American dental insurer, MCNA Dental, has suffered a ransomware-related data breach that has exposed the data of more than 8.9 million people. Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental has published a data breach notification on its website, informing almost 9 million people that their personal data was compromised. In a notice published to its…
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Data breach at BNY Mellon vendor enabled hackers to steal sensitive information from clients placing them at permanent risk of identity theft. On May 13, 2023, Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (“BNY Mellon”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after learning that confidential information that had been entrusted…
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Apria waits almost two years to notify 1.8 million patients that their identities were stolen then attempts to downplay its significance . Apria Healthcare, a manufacturer of medical equipment for the home, is sending out breach notifications to roughly two million people whose information may have been stolen in data breaches in 2019 and 2021.…
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Security at Aetna’s in-network benefits provider Brightline enabled hackers to steal sensitive personal information of millions of customers. A class action lawsuit was recently filed against insurance giant Aetna alleging the woefully inadequate data security at its in-network virtual health provider Brightline enabled hackers to steal personal information of over 3 million customers. According to…
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Pharmacy services provider PharMerica has disclosed a massive data breach impacting over 5.8 million patients, exposing their personal and medical data to hackers. PharMerica is a pharmacy services provider in 50 U.S. states, operating 180 local and 70,000 backup pharmacies, and serving 3,100 medical facilities nationwide. Along with PharMerica, the threat actors listed BrightSpring, a…
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Lawsuit alleges NextGen failed to follow security guidelines for protecting data after the company said compromised credentials enabled unauthorized access to the personal information of more than 1 million people. NextGen Healthcare, which makes and sells software for medical and other healthcare providers, is the target of a federal lawsuit charging that it was negligent…
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Florida-based healthcare management company NationsBenefits suffered a significant cyber attack that compromised the sensitive personal information of millions of customers. A recently filed class action lawsuit alleges that inadequate network security at the Florida based healthcare management company made it easy for Clop ransomware gang to steal customer data. In a data security incident notice…
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Another class action lawsuit was recently filed against BetterHelp after being hit with a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) order banning the online counseling platform from sharing consumers’ data for advertising purposes. The case was filed days after the FTC said BetterHelp must not disclose consumers’ sensitive mental health data to third parties—including Facebook, Pinterest, Criteo…
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A class action lawsuit was recently filed against Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefits manager serving over 100 million Americas, alleging that it unlawfully relays confidential personal information directly to Facebook (Meta) without consent from the owner of the information. According to the lawsuit, Express Scripts uses Facebook’s Pixel spyware on its websites. This technology enables…
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Numerous class action lawsuits were recently launched after Mental health application platform provider Cerebral disclosed it experienced a data breach affecting around 3.17 million users. According to the lawsuit, data was leaked to third parties via a tracking pixel’s data logging feature. Cerebral estimates the data was leaked to third parties from October 12, 2019…
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