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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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by Cecilia Levine
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Possible Data Breach Puts NJ Hospital Patients At Risk Possible Data Breach Puts NJ Hospital Patients At Risk
Possible Data Breach Puts NJ Hospital Patients At Risk A hospital in South Jersey is warning patients that it may have suffered a serious data breach. Jefferson Cherry Hill Hospital mailed letters last week to patients “whose information may have been involved in a recent privacy incident,” the health system said in a press statement. A worker conducting maintenance discovered on June 15 that "a portable backup device was missing," Jefferson Health said. “Through this process, Jefferson has determined that the protected health information found on this drive that may be viewable could include names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, the …

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by Jon Craig
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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
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Pennsylvania Department of Health Facing Class Action Lawsuit For Contract Tracing Data Breach Pennsylvania Department of Health Facing Class Action Lawsuit For Contract Tracing Data Breach
Pennsylvania Department of Health Facing Class Action Lawsuit For Contract Tracing Data Breach The Pennsylvania Department of Health is now the target of a class action lawsuit, along with Insight Global, following a data breach of contact tracing files, according to court documents. Over 72,000 Pennsylvanians had their data leaked, according to a statement by Insight Global on April 29. The lawsuit claims the Department of Health and Insight Global knew about the breach at the end of February but didn’t take action until the end of April. Both organizations are accused of negligence, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday. The leak included names, phone numbers, address, COVID-1…

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by Jillian Pikora