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Hertz says customers’ personal data and driver’s licenses stolen in data breach

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Car rental giant Hertz has begun notifying its customers of a data breach that included their personal information and driver’s licenses. The rental company, which also owns the Dollar and Thrifty brands, said in notices on its website that the breach relates to a cyberattack on one of its vendors between October 2024 and December […]

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Oracle under fire for its handling of separate security incidents

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Tech giant Oracle is facing criticism for how it’s handling two seemingly separate data breaches.  At least one of the incidents appears to still be unfolding, despite Oracle reportedly denying a breach at all. The other relates to a breach of patient data under the tech giant’s healthcare subsidiary, Oracle Health. Oracle did not respond

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API testing firm APIsec exposed customer data during security lapse

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API testing firm APIsec has confirmed it secured an exposed internal database containing customer data, which was connected to the internet for several days without a password. The exposed APIsec database stored records dating back to 2018, including names and email addresses of its customers’ employees and users, as well as details about the security

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NHS vendor Advanced to pay £3M fine following 2022 ransomware attack

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NHS vendor Advanced will pay just over £3 million ($3.8 million) in fines for not implementing basic security measures before it suffered a ransomware attack in 2022, the U.K.’s data protection regulator has confirmed.  It’s half the fine that the Information Commissioner’s Office had initially sought in August 2024, when the data watchdog said it

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23andMe faces an uncertain future — so does your genetic data 

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DNA and genetic testing firm 23andMe is in turmoil following a 2023 data breach and its ongoing financial decline. The once-pioneering giant now faces an uncertain future as bankruptcy looms over the company, intensifying concerns about what might happen to the genetic data of 23andMe’s some 15 million customers. Best known for its saliva-based test

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DNA testing company 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection, CEO resigns

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Genetics testing company 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. to initiate the sale of its assets. Alongside the announcement, the company’s co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki separately said she is leaving the company to become an independent bidder for the company. “After a thorough evaluation of strategic alternatives, we have

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Federal judge blocks DOGE’s access to Social Security Administration’s banks of personal information

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A federal judge on Thursday issued an order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing systems at the Social Security Administration (SSA) that store the personal information of millions of Americans. In the Thursday ruling, U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander in Maryland accused DOGE of being “essentially engaged in a fishing expedition” in

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Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users

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A consumer-grade spyware operation called SpyX was hit by a data breach last year, TechCrunch has learned. The breach reveals that SpyX and two other related mobile apps had records on almost two million people at the time of the breach, including thousands of Apple users. The data breach dates back to June 2024 but

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US teachers’ union says hackers stole sensitive personal data on over 500,000 members

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The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), a labor union representing educators across the state, says hackers stole the sensitive personal information of more than half a million of its members.  PSEA is the largest organization for educators in Pennsylvania, representing current and former teachers, counselors, health care workers, and school social workers. In a filing

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