Four members of China’s military have been indicted by the U.S. government on charges of hacking into the credit-reporting agency Equifax Inc. and plundering sensitive data on nearly 150 million Americans, the Justice Department said. A federal grand jury in Atlanta returned a nine-count indictment last week that accused members of China’s People’s Liberation Army… Continue reading Chinese Military Members Charged with Equifax Breach
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Hospitals Give Tech Giants Access to Detailed Medical Records
Hospitals have granted Microsoft Corp., International Business Machines Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. the ability to access identifiable patient information under deals to crunch millions of health records, the latest examples of hospitals’ growing influence in the data economy. This breadth of access wasn’t always spelled out by hospitals and tech giants when the deals were… Continue reading Hospitals Give Tech Giants Access to Detailed Medical Records
Mitsubishi Electric Discloses Security Breach
In a short statement published today on its website, Mitsubishi Electric, one of the world’s largest electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing firms, disclosed a major security breach. Although the breach occurred last year, on June 28, and an official internal investigation began in September, the Tokyo-based corporation disclosed the security incident today, only after two… Continue reading Mitsubishi Electric Discloses Security Breach
Sale of Four Million Stolen Cards Tied to Breaches at Four Restaurant Chains
On Nov. 23, one of the cybercrime underground’s largest bazaars for buying and selling stolen payment card data announced the immediate availability of some four million freshly-hacked debit and credit cards. KrebsOnSecurity has learned this latest batch of cards was siphoned from four different compromised restaurant chains that are most prevalent across the midwest and… Continue reading Sale of Four Million Stolen Cards Tied to Breaches at Four Restaurant Chains
Target Sues Insurer for Up to $74M in 2013 Data Breach Costs
Target is suing its longtime insurance company for denying claims to reimburse Target for tens of millions of dollars it has paid out for new payment cards as part of settlements over the retailer’s 2013 data breach. The lawsuit against ACE American Insurance Co., based in Pennsylvania and now part of the Chubb Corp., was… Continue reading Target Sues Insurer for Up to $74M in 2013 Data Breach Costs
Data Breach Costs Texas Health Agency $1.6 Million
The federal government announced Thursday that it has slapped the Texas Health and Human Services Commission with a $1.6 million fine for a data breach that made the personal health information of 6,617 people available online. The inadvertent release of names, addresses, Social Security numbers and treatment information between 2013 and 2017 violated federal health… Continue reading Data Breach Costs Texas Health Agency $1.6 Million
Verisk Launches Cyber Data Exchange
Verisk, a leading data analytics provider, announced today the creation of its Cyber Data Exchange, an analytics solution that aggregates cyber insurance data to help insurers gain insights into the market and improve strategic decision making. Without access to broad-based, credible, and relevant data, many insurers and professionals in the cyber insurance value chain face… Continue reading Verisk Launches Cyber Data Exchange
Thousands Given Green Light to Make Compensation Claim over British Airlines Data Breach
Thousands of British Airways customers have been given the green light to to bring compensation claims against the airline over a data breach. Half a million people were left exposed by the cyber attack on BA’s systems last year last year and BA could face a record fine for their “poor security arrangements”. At a… Continue reading Thousands Given Green Light to Make Compensation Claim over British Airlines Data Breach
DoorDash Confirms Data Breach Affected 4.9M Customers, Workers and Merchants
DoorDash has confirmed a data breach. The food delivery company said in a blog post late last week that 4.9 million customers, delivery workers and merchants had their information stolen by hackers. The breach happened on May 4, the company said, but added that customers who joined after April 5, 2018 are not affected by… Continue reading DoorDash Confirms Data Breach Affected 4.9M Customers, Workers and Merchants
New York State Sues Dunkin’ Over Hacking Incidents
The New York attorney general sued Dunkin’ Brands Inc. for not notifying nearly 20,000 customers whose accounts on the coffee chain’s website and mobile app were allegedly compromised in 2015. Dunkin’ was aware of a series of online attacks on customer accounts as early as May 2015 but didn’t conduct an appropriate investigation into them… Continue reading New York State Sues Dunkin’ Over Hacking Incidents