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Neil Shaw reports: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revealed that hundreds of staff have accessed the records of taxpayers without permission or breached security in other ways. HMRC dismissed 50 members of staff last year for accessing or risking the… Continue reading UK: HMRC sacks dozens of staff for snooping on taxpayers
Keenan & Associates is a benefits consulting and insurance brokerage provider in California, providing services to several sectors, including healthcare entities and educational facilities. Between August 21, 2023 and August 27, 2023, an unauthori… Continue reading Keenan & Associates settles 2023 data breach litigation for $14M
The following is part of a press release related to a case previously reported on DataBreaches.net in 2020. On August 7, 2025, WILKINS ESTRELLA and CHARLENE MARTE pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Gregory H. Woods in New York to conspiracy to comm… Continue reading Two Defendants Plead Guilty To Fraud Scheme Involving Data Stolen From Hospital Patients
Andrew Walsh reports: The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has launched a formal inquiry into Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) following concerns about the security of children’s health records at its Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) facility. The inq… Continue reading Children’s Health Ireland faces investigation over data breach of health records at Tallaght Hospital
Kartikay Mehrotra reports: A federal appeals court delivered a victory to the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday by upholding new and controversial data breach reporting requirements for telecommunications companies targeted in cyberattacks… Continue reading Appeals Court Upholds FCC Data Breach Rules for Hacked Telecoms
In December 2024, SAG-AFTRA notified members of a phishing incident in September 2024 that may have resulted in unauthorized access to their name and Social Security number, and may also have contained information associated with claims and health insu… Continue reading SAG-AFTRA Members Settle Lawsuit Against Union Health Plan Over Data Breach
Michael Kan reports: National Public Data, a website infamous for its role in leaking millions of Social Security numbers last year, has returned with the ability to look up anyone’s personal information. The site shut down in December amid a wav… Continue reading Site Behind Major SSN Leak Returns With Detailed Data on Millions: How to Opt Out
Adam Goldman, Glenn Thrush, and Mattathias Schwartz report: Investigators have uncovered evidence that Russia is at least partly responsible for a recent hack of the computer system that manages federal court documents, including highly sensitive recor… Continue reading Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System
The following is a machine translation of an article by Daniel Verlaan: The hacked Clinical Diagnostics laboratory in Rijswijk has paid a ransom to the cybercriminals. Ransomware group Nova, responsible for the hack, confirmed this to RTL Nieuws. The l… Continue reading NL: Hacked lab paid ransom: ‘Millions of euros demanded’
If you were glued to a Telegram channel the other day watching people associated with ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, and Lapsu$ leak data and rant about Mandiant, the NCA, the FBI, and demand that some arrested folks be set free, then you might want t… Continue reading Updating: Two Telegram channels and two accounts banned, one bounty offered, and BreachForums goes down