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Riding the State Unemployment Fraud ‘Wave’

Krebs on Security

states are possibly making it easier for crooks by leaking their citizens’ personal data from the very websites the unemployment scammers are using to file bogus claims. A number of states have suffered security issues with the PUA websites that exposed personal details of citizens filing unemployment insurance claims.

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Thousands of Humana customers have their medical data leaked online by threat actors

Security Affairs

Experts found a DB containing sensitive health insurance data belonging to customers of US insurance giant Humana. An SQL database containing what appears to be highly sensitive health insurance data of more than 6,000 patients has been leaked on a popular hacker forum. What was leaked? Drug prescription listings).

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in July 2020 ­– 77 million records breached

IT Governance

After mammoth amounts of personal data were leaked in May and June, we’ve seen a reversion to the mean this month. Bitcoin scam leaks personal data of users from across the globe (248,926). Canadian insurer Heartland Farm Mutual says an employee’s email account breached (unknown).

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in October 2022 – 9.9 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

By contrast, comparatively little personal data was breached, with our figures confirming that at least 9,990,855 records were compromised. We identified 102 security incidents throughout the month, which is the second largest figure so far this year – trailing only August (112). Malicious insiders and miscellaneous incidents.

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The Impact of Data Protection Laws on Your Records Retention Schedule

ARMA International

Introduction to Data Protection Laws. Data protection laws, regulations, and rules control the collection, use, transfer, and storage of personal and sensitive information. Personal data protection requirements may be issued by federal, state (provincial), or local governments.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in June 2019 ­– 39.7 million records leaked

IT Governance

Russia’s top three banks breach customer’s personal data (900,000). Database misconfiguration at the University of Chicago exposes personal data (1,679,993). Jewish dating app JCrush kept user’s personal data and private message records in unprotected database (200,000). Riviera Beach? Broome Co.,

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in February 2020 – 623 million records breached

IT Governance

Pacific Specialty Insurance Company notifies plan members of 2019 data breach (unknown). Rady’s Children Hospital in San Diego notifying patients whose data was accessed via open port on the Internet (unknown). Students at IIT Madras fear for their personal data amid ransomware attack (unknown). Data breaches.