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Kaiser Permanente Discloses Data Breach Impacting 13.4 Million People

SecureWorld News

Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest not-for-profit providers of health care and coverage in the United States, is dealing with the fallout from a significant data breach that has affected more than 13 million individuals. The company revealed details of the incident in a public notification posted on April 25th.

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How Cybercriminals Profit from a Data Breach

Identity IQ

If you’re still under the impression that hacking is restricted to hoodie-wearing individuals in darkened rooms, then you might be vastly underestimating the scale the data breach problem. . Last year alone more than 300 million consumers were impacted by data breaches, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.

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The Equifax Breach Settlement Offer is Real, For Now

Krebs on Security

One reader’s copy of their Equifax Breach Settlement letter. In 2017, Equifax disclosed a massive, extended data breach that led to the theft of Social Security Numbers, dates of birth, addresses and other personal information on nearly 150 million people. They received a check for $6.97.

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114 Million US Citizens and Companies Found Unprotected Online

Adam Levin

The data is thought to have originated from Data&Leads, Inc. A cached version of the company’s website shows that it promised “access to our massive in-house data collection, as well as one of the largest data supplier networks of any data or lead company.”. 32 million SkyBrasil customers.

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What To Know About Privacy Data

Identity IQ

Every year, up to 10% of Americans fall for a scam, which often leads to the exposure of their personal data, according to Legaljobs. Identity theft also affects around 1.4 Staying safe on the internet means knowing what privacy data is and how to help protect your personal information. Why Is Data Privacy Important?

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Healthcare – Patient or Perpetrator? – The Cybercriminals Within

Security Affairs

With copious amounts of data collected by healthcare facilities, cybercriminals often target such entities. Moreover, the healthcare industry collects unique data, known as Protected Health Information (PHI), which is extremely valuable. The healthcare industry might be known for the work it does to treat patients.

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Alleged FruitFly malware creator ruled incompetent to stand trial

Malwarebytes

“The attack vector included the scanning and identification of externally facing Mac services to include the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP, port 548), RDP, VNC, SSH (port 22), and Back to My Mac (BTMM), which would be targeted with weak passwords or passwords derived from 3rd party data breaches.”

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