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Target Sues Insurer Over 2013 Data Breach Costs

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Lawsuit Claims Insurer Owes Retailer for Coverage of Card Replacement Costs Target has filed a lawsuit against its long-time insurer, ACE American Insurance Co., in an attempt to recoup money it spent to replace payment cards as part of settlements over the retailer's massive 2013 data breach.

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Greylock McKinnon Associates data breach exposed DOJ data of 341650 people

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Greylock McKinnon Associates, a service provider for the Department of Justice, suffered a data breach that exposed data of 341650 people. GMA disclosed a data breach that impacted medicare and other information belonging to 5465 people. ” reads the data breach notification.

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Group Health Cooperative data breach impacted 530,000 individuals

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Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin disclosed a data breach that impacted over 500,000 individuals. The Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (GHC-SCW) is a non-profit organization that provides health insurance and medical care services to its members in the Madison metropolitan area of Wisconsin.

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Dental Health Insurer Hack Affects Nearly 9 Million

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More than 100 Agencies, Health Entities Impacted by Data Breach Discovered in March An insurance provider that services many state Medicaid agencies and the Children's Health Insurance Program told regulators that hackers compromised the personal and protected health information of nearly 9 million patients in an incident discovered in March.

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Australian Insurer Medibank Says Incident Was Ransomware

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Apparent Spate of Australian Data Breaches Continues Australian health insurer Medibank told investors it stopped a probable ransomware attack before the attack could steal data or maliciously encrypt its systems.

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Health Data Breach Tally Crowded With Vendor Incidents

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Business Associate Breaches Affect Millions Many of the major health data breaches added to the federal tally so far this year involve business associates, continuing a trend in recent years.

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Australia's Data Breach Debacle Expands

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Medibank Extortionists Prove Their Hack and Vinomofo Data Turns Up on Forum Australia's data breach debacle expanded on Thursday. Cyber extortionists who attacked Australian health insurer Medibank provided proof of their hack of medical data.