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American Bar Association (ABA) Falls Victim to Cyber Attack
The American Bar Association (ABA), the largest association of lawyers and legal professionals globally, has fallen victim to a cyber attack. The attack resulted in the compromise of the organization’s network, giving hackers access to older login credentials for 1,466,000 members. According to a statement from the ABA, the organization detected “unusual activity” on its…
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Data Security Incident at Shields Health Care Group
Shields Health Care Group, Inc. (“Shields”), a provider of management and imaging services for health care facilities, has issued a public notice regarding a data security incident that may have impacted individuals’ private information. According to the notice, Shields detected suspicious activity on March 28, 2022, which prompted an immediate investigation into the matter. The…
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Webster Bank Addresses Ransomware Attack
Webster Bank is currently working with Guardian to implement enhanced security measures to safeguard its network, systems, and data, including that of its customers. Furthermore, the bank is reviewing its relationship with Guardian in light of the incident. HARTFORD, Conn. – Connecticut Attorney General William Tong’s office is currently investigating a data breach involving Webster…
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Data Security Incident at Health Benefits Vendor Brightline Affects Stanford Community
Stanford University has issued a notice to inform its community about a recent data security incident experienced by health benefits vendor Brightline. Brightline, a provider of virtual behavioral and mental health services, experienced a data breach that impacted portions of the Stanford community, specifically those covered by Stanford’s group health plans. These plans include Stanford…
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Brightline Informs Impacted Individuals of Data Security Incident
Brightline, a startup pediatric behavioral health provider, has issued a notice regarding a data security incident involving its third-party vendor, Fortra. The incident has affected a limited amount of protected health information of individuals associated with certain entities referred to as “Covered Entities.” The notice aims to inform impacted individuals about the nature of the…
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Kodi User Forum Rebuilds Following Data Breach Impacting 400,000 Members
Open source home theater software developer Kodi is working to rebuild its user forum following a significant data breach in February 2023. The incident came to light after a threat actor advertised a database dump of Kodi’s MyBB user forum software on underground forums. The breach compromised the data of approximately 400,000 Kodi users, including…
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Cyber Attack Impacts Iowa Medicaid Members in National Data Breach
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that the personal information of some Iowa Medicaid members was compromised in a national data breach affecting a contractor’s computer system last year. The breach did not directly target the Iowa Medicaid system. Elizabeth Matney, Iowa Medicaid Director, stated, “We regret the inconvenience and…
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HHS Probes IT Security Breach at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is currently investigating an information technology (IT) breach at Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare (TMH). The breach, which has been designated as a hacking/IT incident affecting the network server, was submitted to the OCR on March 31, according to the Notice to the Secretary…
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Florida Sheriff’s Office Suffers Data Leak due to Lockbit Ransomware Attack
Washington County, Florida – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that it has suffered a ransomware attack by the notorious Lockbit group. The attack resulted in the encryption of the Sheriff’s Office’s computer systems and the unauthorized release of sensitive information. According to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office, the attack involved the encryption…
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT suffers security breach through open-source library bug
OpenAI, the organization behind the popular chatbot ChatGPT, has confirmed a data breach that exposed users’ personal information. The breach was caused by a bug in an open-source library called Redis-py, introduced by OpenAI on March 20. As a consequence, users were able to access chat data that did not belong to them, and sensitive…
