Last month, CarePartners announced it faced a data breach. However at the time it did not explain any details about the incident nor any details about the hackers. However, this month, the hackers themselves popped up online, claiming to have the stolen data. They also demand ransom to resolve the vulnerability that resulted in CarePartners data breach.

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Capcom has released a final update about the ransomware attack it suffered last year, detailing how the hackers gained access to the network, compromised devices, and stole personal information belonging to thousands of individuals. In early November 2020, Ragnar Locker ransomware hit the Japanese game developer and publisher, forcing Capcom to shut down portions of their network.

In typical fashion for human-operated ransomware attacks, the threat actor stole sensitive information before enc

A second massive LinkedIn breach reportedly exposes the data of 700M users, which is more than 92% of the total 756M users. The database is for sale on the dark web, with records including phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation data, and inferred salaries.

The hacker who obtained the data has posted a sample of 1M records, and checks confirm that the data is both genuine and up-to-date …

RestorePrivacy reports that the hacker appears to have misused the official LinkedIn API to do

Mint Mobile has disclosed a data breach after an unauthorized person gained access to subscribers' account information and ported phone numbers to another carrier.

According to the data breach notification email sent to affected subscribers this weekend, between June 8th and June 10th, a threat actor ported the phone numbers for a "small" number of Mint Mobile subscribers to another carrier without uthorization.

In addition to the ported number, Mint Mobile disclosed that an unauthorized p

Investigations are causing data breach costs to skyrocket, IBM finds

Organizations are under mounting pressure to conduct more thorough investigations as the complexity of data breaches grow.

Dive Brief:

• Data breach costs hit a new high this year, reaching almost $4.5 million per incident on average, representing a more than 15% increase in costs since 2020, acco

Data Breach Costs Hit Record High but Fall For Some

The average global cost of a data breach now stands at a record $4.45m, up a little over 2% year on year (YoY), according to IBM.

Now in its 18th year, the tech giant’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report was compiled by the Ponemon Institute from interviews with 553 organizations worldwide.

It claimed that the main contributor to additional cost

Tampa General Hospital Data Breach Impacts 1.2 Million Patients

Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has revealed a data breach that may have affected the information of approximately 1.2 million patients.

Writing in a notice on its website last week, TGH said it first detected unusual activity on its computer systems on May 31 2023.

The hospital also explained that the cyber-criminals’ encryption attempts

European Union regulators have accused Apple of being in breach of new laws designed to rein in big tech companies.
The European Commission, which regulates competition in the EU, said Apple's App Store squeezes out rival marketplaces, marking the first time it has found a company in breach of the Digital Markets Act (DMA).
The firm faces a potential fine of up to 10% of its global revenue if it fails to comply with the rules.
Apple said it is "confident our plan complies with the law".

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