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What’s happening in the world of personal cyber insurance?

Malwarebytes

You’ve likely only seen cybercrime insurance primarily mentioned in relation to attacks on businesses. Some folks think the mere presence of insurance simply encourages more attacks , and is hurting more than it’s helping. Personal insurance plans are slowly becoming a more visible and talked about topic.

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What to Do If Your Phone Is Lost or Stolen

Identity IQ

However, you should worry more about identity theft since all the sensitive information stored on your phone is now in jeopardy. Gather personal information and commit identity theft. Backup Information It’s always a good idea to back up your data in case of any unexpected event.

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US water company WSSC Water hit by a ransomware attack

Security Affairs

The company uses air-gapped networks and was able to restore encrypted files from backups. The company is going to offer affected people five years of credit monitoring with $1,000,000 in identity theft insurance at no cost. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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PharMerica breach impacts almost 6 million people

Malwarebytes

The incident was noticed on March 14, and a week later PharMerica identified that the personal information accessed included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medication lists and health insurance information. Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers.

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Medical Review Institute of America Notifies Patients of Data Breach

CyberSecurity Insiders

health insurance policy and group plan number, group plan provider, claim information). However, to the best of its knowledge and as of the date of this release, MRIoA has no evidence indicating the occurrence of identity theft resulting from this incident.

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Tampa General Hospital half thwarts ransomware attack, but still loses patient data

Malwarebytes

The information varied from person to person, but may have included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers (SSNs), health insurance information, medical record numbers, patient account numbers, dates of service and/or limited treatment information used by TGH for its business operations.

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Meal delivery service PurFoods announces major data breach

Malwarebytes

Create offsite, offline backups. Keep backups offsite and offline, beyond the reach of attackers. Deploy Endpoint Detection and Response software like Malwarebytes EDR that uses multiple different detection techniques to identify ransomware, and ransomware rollback to restore damaged system files. Don’t get attacked twice.