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Conduent Health Care Data Breach Reaching Historic Impact Levels

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Healthcare breaches consistently rank among the worst, and the recent ransomware attack on Conduent may become the largest healthcare data breach in history. What began as a breach affecting about 10.5 million individuals has rapidly expanded to more than 25 million people nationwide, making the attack on Conduent one of the largest healthcare-related data breaches […]

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Online Scams Are Evolving—And So Are Our Security Habits

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A new survey from Google, in partnership with Morning Consult, paints a clear picture: Americans are more aware than ever of online scams—but they’re not all protecting themselves the same way. More than 60% of U.S. consumers say scam activity has increased over the past year. A third have experienced a data breach personally. The

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Bank of America Customers Affected in Cyberattack Weren’t Informed for Nearly 90 days

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A November cyberattack on Infosys McCamish Systems, a service provider for Bank of America, exposed personal data of over 57,000 customers enrolled in deferred compensation plans. Although the breach, linked to the LockBit ransomware group, occurred November 3 it wasn’t reported to Bank of America until November 24—leading to a nearly 90-day delay in notifying

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Poor Cyber Hygiene: A Direct Path to Data Breaches

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2024 was a tumultuous year for cybersecurity.  Cybercrime reached unprecedented levels, evolving into a staggering global menace. With a total economic impact exceeding $10.4 billion — double the losses reported in 2023 — this criminal enterprise now ranks as the third-largest global economy, surpassed only by the United States and China.  No industry was safe

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PowerSchool breach exposes millions of students and teachers’ personal information

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A recent cyberattack on education technology software firm PowerSchool is developing into one of the biggest breaches of the year. Multiple companies have come forward to say their data was stolen in the hack of the company which helps schools track tens of millions of students. The attack appears to be the largest breach of

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Key Facts to Note During Fraud Awareness Week November 17-23

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Identity theft is on the rise, with 842,000 cases reported to the FTC in the first nine months of 2024 and 290,000 cases reported in Q3 alone. If this trajectory continues, the total for the year will surpass last year’s numbers.  Since 2020, identity theft and credit card fraud have been the most common types

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Audio Deepfake Scams Cost Companies Millions

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In 2023, imposter scams cost the U.S. $2.7 billion, with scammers posing as government officials, bank fraud agents, tech support, or even distraught friends or family members. AI is making these scams even more convincing, especially with the rise of audio deepfake scams, also known as voice cloning. It may seem harmless, but just a

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Data Breach Victims Top 1 Billion During First Half of 2024

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More than a billion people were hit by data breaches in the first half of 2024 —a jaw-dropping 1,170% jump from the same time last year. The latest Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) report has been released and the numbers are alarming.  Here are a few highlights from the H1 2024 Data Breach Report released

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Unprecedented data breach exposes 2.9 billion Social Security numbers

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Every person in America may have had their Social Security numbers stolen and shared on the dark web in a massive National Public Data breach. The unprecedented breach involved 2.9 billion records, including names, phone numbers, and addresses. According to a class-action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a hacker

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