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A data breach at India’s Kudankulam nuclear facility exposed sensitive operational details, highlighting critical infrastructure vulnerabilities.
Michigan is distributing $436,605 to nearly 163,000 residents harmed by 23andMe’s 2023 genetic data breach through a 42-state settlement emerging from the company’s bankruptcy.
This surge reflects a deliberate shift in ransomware operators’ strategies, who recognize that hospitals operate under extreme pressure to restore systems…
Service provider breaches expose millions of retail customers across multiple countries when a single vendor’s security fails.
A macOS malware variant tricks users with fake crash dialogs to steal login credentials, exploiting trust in Apple’s own interface design.
A ransomware negotiator’s 70-month sentence expands U.S. law enforcement’s push to prosecute the entire criminal supply chain.
AI adoption in cybersecurity hit 78%, but three-quarters of organizations lack the governance to control the tools they’ve deployed.
A regional health insurer’s security breach exposed thousands of Illinois members’ personal and medical information, raising questions about how insurers protect sensitive customer data.
A federal defendant’s 70-month sentence underscores harsh punishment for supplying the tools that enable ransomware attacks on hospitals and businesses.
macOS malware now tricks users through Apple’s own crash reporter interface, exploiting trust to steal sensitive data and permissions.
Breach coverage goes wrong in two directions: inflating an exposure into a certainty, or burying it. We publish the disclosed numbers, name the source, and mark clearly where an investigation is still open and the count may change.
Most people find out from a letter weeks after the fact. These are the steps that still work at that point, in the order they should be done, with what each one does and does not protect.
Primary sources: the breached organization's own notification letter, filings in state Attorney General breach databases, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services breach portal for healthcare incidents, SEC filings, court records and regulator announcements. Where we cite a figure, that figure comes from one of those documents.
Not necessarily, and the difference matters. Most notices state that an unauthorized party accessed or acquired data. That is a different finding from evidence that the data has been used for fraud. We report which one a given notice supports, and we do not fill the gap with speculation.
No. Only the organization that holds your records can confirm that, and it is required to notify you. What we can do is tell you what was disclosed, who the claims administrator or notification contact is, and what steps are worth taking while you wait.
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