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PowerSchool data breach brings claims of negligence, poor cyber hygiene
The K-12 software company is facing legal pushback and criticism following a cyberattack that impacted a still unknown number of districts.
By Anna Merod • Jan. 22, 2025 -
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HPE probes hacker claim involving trove of sensitive company data
The vendor said it has no immediate evidence of operational impacts or compromised customer data.
By David Jones • Jan. 21, 2025 -
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A host of new technologies and a spate of incidents at top providers means businesses have even more cloud security conundrums to consider.
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Treasury Department issues sanctions linked to cyber intrusions, telecom attacks
The Office of Foreign Assets Control took measures against a state-linked hacker and a Shanghai-based cybersecurity firm in response to the recent attacks against critical infrastructure in the U.S.
By David Jones • Jan. 21, 2025 -
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Cyber disruptions remain top business risk concern in US, globally
A report from Allianz shows the global disruption caused by CrowdStrike’s IT mishap added to longtime concerns about data breaches and ransomware.
By David Jones • Jan. 15, 2025 -
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CISA adds second BeyondTrust CVE to known exploited vulnerabilities list
Federal authorities are still working with the company to investigate a hack of Treasury Department workstations, but have not yet explained the CVEs’ specific roles in the attacks.
By David Jones • Jan. 14, 2025 -
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Consumers are becoming apathetic to cyber incidents, research finds
Despite an increase in cyber incidents, breaches had less impact on consumer trust in 2024, a Vercara survey found.
By Kristen Doerer • Jan. 13, 2025 -
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Hack of Rhode Island social services platform impacted at least 709K, officials say
State officials received reports from Deloitte and a third-party forensic firm showing the threat to the database has been mitigated and restoration efforts are underway.
By David Jones • Jan. 10, 2025 -
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Cyberattacks, tech disruption rank as top threats to business growth
Two in five executives view data breaches and leaks as the most financially burdensome man-made threats, a Chubb study found.
By Alexei Alexis • Jan. 10, 2025 -
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PowerSchool data breach possibly exposed student, staff data
The cloud-based K-12 software provider confirmed a compromised credential was used to access its PowerSource customer support portal.
By Anna Merod • Jan. 10, 2025 -
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Censys researchers warn 8,600 BeyondTrust instances still exposed
As authorities investigate a December attack spree, the researchers added the caveat that not all instances are considered vulnerable.
By David Jones • Jan. 3, 2025 -
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Hackers leaked data from Rhode Island ransomware attack, officials warn
A criminal threat group had previously threatened to leak sensitive data from a Deloitte-managed social services database.
By David Jones • Jan. 2, 2025 -
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Treasury Department says state-linked hacker gained access to unclassified data in major attack
The compromise of agency workstations is linked to a previously disclosed compromise of certain BeyondTrust customers.
By David Jones • Dec. 31, 2024 -
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Ascension cyberattack exposes data from 5.6M people
The breach is the third largest reported to a portal managed by federal regulators this year.
By Emily Olsen • Dec. 20, 2024 -
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Rhode Island officials warn residents as ransomware group threatens social services data leak
The personal data of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable residents is at risk after a threat group attacked a state social services database.
By David Jones • Dec. 18, 2024 -
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US subsidiary of global water treatment firm probes November cyberattack after data encrypted
Kurita America, a subsidiary of a Tokyo-based company, is the latest in a string of companies tied to the water industry targeted by hackers.
By David Jones • Dec. 10, 2024 -
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Blue Yonder investigating data leak claim following ransomware attack
The software supply chain company is widening its investigation after Termite ransomware leaked data it claims is linked to the attack.
By David Jones • Dec. 9, 2024 -
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Morrisons recovers warehouse systems following attack on Blue Yonder
The U.K. supermarket chain was one of several high-profile customers impacted by a ransomware attack against the supply chain management software provider.
By David Jones • Dec. 6, 2024 -
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New York fines Geico, Travelers $11.3M for pandemic-era breaches
The auto insurance companies were penalized for a series of attacks that exposed the personal data of 120,000 people in late 2020 and early 2021.
By Matt Kapko • Nov. 26, 2024 -
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AI training vendor iLearningEngines discloses cyberattack in wake of SEC probe
The company said an attacker stole data, misdirected a $250,000 wire payment and deleted emails.
By Matt Kapko • Nov. 19, 2024 -
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Schneider Electric investigating cyber intrusion after threat actor gains access to platform
The French multinational company has been a previous target of ransomware groups.
By David Jones • Nov. 5, 2024 -
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Change Healthcare data breach officially affects 100M people
The breach is the largest ever reported to a portal managed by federal regulators.
By Emily Olsen • Oct. 25, 2024 -
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Where organizations invest after a data breach
Asking customers to foot the bill for data breach remediation will not prevent future data breaches or address the issues that cause costs to increase.
By Sue Poremba • Oct. 14, 2024 -
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FTC settles yearslong investigation into Marriott’s ‘security failures’
The settlement caps a pattern of major data breaches at Marriott and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide over the last decade.
By Matt Kapko • Oct. 10, 2024 -
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FCC reaches $31.5M settlement with T-Mobile over rash of data breaches
The company agreed to a major change in board-level governance and will make a series of upgrades to boost its cyber resilience.
By David Jones • Oct. 1, 2024 -
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Dark web exposure is ‘highly correlated’ with cyberattack risk
Organizations that are mentioned in dark web market listings are more than twice as likely to experience an attack, Marsh McLennan found.
By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 24, 2024
