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Personal Info Of 73M AT&T Customers Posted To Dark Web In Massive Data Breach, Company Says Personal Info Of 73M AT&T Customers Posted To Dark Web In Massive Data Breach, Company Says
Personal Info Of 73M AT&T Customers Posted To Dark Web In Massive Data Breach, Company Says Personal information of millions of AT&T customers was posted to the dark web in a major data breach announced by the telecom company Saturday, March 30. The data set appears to be from 2019 or earlier, impacting approximately 73 million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4 million former account holders, the company said. "With respect to the balance of the data set, which includes personal information such as social security numbers, the source of the data is still being assessed," AT&T said. "Currently, AT&T does not have evidence of unauthorized acce…

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NJ Fertility Clinic Agrees To Pay State $495,000 Over Hack That Exposed 14,663 Patients' Data NJ Fertility Clinic Agrees To Pay State $495,000 Over Hack That Exposed 14,663 Patients' Data
NJ Fertility Clinic Agrees To Pay State $495,000 Over Hack That Exposed 14,663 Patients' Data A New Jersey fertility clinic agreed to pay the state nearly $500,000 to settle an investigation into a data breach that compromised the personal information of 14,663 patients, authorities said. The hack “allowed multiple instances of unauthorized access” to protected health information of patients of the Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause, LLC, which operates practices in Millburn, Dover and in Goshen, NY, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Tuesday. “Inadequate data systems and protocols are every hacker’s dream,” state Division of Consumer Affairs Acting…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Historic $148M Settlement In Uber Data Breach: New Jersey Gets $3.75 Million Historic $148M Settlement In Uber Data Breach: New Jersey Gets $3.75 Million
Historic $148M Settlement In Uber Data Breach: New Jersey Gets $3.75 Million New Jersey will get $3.75 million of a whopping $148 million that Uber Technologies is paying all 50 states and the District of Columbia for a data breach that compromised the personal information of Uber riders and drivers, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced Wednesday.  The $148 million settlement represents the largest multi-state data breach settlement in U.S. history, Grewal said. It "resolves allegations that Uber failed to comply with state laws relating to the collection, maintenance and safeguarding of consumers’ personal information, and with state data breach notific…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Selena Gomez Email Hack Traced To Ridgefield Park Woman Selena Gomez Email Hack Traced To Ridgefield Park Woman
Selena Gomez Email Hack Traced To Ridgefield Park Woman A 21-year-old Ridgefield Park woman was charged with hacking the email accounts of Hollywood actress and singer Selena Gomez multiple times over the course of eight months, authorities said. Susan Atrach was charged Thursday with five felony counts of identity theft; five counts of accessing and using computer data to commit fraud or to control or obtain money, property or data and accessing and using computer data without permission, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a statement. Atrach is accused of accessing Gomez' accounts multiple times between June 2015 and Feb…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Card Data Stolen From 5 Million Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue Customers Card Data Stolen From 5 Million Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue Customers
Card Data Stolen From 5 Million Lord & Taylor, Saks Fifth Avenue Customers Two of the nation's premier department stores suffered a security breach that has compromised credit and debit card as well as personal information for more than five million customers. About 125,000 cards used at Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue have been released for sale so far on dark web forums, according to Gemini Advisory, a New York-based cyber-security firm. For a notice about the breach published by Gemini Advisory, click here. A spokesman for the Hudson's Bay Company, which owns both chain stores, confirmed the breach and released separate statements for customers of both…

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