Cyber thieves who steal credit and debit card numbers are making millions of dollars in profits, fueling a global criminal enterprise marked by the high-profile data breaches of major companies such as Target and Home Depot.
The personal information records of more than 49 million Californians have been at risk over the past four years, according to a new report released by the state’s Attorney General.
Your social security number–and your child’s– may have been exposed on a government website for more than decade. The CBS I-Team discovered A major security breach involving tens of thousands of North Texans. And, as shocking as the information being out there, is how long I-Team Senior Investigative Reporter Ginger Allen had to pressure Dallas County to fix the problem.
Last year’s massive data breach at the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) compromised the personal information of more than 22 million people and showed us that the government is no more immune to breaches than the private sector.
For John Kuhn, a simple X-ray after a snowboarding accident turned into an accounting nightmare when the hospital billed him $20,000 for a surgery he never had.
NEWS ANALYSIS: While the theft of employee information is a problem for the staff at government agencies, the fact is that it’s also a threat to national security once it’s part of a big data research effort.
1 in 3 Americans were victims of healthcare data breaches, attributed to a series of large-scale attacks that each affected more than 10 million individuals, according to Bitglass’ 2016 Healthcare Breach Report. Among the most significant findings of the report was that in 2015, 98 percent of record leaks were due to large-scale breaches targeting the healthcare industry. These high-profile attacks were the largest source of healthcare data loss and indicate that cyber attackers are increasingly targeting medical data.
The latest count from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) reports that there has been a total of 69 data breaches recorded through February 9, 2016, and that more than 1.4 million records have been exposed since the beginning of the year. The largest data breach to date was reported by Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) and involved medical information on 950,000 subscribers to the company’s health insurance products. The data were stored on six hard drives that are currently unaccounted for.
The Washington State Health Authority (HCA) said Tuesday that an employee mishandled the Social Security numbers, dates of birth, Apple Health client ID numbers and private health information of 91,000 Apple Health (Medicaid) clients.
Criminals may have stolen personal and tax-return information from about 8,800 customers of TaxSlayer LLC, a provider of software to individuals who prepare their own tax returns, according to the company.
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