SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Recent cybersecurity statistics indicate that data breaches are escalating into a significant international concern. This underscores the need not only for strong preventive measures to protect critical information but also for a well-defined strategy to contain the damage if attackers successfully breach your defenses.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 13, 2025

Cell C, one of the biggest telecom providers in South Africa confirms a data breach following a 2024 cyberattack. The company founded in 2001 offers prepaid and postpaid mobile plans, data bundles and internet services, fiber broadband, roaming and international calling, SIM-only plans and device deals.

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APRIL 26, 2025

African multinational telecommunications company MTN Group disclosed a data breach that exposed subscribers’ personal information. In April 2025, Cell C, one of the biggest telecom providers in South Africa, confirmed a data breach following a 2024 cyberattack.

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APRIL 11, 2025

Laboratory Services Cooperative discloses a data breach from October 2024 that exposed personal and medical info of 1.6 Laboratory Services Cooperative disclosed a data breach that impacted the personal and medical information of 1.6 “The specific information involved is not the same for everyone.”

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JANUARY 3, 2025

A recovery team, with help from a cybersecurity firm, worked to restore systems and assess the attack’s scope, including its potential impact on patient data. Upon learning of this issue, we immediately contained and secured the threat and commenced a prompt and thorough investigation.”

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

As part of the investigation, we engaged leading third-party cybersecurity experts experienced in handling these types of incidents. The investigation aimed to determine the extent of the activity, and whether individual personal information, if any, may have been accessed or acquired by an unauthorized third party.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a 2023 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 million individuals. million individuals.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known data breach of protected health information. which suffered a data breach in 2015 affecting 78.8

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MAY 15, 2025

Nova Scotia Power confirmed a data breach involving the theft of sensitive customer data after the April cybersecurity incident. This week, the company disclosed a data breach after the April security incident and revealed that threat actors stole sensitive customer data. Nova Scotia Power Inc.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 3, 2019

Interesting essay arguing that we need better legislation to protect cybersecurity whistleblowers. Congress should act to protect cybersecurity whistleblowers because information security has never been so important, or so challenging. High-profile cases abound.

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APRIL 15, 2025

Hertz Corporation disclosed a data breach after customer data was stolen via Cleo zero-day exploits in late 2024, affecting Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands. Car rental giant Hertz Corporation disclosed a data breach that impacted its Hertz, Thrifty, and Dollar brands. In December 2024, the U.S.

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APRIL 24, 2025

Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) announced that threat actors stole the personal data of 5.5 Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information of 5.5 On March 11, 2025, YNHHS faced a cybersecurity incident affecting IT services. million patients in a cyberattack.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Fortinet disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the theft of 440GB of files from the company’s Microsoft Sharepoint server. Last month, the Australian Home Affairs department discovered the data breach involving Fortinet, although it occurred earlier.

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MARCH 20, 2025

A data breach at the Pennsylvania State Education Association exposed the personal information of over 500,000 individuals. The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) suffered a data breach that impacted 517,487 individuals. ” reads the data breach notification.

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eSecurity Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

As they do, they create more security vulnerabilities and inherent business, changing the nature of cybersecurity careers. and the Ponemon Institute, the average security breach cost reached $4.88 with cybersecurity employment growing almost three times, or 267% the national growth rate. million workers.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Texas Tech University reports a data breach affecting 1.4 million, exposing personal, health, and financial data from its health sciences centers. Texas Tech University disclosed a data breach that impacted over 1.4 ” reads the notice of security breach published by the HSCs.

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Centraleyes

JANUARY 20, 2025

What is the Information Security Manual (ISM)? The Information Security Manual (ISM) is a cybersecurity framework developed by the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to help organizations protect their IT and operational technology systems, applications, and data from cyber threats.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach that impacted one of its business applications in August compromising customers’ personal information. Car rental company Avis notified customers impacted in an Augus data breach. ” reads the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted individuals.

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JULY 17, 2024

The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax, disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax disclosed a data breach that impacted over 123,000 individuals. ” reads a FORM 8-K filed with SEC.

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OCTOBER 7, 2024

238,000 Comcast customers were impacted by the FBCS data breach following the February ransomware attack, Comcast reports. Telecommunications giant Comcast is notifying approximately 238,000 customers impacted by the Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) data breach. reads the notice of data breach.

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AUGUST 17, 2024

Background check service National Public Data confirms a data breach that exploded millions of social security numbers and other sensitive information. The experts pointed out that this data breach could be among the biggest ever. The archive also contains data on deceased individuals.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global suffered a data breach after an unauthorized party accessed files from certain of its systems. Multinational mass media conglomerate Paramount Global disclosed a data breach. The notification pointed out that types of affected personal information vary by individual.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Samsung Electronics disclosed a data breach that exposed customer personal information to an unauthorized individual. Samsung Electronics suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of some of its customers to an unauthorized individual. “What information was involved?

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JULY 13, 2024

The American drugstore chain Rite Aid Corporation disclosed a data breach following the cyber attack that hit the company in June. The American drugstore chain giant Rite Aid suffered a data breach following a cyberattack in June conducted by the RansomHub ransomware group. 148 in the Fortune 500 in 2022. .

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

MoneyGram disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack in September, during which threat actors stole customer data. On September 22, the company informed its customers that it was experiencing a network outage impacting connectivity to several of its systems. .

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JANUARY 23, 2024

Financial services company LoanDepot disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 16.6 LoanDepot disclosed this week a data breach that impacted roughly 16.6 LoanDepot disclosed this week a data breach that impacted roughly 16.6 million individuals. million individuals. million individuals.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2024

CISA adds Veeam Backup and Replication flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog North Korea-linked APT37 exploited IE zero-day in a recent attack Omni Family Health data breach impacts 468,344 individuals Iran-linked actors target critical infrastructure organizations macOS HM Surf flaw in TCC allows bypass Safari privacy settings Two Sudanese (..)

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JANUARY 6, 2024

Law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe disclosed a data breach that took place in early 2023, which impacted roughly 600,000 individuals. The law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, disclosed a data breach that impacted 638,000 individuals. ” reads the data breach notification.

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APRIL 8, 2024

Greylock McKinnon Associates, a service provider for the Department of Justice, suffered a data breach that exposed data of 341650 people. GMA disclosed a data breach that impacted medicare and other information belonging to 5465 people. ” reads the data breach notification.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Flagstar Bank announced a data breach suffered by a third-party service provider exposed the personal information of over 800,000 US customers. Flagstar Bank is warning 837,390 US customers that their personal information was exposed after threat actors breached the third-party service provider Fiserv.

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. Seiko Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “the Company” or “we”) has confirmed that on July 28th of this year, the Company suffered a possible data breach. reads a notice published by the company. “As

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MAY 27, 2024

Prescription service firm Sav-Rx disclosed a data breach that potentially impacted over 2.8 Prescription service company Sav-Rx disclosed a data breach after 2023 cyberattack. The company is notifying 2,812,336 individuals impacted by the security breach in the United States.

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DECEMBER 23, 2023

Mobile virtual network operator Mint Mobile suffered a new data breach, threat actors had access to customers’ personal information. Mint Mobile experienced a recent data breach, exposing customers’ personal information to unauthorized access by threat actors.

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JULY 9, 2024

“Evolve Bank & Trust is making retail bank customers and financial technology partners’ customers (end users) aware of a cybersecurity incident that may involve certain personal information, as well as the actions we have taken in response, and additional steps individuals may take.” reads the notice of Cybersecurity Incident.

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S.

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AUGUST 28, 2024

A ransomware attack by the BlackSuit group on Young Consulting compromised the personal information of over 950,000 individuals. Software solutions provider Young Consulting disclosed a data breach impacting 950,000 individuals following a BlackSuit ransomware attack. The company maker did not share details about the attack.

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APRIL 18, 2025

Legends International disclosed a data breach from November 2024 that affected employees and visitors to its managed venues. On November 9, 2024, Legends International detected unauthorized activity on its IT systems, took action to stop it, and launched an investigation with the help of external cybersecurity experts.

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