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MAY 10, 2019

prosecutors have charged a Chinese national for his alleged involvement in the 2015 data breach at health insurance company Anthem , which led to the theft of 78.8 businesses operating in four distinct industry sectors, and violated the privacy of over 78 million people by stealing their PII. million records. businesses.

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MAY 22, 2020

Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois and Ohio have warned tens of thousands of residents who have applied online for unemployment benefits due to COVID-19 of possible data breaches that could have exposed names, addresses and Social Security numbers.

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APRIL 3, 2019

The Georgia Institute of Technology confirmed that it suffered a data breach that has exposed the personal information of 1.3 The university’s information security officials are working to determine the extent of the breach, as well as identify those who may have been affected by it.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And except when you’re the first retailer to get rung up under the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). 1, the first-class action lawsuit alleging data breaches under the CCPA was filed on Feb 5. The CCPA is similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ), which took effect in 2018.

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VISTA InfoSec

JULY 5, 2023

Adherence to these regulations is paramount for safeguarding sensitive patient information from data breaches and cyber attacks. From March 2021 to March 2022, the average cost of a data breach in healthcare was over $10 million, up from $9.23 What is data security in healthcare? million people.

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Segpay

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Whether we are setting up a new bank account, making a purchase online, or accessing government services, confirming who we are in the virtual space is crucial to ensuring our security, the protection of our privacy, and the improvement of our user experience. Regulatory compliance is crucial in ensuring data privacy.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And except when you’re the first retailer to get rung up under the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). 1, the first-class action lawsuit alleging data breaches under the CCPA was filed on Feb 5. The CCPA is similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ), which took effect in 2018.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

One of the biggest problems with these types of data breaches is that many users repeat passwords over many sites, and when information is stolen from one company, it can often be used by another. Warby Parker said that is what happened with this breach. Retail hacking is a frequent problem for large companies.

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JULY 11, 2018

Another retailer has been hit with a data breach. The data breach impacted one-half of one-percent of customers who were registered on Macys.com or Bloomingdales.com, spokeswoman Blair Rosenberg said Tuesday (July 10), according to Bloomberg. “We Macy’s is just the latest retailer to be hit with a data breach.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

It’s unknown how long the pages were visible, and while it hasn’t been revealed how many people had their information exposed in the data breach, WSJ was able to see the records of more than 100 customers, including more than 50 with lockbox information, on just one day.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

The more individuals leave a trail of information across websites, the more tempting the targets are for hackers to make off with everything from Social Security numbers to health care information. Your security question with your dog’s name? The more business is done online, the more fraud makes inroads. They ain’t cutting it.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2019

We have a deep dive on accounts payable (AP) automation, analysis on “Google Checking” and news on the T-Mobile data breach. T-Mobile Data Breach Puts Personal Data Of 1M+ Customers At Risk. A recent data breach exposed the personal data of over 1 million prepaid T-Mobile customers.

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MARCH 1, 2018

Equifax , the credit scoring company embroiled in a 2017 data breach scandal, disclosed news on Thursday (March 1) that has identified 2.4 million consumers by referencing other information in proprietary company records that the hackers didn’t steal and by tapping the resources of an outside data provider.

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JULY 4, 2018

Following the massive data breach at Equifax last year, the cybersecurity sector has flourished – and so have some of the investments that track the industry. The ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF, for example, has risen 18 percent this year, CNBC reported. The company also reported that 209,000 U.S. consumers.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The standards put forth by the PCI Security Standards Council – the PCI Data Security Standards – offer a framework for ensuring data security, and they must be followed in order to avoid fines and other penalties. Particularly important for businesses is the “scope” of these standards. Gearing up for GDPR.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Failing to prevent a data breach is a surefire way to lose that trust, however. Credit unions possess vast troves of personal information such as credit card data and Social Security numbers that could devastate members if leaked. Data Breaches Within And Without. It also revealed that 60.8

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APRIL 30, 2018

Access Group Education Lending, the student loan servicing company, has been the subject of a data breach. Fox Business , citing a letter sent to those impacted, reported that 16,500 borrowers were recently alerted to the fact that files containing their personal data were improperly given to an unnamed business.

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JULY 17, 2019

The AMCA’s eight-month breach was first disclosed in June when news broke that 11.9 The AMCA has advised CPL that patients’ Social Security numbers were not involved in the incident. In response to the breach, the AMCA sent notification letters to approximately 34,500 CPL patients. Days later, 7.7

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

A report by the House Oversight Committee has found that Equifax ’s massive data breach could have been easily prevented if its security practices and policies were up to par. Last year, the credit monitoring firm suffered a breach that impacted the personal data of more than 143 million consumers.

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APRIL 11, 2017

But as Coupa is looking to make strategic acquisitions and strengthen its service offerings, the company hit a speed bump last month when the firm was hit by a data breach that exposed IRS W-2 payroll forms of its workers. “A Coupa had 652 employees as of the time the news of the data breach emerged.

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FICO

JULY 7, 2020

Beware of people claiming to be part of reputable organizations, like research firms or government agencies, asking you for personal information like bank card numbers or your Social Security number. Additionally, update your privacy settings on social networks to restrict access only to people that you trust.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

Financial company MSCI had warned Equifax a year before its massive data breach that there were signs it wasn’t protecting the data of its millions of customers. What’s more, MSCI scored a zero for the privacy and security of consumers’ data.

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JULY 15, 2020

With data showing that 45 percent of all 2019 data breaches — and there were a lot of them — involved medical records theft, costing healthcare providers $429 per compromised patient record or nearly $18 billion, organizations can’t be confused about their value to cyberthieves. Medical Records = Dark Web Gold.

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APRIL 30, 2019

On March 6, 2019, the FBI informed Citrix that the Bureau had reason to believe international cyber criminals gained access to Citrix’s internal network, according to the letter written by Peter Lefkowitz, the company’s chief privacy and digital risk officer.

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JUNE 4, 2019

That includes the sale and analysis of their personal data, and the potential security and fraud risks stemming from that. ID verification solutions are becoming more significant and sophisticated than they used to be,” Meier said.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

The digital ID industry is devoting an immense amount of effort and capital to protecting digital identities as data breaches and privacy concerns continue to make headlines on a regular basis. Data breaches’ stakes are sky high for corporations, meaning ID security is even more important to the United States federal government.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Loss, corruption, improper use, and unwanted access to a company’s data assets can lead to immense negative publicity, which in turn can cause irreparable reputation damage, fines, sanctions, and loss of profits. Moreover, companies need to follow data privacy and compliance requirements to stay in business.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Equifax has extended its free credit monitoring to all Americans affected by last year’s massive data breach , but this time, it’s using a service offered by rival Experian. You have until January 31, 2019, to enroll in this extension of free credit monitoring through IDnotify , a part of Experian.”.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

The Equifax data breach — impacting sensitive and valuable information ranging from Social Security numbers to birth dates and home addresses — affected more than 150 million people and counting, and it’s become clear that the “one-size-fits-all” approach is no longer effective.

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JULY 2, 2018

Just a few weeks in, the data privacy law that has just taken root in the European Union already has some regulators seeking exemptions around the globe. In company-specific news, Equifax has struck an agreement with banking regulators across eight states that would bolster the firm’s security measures.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

As might be expected, some testimony before the subcommittee mentioned the Equifax breach, where information was pilfered from more than 145 million Americans, with data ranging from Social Security numbers to addresses stolen by hackers. Rotenberg voiced that countries outside the U.S.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

Digital identities are growing more important and omnipresent in everyday life, and the need to keep them secure grows more pressing by the day. Financial information, Social Security numbers and a host of other private data is wrapped up in each person’s digital identity, making a potential data breach catastrophic.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

“Although employee negligence and lost or stolen devices still result in many data breaches, a shift is occurring from accidental loss to intentional targeting of data that reveals individuals’ names, Social Security numbers and other personal information,” the study indicated.

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APRIL 20, 2018

The company does not believe it involved personally identifiable information, such as Social Security numbers, account numbers, pins, user IDs, passwords or driver’s license numbers. “We The company declined to name the location of the branch where the attempted breach took place or the identity of the criminal third party.

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Exact Payments

JULY 1, 2024

By Jeremy Smillie, VP of DevSecOps at Exact Payments In an era where data breaches are not just threats but realities, protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is more crucial than ever. At Exact Payments, we understand the magnitude of the responsibility of handling such sensitive data.

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

All in, hackers managed to nab names, email addresses and phone numbers of 50 million Uber riders around the world, as well as the data of about 7 million drivers, which includes 600,000 U.S. The ride-sharing company said that no Social Security numbers, credit card information, trip location details or other data were taken.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

Some of the files included names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers and bank and checking account numbers, as well as details of loan agreements. federal departments, including the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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