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Many student loan borrowers caught a huge break this week with government forgiveness of some student loan debt. But for 2.5 million student loan borrowers, the week also brought news of a breach of their contact information and Social Security numbers… Continue reading Edfinancial and OSLA student loan account registration info hacked in Nelnet breach; 2.5 million affected
Mark Townsend reports: Facebook has dramatically agreed to settle a lawsuit seeking damages for allowing Cambridge Analytica access to the private data of tens of millions of users, four years after the Observer exposed the scandal that mired the tech … Continue reading Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach lawsuit ends in 11th hour settlement
Rebecca Thomas reports: It could take more than a year for hospitals to recover patient record systems following the recent NHS cyberattack, The Independent has learned. Hospitals impacted are likely to need two weeks to recover for every day the situa… Continue reading NHS cyberattack causing ‘total chaos’ in hospitals could take a year to recover
Predrag Milic of AP reports: Montenegro’s security agency warned Friday that hackers from Russia have launched a massive, coordinated cyberattack against the small nation’s government and its services. The Agency for National Security, or ANB, sa… Continue reading Montenegro reports massive Russian cyberattack against govt
Lawrence Abrams reports: A new data extortion group named ‘Donut Leaks’ is linked to recent cyberattacks, including those on Greek natural gas company DESFA, UK architectural firm Sheppard Robson, and multinational construction company Sand… Continue reading New ‘Donut Leaks’ extortion gang linked to recent ransomware attacks
HC3: Analyst Note TLP: White Report: 202208241200 Executive Summary Karakurt ransomware group, also known as the Karakurt Team and Karakurt Lair, is a relatively new cybercrime group, with researchers reporting its first emergence in late 2021. Karakur… Continue reading HC3: Analyst Note: Karakurt Threat Profile
There is an enforcement update to an incident noted on this site in 2018. The incident that involved New England Dermatology P.C., d/b/a New England Dermatology and Laser Center (“NDELC”) was summarized by HHS in their resolution agreement and correcti… Continue reading OCR Settles Case Involving Decade-Long Improper Disposal of Protected Health Information
By Donie O’Sullivan, Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Business Video by John General, Zach Wasser and Logan Whiteside, CNN Business Portraits by Sarah Silbiger for CNN Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users’ … Continue reading Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies
In June, many of us first became aware that Facebook was receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites. Of 33 hospital websites that The Markup tested, 10 of them had trackers (“Meta Pixels”) which sent information to Faceb… Continue reading From the “What Could Possibly Go Wrong Department” after it went wrong, Monday edition
Antara News reports: The Communication and Informatics Ministry is still studying a report of the alleged leak of IndiHome subscribers ‘ personal data. The ministry will soon summon the management of state-owned telecommunication operator PT Telk… Continue reading Id: Communication Ministry studying report of IndiHome data leak