data-breach

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Exterior of a community bank building, illustrating the ransomware attack disclosed by River Financial Corporation

river bank got ransomwared, then did something wild: it trusted the hackers' word

River Financial Corporation says the attackers who breached its network in June have 'represented' that the stolen data was deleted — which is not the same thing as proof.

Priya Nair · 6d ago · 6 min

A Framework laptop, the computer maker that disclosed a data breach tied to a Metabase zero-day vulnerability

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framework just told every customer their data leaked — the bug was a password reset box

A password-reset endpoint with a CVSS 10.0 score let attackers become Metabase admins with zero credentials — and Framework's customers paid for it.

Priya Nair · 6d ago · 6 min

Digital patient records displayed on a healthcare computer system

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a healthcare company sat on your stolen medical records for months before telling you

CareCloud confirmed in June that hackers had walked off with your Social Security number and diagnosis history. It didn't start mailing letters until August 3.

Priya Nair · Aug 8 · 7 min

Close-up of a circuit board populated with semiconductor chips, the kind of components Analog Devices manufactures

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a chip maker whose parts are inside your GPU just admitted hackers stole its files

Analog Devices confirmed a June intrusion with data theft; days later, an extortion crew calling itself ExfilSquad — the same group that hit Allstate — claimed 570,000 stolen records.

Ravi Malhotra · Aug 6 · 6 min

Stacks of medical billing paperwork and folders on a desk

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A billing company most patients never heard of just leaked 1.26 million people's medical records

Medical Computer Business Services never treated a single patient — it just processed the bill. That was enough for the PEAR ransomware group to walk off with Social Security numbers, diagnoses and 3.3 terabytes of data.

Priya Nair · Aug 4 · 6 min

Exterior of a modern corporate insurance office building

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A ransomware gang says it stole 657,000 Allstate records. Allstate still won't say how many

ExfilSquad posted 15.1GB of alleged Allstate data to its leak site on July 26 — recruitment files, licensing records, employee accounts. The insurer has confirmed an incident but not the scope.

Priya Nair · Aug 4 · 6 min

Interior of a large-scale dairy processing and bottling facility

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Coca-Cola just confirmed hackers stole its data — the ransom clock said two hours

Fairlife's dairy plants went dark, a group called Anubis claimed a terabyte of files, and Coca-Cola's own filing still won't say what's actually in them.

Priya Nair · Aug 3 · 7 min