-07-23 16:34

Verizon Communications has agreed to a $16,000,000 settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. concerning three data breach incidents its wholly-owned subsidiary,...

Yacht giant MarineMax data breach impacts over 123,000 people
2024-07-17 14:37

MarineMax, self-described as the world's largest recreational boat and yacht retailer, is notifying over 123,000 individuals whose personal information was stolen in a March security breach claimed by the Rhysida ransomware gang. While the Florida-based yacht seller initially stated in a March 12 SEC filing that no sensitive data was stored on the compromised systems, two weeks later, it said in a new 8-K filing that the attackers had stolen personal data belonging to an undisclosed number of people.