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People Encouraging People reports data breach affecting over 13K
People Encouraging People (PEP), a Maryland-based nonprofit organization specializing in behavioral healthcare, has reported a data breach that...
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Discord faces fallout after third-party breach exposes user data
Kirsten Peremore: Oct 10, 2025 8:27:56 AM
On October 9, 2025, Discord issued an update regarding the security incident involving its third-party customer service provider, 5CA, providing...
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Flo, Google, and Flurry to pay $59.5M in fertility app privacy settlement
Farah Amod: Oct 9, 2025 9:55:07 PM
Three tech companies have reached a multimillion-dollar settlement over the unauthorized sharing of sensitive user data collected from a fertility...
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ApolloMD breach impacts multiple physician groups across the U.S.
Farah Amod: Oct 9, 2025 7:27:51 PM
A cyberattack on practice management provider ApolloMD has led to the exposure of sensitive health data from several affiliated physician practices.
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Tension between uniformity and flexibility in health-sector cybersecurity
Tshedimoso Makhene: Oct 7, 2025 5:21:57 PM
“On one hand, the HISAA would provide for consistent standards and a more proactive approach to address cybersecurity and breach risk (i.e., set the...
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Doctors Imaging Group reports data breach impacting over 171K
Doctors Imaging Group (DIG) recently confirmed a cyber incident that may have exposed the personal and health information of 171,862 patients and...
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Hackers are now targeting company backup outside of live systems
Farah Amod: Oct 7, 2025 3:57:10 AM
A growing number of UK organizations report backup system attacks as the root cause of major data breaches.
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Discord third-party breach exposes user data and government IDs
Kirsten Peremore: Oct 7, 2025 3:18:43 AM
On October 3, 2025, Discord announced a security incident involving one of its third-party customer service providers.
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Albany gastro data breach exposes SSNs of over 57,000 patients
Farah Amod: Oct 7, 2025 3:15:16 AM
An unauthorized party accessed Albany Gastro’s systems in November 2024, compromising sensitive data, including Social Security numbers.
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Medusind to pay $5M in data breach settlement covering over 700K patients
Farah Amod: Oct 6, 2025 5:16:26 PM
The Florida-based healthcare software vendor will compensate victims following a 2023 breach that exposed sensitive health and identity data.
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Researchers discover earliest GPT-4-enabled malware tool
Farah Amod: Oct 6, 2025 10:37:38 AM
Security experts have uncovered a new class of malware powered by GPT-4, raising concerns over how AI is accelerating cybercriminal capabilities.
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Federal health data overhaul advances following AMA advocacy push
The Department of Health and Human Services launched a Health Technology Ecosystem initiative to modernize health data infrastructure, responding...
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Apple issues spyware warnings to high-risk users in ongoing zero-day attacks
Farah Amod: Oct 4, 2025 7:32:25 AM
A new wave of threat notifications indicated targeted spyware campaigns affecting Apple users across multiple countries.