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Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans

Krebs on Security

Change Healthcare’s breach notification letter offers recipients two years of credit monitoring and identity theft protection services from a company called IDX. which suffered a data breach in 2015 affecting 78.8 Anthem reported revenues of around $80 billion in 2015. million individuals.

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New Charges Derail COVID Release for Hacker Who Aided ISIS

Krebs on Security

military and government employees and giving it to an Islamic State hacker group in 2015 has been charged once again with fraud and identity theft. In December 2015, Ferizi was apprehended in Malaysia and extradited to the United States. A hacker serving a 20-year sentence for stealing personal data on 1,300 U.S.

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FEMA IT Specialist Charged in ID Theft, Tax Refund Fraud Conspiracy

Krebs on Security

On June 16, authorities in Michigan arrested 29-year-old Justin Sean Johnson in connection with a 43-count indictment on charges of conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. The fraudulent tax refund claims made in the names of UPMC identity theft victims caused the IRS to issue $1.7

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Data breaches decline 33% in the first half of 2020

Tech Republic Security

The Identity Theft Resource Center projects 2020 is on pace to see the lowest number of breaches and exposures since 2015.

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New Atrium Health data breach impacts 585,000 individuals

Security Affairs

Atrium Health launched an investigation into the security breach and discovered that from January 2015 to July 2019, certain online tracking technologies were active on its MyAtriumHealth (formerly MyCarolinas) Patient Portal, accessible via web and mobile. The company notified the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

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Credit Reporting Companies Put Customer Data at Risk

Adam Levin

Experian, 2013 – 2015: Hackers stole a trove of information from T-Mobile customers whose data had passed through Experian to check credit there and open a new account. Use a VPN that you pay for: Having a VPN can make it much harder to steal your data and prevent identity theft.

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It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian

Krebs on Security

More greatest hits from Experian: 2022: Class Action Targets Experian Over Account Security 2017: Experian Site Can Give Anyone Your Credit Freeze PIN 2015: Experian Breach Affects 15 Million Customers 2015: Experian Breach Tied to NY-NJ ID Theft Ring 2015: At Experian, Security Attrition Amid Acquisitions 2015: Experian Hit With Class Action (..)