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Healthcare data breaches cost an average $6.5M EMWNews.com

RIPTA says it Paid Hackers $170K Ransom after Massive Data Breach

Identity authentication firm Okta downplayed the extent of an apparent security breach on Tuesday after prominent hacker group Lapsus$ posted screenshots purportedly containing sensitive information from its internal systems. A potential security breach at Okta could have major implications given the company’s roster of high-profile clients. Customers listed on its website include FedEx, JetBlue, Peloton, T-Mobile, and the Federal Communications ...

BlockFi, a crypto-financial institution based in New Jersey, reported a data breach incident through one of its third-party providers, Hubspot. BlockFi’s proactive breach notification aims to deter malicious actors from repurposing user data for fraudulent purposes. According to the tweet, the hackers got access to BlockFi’s client data housed on Hubspot, a client relationship management platform, on Friday, March 18. ...

Deloitte Consulting LLP has agreed to pay $4.95 million to resolve claims that websites it designed for state employment agencies in Illinois, Ohio, and Colorado were unreasonably vulnerable to security breaches. The motion for preliminary approval of the deal was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Under the terms of the settlement, the ...

The biggest graphics card producer in the world, Nvidia, seems to have been the victim of a cyberattack. The company has been facing internal systems outages including developer tools and even email over the course of this past week. Some of the disruptions may be an attempt on the part of Nvidia to minimize the risk of damage to its internal ...

The saga of the Capital One data breach, which impacted an estimated 106 million individuals in the U.S. and Canada, may soon be coming to an end. After more than two years of litigation, the parties have reached a settlement that would resolve existing and future consumer claims arising out of the 2019 breach which impacted Capital One customer information ...

Recently, South Shore Hospital Corporation (“South Shore Hospital”) announced that it experienced a cyber security incident resulting in the Protected Health Information of more than 115,000 individuals being compromised. The data breach lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C. are going to begin interviewing victims of the breach to determine what damages they sustained and what legal claims may be available ...

A litigant who filed suit against T-Mobile Inc. in the Superior Court of San Francisco filed a motion for remand on Monday, arguing that the case must proceed in state court instead of with others consolidated in multidistrict litigation in Kansas City, Mo. The suit concerns T-Mobile’s August 2021 data breach that exposed more than 50 million customers’ personal information. A litigant who filed suit against T-Mobile ...

Bored Ape and Mutant Ape Yacht Club token holders were hacked in the second breach at OpenSea in the last month, 2022 off to a bad start for NFT’s. A glitch with the OpenSea marketplace that allowed them to purchase NFTs for well below their actual asking price and resell them for massive profits Yet another massive number of high-value ...

Bored Ape and Mutant Ape Yacht Club token holders were hacked in the second breach at OpenSea in the last month, 2022 off to a bad start for NFT’s. A glitch with the OpenSea marketplace that allowed them to purchase NFTs for well below their actual asking price and resell them for massive profits Yet another massive number of high-value ...

Everyone is at risk. Every second 3 Americans become victims of Cybercrimes! efani Protects iPhones, Samsung, and other cell phones. Hacking is becoming more common. Protect yourself now. efani makes it difficult for hackers. NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. – Jan. 31, 2022 Hackers and scammers want your hard-earned money. Scammers are Hacking your iPhone and Samsung phone stealing your Bitcoin, Crypto, bank account, ...

My Gmail was Hacked? Dangers of Being Hacked. Due to the internet, it is difficult to keep your passwords safe from hackers. When your phone or other device is connected to the Internet, malware built by a hacker on your computer secretly transmits your personal and financial information without your permission or consent. Gmail is one of the biggest email ...

As daily Data Breaches plague America, St. Lucie County residents are the latest victims who have had personal info exposed. Names, Social Security numbers, types of drug tests & test results as the types of personal information that may have been compromised after the data breach last month. Having your personal data and information accessed by strangers is one thing, finding it for sale ...

A “win” for Consumers as a California-based lead generation firm settled with the FTC for $1.5 million over alleged privacy violations. The FTC argued that the corporate deceptively acquired client private info and improperly shared this info with numerous entities beneath the guise of connecting shoppers with lenders. The FTC argued that the company deceptively acquired consumer personal information and ...

Accellion $8.1 million class action settlement for breach platform that allowed companies to securely share large or sensitive files. Accellion has protected over 25 million end-users at more than 3,000 global corporations and government agencies, including NYC Health + Hospitals; KPMG; Kaiser Permanente; Latham & Watkins; National Park Service; Umpqua Bank; Tyler Technologies; and the National Institute for Standards and ...

The LCX Exchange was attacked, with Peckshield reporting a loss of $6.8 million in Ethereum-based tokens from Liechtenstein-based LCX AG. The Exchange was hacked, $6.8 million was transferred to the hackers’ wallet. One of the platform AG’s hot wallets was hacked as a result of a security vulnerability. Most of the losses suffered included $ 3.4 million USDC, $ 2.2 ...

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has suffered another data breach with 4 months to go before the crucial May national elections, a Manila Bulletin report claimed Monday, saying “60 gigabytes” worth of “sensitive voter information” and other data have been stolen by unidentified hackers. The National Privacy Commission on Wednesday directed the Commission on Elections to explain the alleged hacking ...

Theft of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) appears to be on the rise, with many collectors losing millions of dollars as a result. In one recent example that led to widespread mockery, an NFT investor complained “all my apes are gone,” referring to the popular “Bored Apes” and “Mutant Apes” NFTs they had invested in. Todd Kramer, an artist who is a ...

UScellular exposes customer personal data and billing info in a second data breach that hit the fourth largest Carrier in 2021. Hackers successfully gained access to the carrier’s customer data and CRM software in January and again in December 2021. UScellular, the mobile carrier, said in data breach notification letters sent to 405 impacted individuals that the attackers also ported ...