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MAY 30, 2019

The financial impact of the data breach – which included bank account numbers, Social Security numbers, financial and tax records, and images of drivers’ licenses – is more than $5 million, according to the damages the lawsuit is seeking. The lawsuit contends that First American Financial Corp.

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MAY 22, 2020

Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois and Ohio have warned tens of thousands of residents who have applied online for unemployment benefits due to COVID-19 of possible data breaches that could have exposed names, addresses and Social Security numbers.

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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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DECEMBER 10, 2018

A report by the House Oversight Committee has found that Equifax ’s massive data breach could have been easily prevented if its security practices and policies were up to par. Last year, the credit monitoring firm suffered a breach that impacted the personal data of more than 143 million consumers.

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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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APRIL 3, 2019

The Georgia Institute of Technology confirmed that it suffered a data breach that has exposed the personal information of 1.3 The university’s information security officials are working to determine the extent of the breach, as well as identify those who may have been affected by it.

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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. According to Ross Rustici, senior director of intelligence services for cybersecurity at Cybereason , the indictments should raise questions about the reliability of the U.S.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating a security breach at First American Financial Corporation that saw the exposure of upwards of 885 million financial records and personal files related to mortgages dating back to 2003. KrebsOnSecurity reported the breach in May.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

Financial company MSCI had warned Equifax a year before its massive data breach that there were signs it wasn’t protecting the data of its millions of customers. What’s more, MSCI scored a zero for the privacy and security of consumers’ data. The latest revelation comes as Equifax is reeling from its recent disclosure that 145.5

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission is reportedly investigating a security breach at First American Financial Corporation that saw the exposure of upwards of 885 million financial records and personal files related to mortgages dating back to 2003. KrebsOnSecurity reported the breach in May.

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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 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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OCTOBER 13, 2017

No need to go over the numbers tied to the seismic breach because they keep changing, and may be changing even as you read this eBook. London-based financial institution Currencycloud’s CTO, Ed Addario, argued that regulation may in the offing, but emphasized firms must also strive for speed and transparency in dealing with breaches.

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MARCH 5, 2020

Telecom giant T-Mobile suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of employees and customers to unknown hackers, according to reports. “We An investigation was immediately commenced, with assistance from leading cybersecurity forensics experts, to determine what happened and what information was affected.

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DECEMBER 4, 2017

A PayPal spokesman told the paper that the data that may have been impacted included names, addresses, bank account details, Social Security numbers and login information. The potential data hack at TIO comes a few months after Equifax announced a massive data breach that impacted 145.5

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MAY 27, 2020

Bank of America notified principal owners of a potential data breach after the bank uploaded the loan applications of some customers to a “limited access, controlled” Small Business Administration (SBA) test application platform, according to a letter to customers made public by the California attorney general’s office.

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DECEMBER 19, 2018

NASA has suffered a data breach that exposed its employees’ Social Security numbers and other personal information. 18) by Assistant Administrator Bob Gibbs, the agency began looking into the breach of its servers on Oct. NASA is the latest government agency to be hit with a breach. This process will take time.

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MARCH 1, 2018

Equifax , the credit scoring company embroiled in a 2017 data breach scandal, disclosed news on Thursday (March 1) that has identified 2.4 million more consumers in the U.S. whose partial driver’s license information was stolen. In a press release , Equifax said it was able to pinpoint about 2.4

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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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VISTA InfoSec

JULY 5, 2023

Adherence to these regulations is paramount for safeguarding sensitive patient information from data breaches and cyber attacks. From March 2021 to March 2022, the average cost of a data breach in healthcare was over $10 million, up from $9.23 Thus, protecting EHRs is crucial to avoid data breaches from hackers. million people.

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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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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. America’s Data Breach Problem. SEC Keeps An Eye On Yahoo.

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Segpay

JUNE 13, 2024

This shows that as businesses and customers continue to rely on online payment systems the risk of falling prey to cyber security threats increases too. If you fail to fortify your defenses, your business will suffer a lot in the face of a successful breach. Verizon’s 2021 report found that 85% of breaches involved a human element.

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MARCH 4, 2019

There is no shortage of things to worry about in the world of cybersecurity. From data breaches to fraudsters creating synthetic IDs using children’s Social Security numbers, consumers’ concerns are myriad.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

10) with the 2017 cyberattack on credit reporting giant Equifax, which was one of the largest data breaches in history, according to The Wall Street Journal. The breach gave hackers access to customers’ personal information, including Social Security numbers, drivers’ licenses, credit card numbers and birthdates.

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MAY 17, 2017

DocuSign, a provider of electronic signature technology, confirmed Tuesday (May 16) that a series of malware phishing attacks targeting its customers was the result of a data breach at the company. According to a report in KrebsOnSecurity , the San Francisco–based company said the data that was stolen was only user email addresses.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

Corporate cybersecurity is an ever-increasing focus of government entities, with the U.S. Late last week, the FTC rolled out a series of informational resources for nonprofits and small businesses (SMBs) to heighten awareness and understanding of cybersecurity threats and how to mitigate them.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

T-Mobile’s Data Breached. Another day, another data breach. According to a post on the wireless carrier’s website, on August 20 its cybersecurity team discovered and shut down unauthorized access to certain information, and reported the incursion to the authorities. And finally for some good news.

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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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Clearly Payments

JANUARY 8, 2024

Merchants must familiarize themselves with the diverse risks associated with payment processing, encompassing fraud, chargebacks, and cybersecurity threats. Security, Compliance, and Regulatory Risk: Cybersecurity risk involves the threat of data breaches and unauthorized access to sensitive payment information.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Equifax has extended its free credit monitoring to all Americans affected by last year’s massive data breach , but this time, it’s using a service offered by rival Experian. You have until January 31, 2019, to enroll in this extension of free credit monitoring through IDnotify , a part of Experian.”.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

With countless incidents of fraud occurring every day, some of which have made international headlines and impacted millions, cybersecurity and fraud prevention are top-of-mind for individuals and companies alike. For more from these nine payments industry leaders and their views on cybersecurity, take a look at this eBook.

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APRIL 5, 2018

According to Reuters , the suit alleges that the credit reporting firm failed to protect its databases or provide prompt notice of the massive data breach that exposed the personal data of 147 million people. The breach resulted in several lawsuits filed against Equifax, including one by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.

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JULY 16, 2019

personal identification numbers with income, as well as healthcare and social security information. Goranov was called to parliament to give an explanation of the breach, and he said that he was sorry “to all Bulgarian citizens who have been made vulnerable.”.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Failing to prevent a data breach is a surefire way to lose that trust, however. Credit unions possess vast troves of personal information such as credit card data and Social Security numbers that could devastate members if leaked. Data Breaches Within And Without. Credit unions are no strangers to data breaches.

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AUGUST 13, 2019

Amid the growing list of cybersecurity concerns businesses must keep on top of, payroll is a growing target for attackers both inside and outside the enterprise. The latest cases of payroll-related cyber incidents reveal the vulnerabilities of the financial process of compensating employees.

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JULY 22, 2019

Bulgaria’s Big Breach . personal identification numbers with income, as well as healthcare and social security information. Despite efforts to downplay the attack however, cybersecurity researcher Vesselin Bontchev, assistant professor at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, said the hack was a huge one. “To

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