Norton Healthcare confirms hackers accessed the personal data of millions of patients and employees during ransomware attack. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Dec 8th, Norton said that the sensitive data of approximately 2.5 million patients, as well as employees and their dependents, was accessed during its May ransomware attack. Kentucky based Norton Healthcare…
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Cyberattack at Ardent Health Services was “Severe”. Patient and employee identities may be at risk of identity theft. Ardent Health Services, which oversees 30 hospitals and more than 200 health care facilities across the U.S., said Monday that it had been the victim of a severe ransomware attack in Oklahoma, News Mexico and Texas, forcing…
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Fidelity National Financial cyberattack exposes 1.3 million customers to identity theft. On November 17 2023, Fidelity National Financial, (FNF), a real estate services company that bills itself as the “leading provider of title insurance and escrow services, and North America’s largest title insurance company, filed a notice of data breach with the Securities and Exchange…
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TruePills’ negligence to implement industry standard data practices jeopardizes identities of over 2.3 million current and former patients. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against PostMeds, the company behind online pharmacy Truepill, alleging it is to blame for a cyberattack announced in October 2023 that compromised the personal data of current and former TruePill…
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Loan servicing giant shut down systems after data breach and sets up alternative methods for its 4.3 million customers to make payments. What Happened? According to a notice posted on its website, Mr. Cooper, one of America’s largest nonbank mortgage loan servicers, reported a data breach after it was targeted in a recent cyber security attack on October…
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Blue Cross Blue Shield’s failure to ensure protection of customer data puts untold millions at risk of identity theft. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) after a report that millions of customer records were stolen in a cyber attack that lasted almost nine months. There is no information…
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IBM and Johnson & Johnson are being sued over a data breach that occurred in August that could put over 1 million Janssen CarePath patients at risk of identity theft. A class action lawsuit was recently filed that seeks to hold IBM and Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems responsible for a “massive and preventable”…
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Cybercriminals selling stolen sensitive data on dark web. Over 280,000 patients now at permanent risk of identity theft. What happened? In June 2023, a cyber incident affected the internal patient portal of Longhorn Imaging. Upon learning of this incident, Longhorn Imaging claims it acted to fortify its digital infrastructure and initiated a data breach investigation.…
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TMLT’s failure to adopt industry standard data protections as required by law places its customers at permanent risk of identity theft. A Class Action Complaint was recently filed against Texas Medical Liability Trust (TMLT) following a second report from the Maine Attorney General that the company and its affiliates, Texas Medical Insurance Company, Physicians Insurance…
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Cl0p ransomware gang has leaked private patient data allegedly belonging to CareSource, one of the US’ largest Medicaid-managed healthcare plan providers. A lawsuit was recently filed against an Ohio-based health care provider CareSource alleging it failed to adequately screen its vendors and allowed private information to be stored unencrypted, in so doing, leaving it vulnerable…
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