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Tshedimoso Makhene: Jun 23, 2025 3:38:06 AM
23andMe, a popular consumer genetics company, has been fined £325,000 by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for failing to adequately protect sensitive genetic data. The penalty follows a 2023 data breach that exposed the personal and...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Jun 18, 2025 8:09:23 PM
Former members of the Black Basta ransomware group are back in action, this time using familiar tactics like Microsoft Teams phishing, email bombing,...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Jun 18, 2025 2:39:55 PM
A new malware scam disguises itself as a fake “I’m not a robot” CAPTCHA, tricking users into running malicious commands that can steal personal data...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Jun 14, 2025 9:39:10 AM
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has agreed to a $16.5 million settlement following a 2023 data breach, offering affected individuals cash payments,...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Jun 11, 2025 4:35:30 PM
A major global outage on June 10, 2025, left millions of ChatGPT users unable to access the service for over 12 hours. The outage affected both free...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Jun 5, 2025 6:36:27 PM
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services settled with Comstar, LLC for $75,000 over a ransomware breach affecting 585,621 individuals.
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Tshedimoso Makhene: Jun 4, 2025 6:03:11 AM
In May 2025, cryptocurrency giant Coinbase revealed a data breach with a unique root cause–bribery. In this case, employees were bribed into handing...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: May 30, 2025 1:48:45 PM
Vision Upright MRI LLC agreed to a two-year Corrective Action Plan with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after violating HIPAA by...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: May 28, 2025 7:44:23 AM
Based on our research, AtData is not HIPAA compliant because it does not meet the requirements set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: May 27, 2025 6:13:02 PM
Based on our research, Siri is not HIPAA compliant because it does not meet the requirements set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: May 24, 2025 3:45:11 PM
What happened A 19-year-old Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking one of the nation’s leading educational technology companies and...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: May 23, 2025 2:22:49 PM
Based on our research, Microsoft is HIPAA compliant because it meets the requirements set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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Tshedimoso Makhene: May 23, 2025 5:10:44 AM
Coinbase has revealed a data breach involving bribed overseas support agents who leaked customer information. This incident resulted in an...
