Neopets Breach Affects 69M Users
What is Neopets, you ask? It is a virtual pet website that gives members the ability to “own, raise, and play games with their virtual pets.” According to BleepingComputer, Neopets has...
Lending Tree Notifies 70,000 Customers of Data Breach
Online mortgage lender Lending Tree sent breach notification letters to affected individuals on June 29, 2022. The letter advises those persons that their name, social security number, date of birth, and...
Verizon’s 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report: A Must Read
I love Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). I have pored over its content every year since its inception in 2008. (Just goes to show how long I have been...
Chicago Public Schools Notifying Students and Staff of Vendor’s Ransomware Attack
The Chicago Public Schools system is in the process of notifying students, families and some current and former employees that their personal information was compromised as a result of a ransomware...
Data Breach Class Action Against Radiology Companies Dismissed for Lack of Standing
Last week, New York federal judge Vincent L. Bricetti dismissed a data breach class action against Northeast Radiology PC (Northeast) and Alliance HealthCare Services (Alliance) because the plaintiffs failed to allege...
SuperCare Health Hit with Another Data Breach Class Action
In the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California last week, SuperCare Health, Inc. was hit with another proposed class action based on a data breach that allegedly compromised...
Mailchimp Suffers a Data Breach
This week we learned that the email and social media marketing company Mailchimp suffered a data breach that allowed an intruder to view 319 Mailchimp accounts. According to multiple sources, audience...
Privacy Tip #321 – California AG Warns Consumers About ID Theft from T-Mobile Breach
On March 2, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta urged individuals affected by the T-Mobile breach in 2021 to take advantage of resources to assist with preventing or responding to identity...
State of Modern Application Security: 6 Key Takeaways For 2022
In this Expert Insight, Harshil Parikh, CEO of Tromzo, reveals findings from the company's recent State of Modern Application Security Report, a survey of 400 appsec professionals.
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Reporting of Breaches Under 500 Due by March 1
HIPAA requires covered entities and business associates to report to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) all breaches of unsecured protected health information when the incident involves fewer than 500 individuals...