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Gas station and convenience store chain Wawa said it discovered a data breach in which thousands of customers’ debit and credit card information was stolen, according to a report by CNBC. Wawa said its team stopped the breach on Dec. Wawa said its team stopped the breach on Dec. We promptly reported this to authorities.

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JUNE 3, 2019

million were compromised and exposed in a data breach of an agency that collects money for Quest Diagnostics and UnitedHealth Group, according to a report by Bloomberg. Quest revealed the information in a securities filing. Patient records numbering around 11.9

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Nordstrom has suffered a data breach that exposed employee names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, checking account and routing numbers, salaries and more. The company spokesperson said customer data was not affected in the breach. The retailer isn’t the first to be hit with a breach.

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DECEMBER 31, 2018

So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there have been 2,216 confirmed data breaches across 65 countries. Even more disturbing, perhaps, is that 68 percent of those breaches took months for the breached companies to discover. The breach was believed to have seen 5 million cards compromised.

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JUNE 19, 2017

The company believes that exposure of cardholder data that could be used to create counterfeit cards – including names, addresses, emails and Social Security numbers – was limited, but some credit card numbers may have been compromised. 28, 2016, and April 14, 2017. Those who may have been affected will be notified.

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JULY 9, 2018

After Macy’s cyber tools detected suspicious logins on June 11, the retailer is warning customers about a data breach. However, Macy’s said the accounts don’t include Social Security numbers or CVV numbers. The company also revealed that the Social Security numbers of U.S. The website Orbitz.com was not impacted.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Newegg, the electronics retailer, was reportedly the victim of a data breach that lasted a month. In an email to customers, Newegg Chief Executive Danny Lee said the company hasn’t determined the customer accounts that were impacted by the breach. Newegg isn’t the only retailer to fall victim to a data breach.

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MAY 15, 2017

and Puerto Rico had their payment card information compromised. Any person shopping at both Brooks Brothers and Brooks Brothers Outlet stores between April 4, 2016, through March 1, 2017, may have been impacted by this breach. Over the past 11 months, Brooks Brothers ’ customers at various brick-and-mortar locations in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Remember how all those names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security and drivers’ license numbers and other information were stolen in September of 2017 – the information of some 143 million people – in what still stands as the one of the biggest data breaches of all time? Breach Confusion. Marriott Similarity?

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JUNE 29, 2018

Another day, another (possible) data breach: Adidas revealed that it has come under attack from cybercriminals looking to steal personal information. The breach could potentially affect millions of customers, who were notified on Thursday (June 28) about the incident on the Adidas U.S.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Following a data breach at learning platform Lynda in 2016, two hackers were indicted in Florida this month on charges of extortion and hacking. According to the reports, the allegations are similar to those of a reported data breach at Uber. The two individuals allegedly were able to get a hold of thousands of user accounts.

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JUNE 29, 2018

The first class action lawsuit against Exactis has been filed in response to the company’s massive data breach that exposed the private information of more than 200 million U.S. The marketing and data aggregation firm was the subject of a data breach in which customer information ended up on the internet for hackers or anyone else to view.

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JULY 11, 2018

Another retailer has been hit with a data breach. The data breach impacted one-half of one-percent of customers who were registered on Macys.com or Bloomingdales.com, spokeswoman Blair Rosenberg said Tuesday (July 10), according to Bloomberg. “We Macy’s is just the latest retailer to be hit with a data breach.

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MAY 8, 2018

Equifax , the embattled credit scoring company that was the subject of a massive data breach last fall, provided several congressional committees in the Senate and House with more information on the data compromised in the breach. million in the first quarter alone on expenses associated with the breach.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The named individuals and companies were charged with using stolen Social Security numbers, home addresses and birthdates of U.S. Social Security number as an identifier. Earlier this month, special counsel Robert Mueller indicted a group of 13 Russian nationals over their alleged role in the 2016 presidential election.

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MARCH 30, 2018

Under Armour has revealed that it’s suffered one of the biggest hacks in history after data from 150 million users of its MyFitnessPal diet and fitness app was compromised in February. Social Security numbers, drivers’ license numbers and payment card data were not compromised.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

At least 12 Capital One cybersecurity employees have exited since the breach due to security issues left hanging by Johnson and other executives, sources told the WSJ. Capital One employees raised red flags over security risks before the company suffered a massive data breach.

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JULY 17, 2019

Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL) is the latest victim of a data security breach at the billing collections service American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). CPL learned of the breach involving the AMCA payment website after being contacted by the company. million LabCorp customers were compromised. Days later, 7.7

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

In the wake of the massive data breach at Equifax , the embattled credit scoring company announced that the Chief Information Officer, David Webb, and the chief security officer, Susan Mauldin, will both retire. These moves come after the company disclosed a major data breach in which 143 million U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Equifax, the credit scoring company that suffered a data breach that impacted as many as 143 million Americans, is blaming a vendor software flaw in its online databases. My understanding is the breach was perpetuated via the Apache STRUTS flaw,” Meuler told The Post. Large-scale security breaches are becoming all too common.”.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

million users may have been compromised at its TIO Networks unit, a company it acquired earlier in 2017. PayPal said it was looking into the vulnerabilities at TIO and discovered that users’ information may have been compromised. PayPal disclosed late last week that the personal information of around 1.6

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Add some breaches across the pond to Equifax’s list of victims. Reuters reported Tuesday that the credit reporting firm has disclosed that more than 15 million United Kingdom records had been breached alongside the 145 million individuals compromised in the United States. million records that were reported as being breached, 14.5

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JANUARY 3, 2021

The intruder or intruders did not, T-Mobile stated, have access to “names on the account, physical or email addresses, financial data, credit card information, social security numbers, tax ID, passwords, or PINs.”. “We T-Mobile previously suffered a data breach in March.

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JUNE 21, 2016

The company notes that the credentials may have been breached by a third party between the dates of May 12, 2015 and April 28, 2016. The company noted that the breach has been reported to its credit card processor along with federal law enforcement officials. Canada and Puerto Rico, according to a letter from the company.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

That could be the case with 12 health care payers, who are at risk of being hacked after a health care vendor was compromised. Social Security numbers, medical information, bank account numbers and claims information were not part of the hack.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

Eric Chiu, cofounder and president of HyTrust , joined this week’s Hacker Tracker to share insights on the SEC examining the Yahoo breaches, why a selfie app may cause more harm than good and how the U.S. Yahoo disclosed a breach of 500 million users’ data in Sept. 2013 had compromised even more user data.

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JULY 30, 2019

The security breach at Capital One that exposed 100 million credit card applications and thousands of bank accounts and Social Security numbers is rapidly seeing repercussions. . James was instrumental in the settlement with Equifax over a breach that affected 147 million consumers. Reuters reported.

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JULY 16, 2018

Well… Macy’s Systems Breached. As Queen famously sang, another one bites the dust — or as modified for the modern era, another one bites the breach. We have investigated the matter thoroughly, addressed the cause and, as a precaution, have implemented additional security measures,” Macy’s said in an emailed statement.

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DECEMBER 31, 2019

Welcome, then, to the Top Data Breaches of 2019. Thousands of breaches. In data coming into the end of the year, Risk Based Security said hackers had accessed 7.9 In data coming into the end of the year, Risk Based Security said hackers had accessed 7.9 We can slice and dice the breaches in any number of ways.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

Capital One employees raised red flags over security risks before the company suffered a massive data breach. The alleged hacker, Paige Thompson, was a former employee of Amazon Web Services, which hosted the Capital One database that was breached. “We About five years ago, the company started moving its data to the cloud.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Like breaches , for example. Thursday was the same day the company said that more individuals in the United States were hit by last year’s data breach than had been initially estimated. That’s a lot of compromised data, of course. The latest tally comes to 147.9 million, up 2.4 Investigations continue, said the company.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

Corporate credit card data was not exposed in the massive Capital One data breach that came to light earlier this week, according to Business Travel News reports. While customers of Capital One’s commercial banking division were not affected, reports noted that small business customers were affected by the breach.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

With a wealth of stolen credentials to pick from in the wake of several data breaches that comprised the identities of millions, fraudsters have more resources than ever. Take Marriott , which is still dealing with the fallout of a breach that left the data of 500 million rewards customers exposed. Fraud is rampant and thriving.

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AUGUST 29, 2019

More than 100 million people were affected by the breach. The theft of data was large, and 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers were compromised. Additionally, there is no indication of an intrusion or data breach involving Infoblox causing any customer data to be exposed.”.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

1, the first-class action lawsuit alleging data breaches under the CCPA was filed on Feb 5. The complaint accuses Salesforce of allowing the site to be infected with malware, which is the prime suspect for the data breach. The California law is more specific and more punitive for breaches.

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JULY 29, 2019

Capital One announced that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, as well as thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers. Based on the company’s current analysis, the breach impacted about 100 million individuals in the United States and around 6 million in Canada.

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APRIL 5, 2019

AeroGrow explained that customers who bought something through its website between October 29, 2018 and March 4, 2019 had their credit card number, expiration date and card verification value (the security code) stolen by the malware. “We have not delayed notifying you at the request of law enforcement.

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