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Data Breach Roundup: Attempted Extortion Attack on Dragos

Data Breach Today

Also: Twitter Hacker Pleads Guilty, Seoul National University Hospital and Sysco In this week's data breach, the spotlight was on Dragos, a guilty plea from a Twitter hacker and cryptocurrency thief and North Korean hackers. Plus, a new tool for decrypting partially encrypted files.

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Group Health Cooperative data breach impacted 530,000 individuals

Security Affairs

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin disclosed a data breach that impacted over 500,000 individuals. The organization disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack, the incident impacted 533,809 individuals. “The attacker attempted to encrypt GHC-SCW’s system but was unsuccessful.”

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LoanDepot data breach impacted roughly 16.6 individuals

Security Affairs

Financial services company LoanDepot disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 16.6 LoanDepot disclosed this week a data breach that impacted roughly 16.6 LoanDepot disclosed this week a data breach that impacted roughly 16.6 million individuals. million individuals. million individuals.

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Which Files Do You Need to Encrypt?

Record Nations

Data breaches and cyberattacks have become all too common, putting our personal, financial, and professional information at risk. One effective way to enhance your digital security is by encrypting your files. But which files should you encrypt? Which Files Do You Need to Encrypt?

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Apple to Enable End-to-End Encryption of iCloud Backups

Data Breach Today

Announcement Comes After Apple Reportedly Delayed the Backups at the FBI's Request Smartphone giant Apple says that starting later this year, users can enable end-to-end encryption of iPhone backups stored in the company's commercial cloud. Apple took pains to frame its announcement in the context of cloud computing data breaches.

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Inside the Massive Alleged AT&T Data Breach

Troy Hunt

Per the linked story, social security numbers and dates of birth exist on most rows of the data in encrypted format, but two supplemental files expose these in plain text. The above example simply didn't have plain text entries for the encrypted data.

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Data breach prevention: 5 ways attack surface management helps mitigate the risks of costly data breaches

IBM Big Data Hub

Organizations are wrestling with a pressing concern: the speed at which they respond to and contain data breaches falls short of the escalating security threats they face. According to the Cost of a Data Breach 2023 Report by IBM, the average cost of a data breach reached a record high of USD 4.45