FOX 5 in Atlanta reports: A cyberattack that shut down Georgia’s SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) call center may not have been an isolated incident. Officials with the United States Department of Agriculture tell FOX 5 that similar attacks have happened in six other states recently. The backstory: On July 28, the Georgia Department of […]
BBC reports: Thousands of Afghans brought to safety in the UK have had their personal data exposed, after a Ministry of Defence (MoD) sub-contractor suffered a data breach. The names, passport information and Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (Arap) details of up to 3,700 Afghans have potentially been compromised after Inflite The Jet Centre, which […]
TechNadu reports: A vendor that serves the Los Angeles Unified School District, Kokomo24/7, has notified authorities about a network file exposure on its internal systems and data storage environment. Investigators determined that the suspicious activity discovered on December 11, 2024, allowed cybercriminals to access sensitive personal information. Since Kokomo24/7 is a vendor for the Los Angeles Unified […]
As reported by Mid-Hudson News: The company that administers employee healthcare benefits for Ulster County government employees has been hit with a data breach and the workers were only recently notified of the breach of Alera Group’s computer systems, which occurred in August 2024. Alera was unable to confirm the level of the breach until […]
Google’s Intelligence Threat Group (GITG) has been tracking various threat actor groups under tracking labels such as UNC 6040, UNC 6240, and UNC 3944. The first two overlap with threat actors known as ShinyHunters, while the third overlaps with Scattered Spider. The ShinyHunters group has been linked to attacks on customers of Salesforce. Google itself […]
The Record reports: Cleaning product giant Clorox has filed a lawsuit against Cognizant, a company it hired to operate its IT services call-in help desk, accusing the contractor of being directly responsible for a 2023 cyberattack that cost hundreds of millions. The case, filed on Tuesday in California Superior Court, alleges that contractors working for […]
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The Daily Security Review reports: Episource, a key healthcare services provider under UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division, has disclosed a significant data breach that exposed the sensitive personal and medical data of more than 5.4 million individuals. The company, which offers risk adjustment and medical coding services to healthcare providers and insurers, identified unauthorized access to […]
SecurityAffairs reports: Benefits and payroll solutions firm Kelly Benefits has confirmed that a recent data breach has affected 550,000 individuals. As the investigation continued, the scale of the impact expanded, revealing that more people were affected than initially believed. The U.S.-based company provides benefits, payroll, and workforce management solutions to businesses. In April, Kelly Benefits disclosed a data breach where […]
Airline Routes & Ground Services reports: Qantas has confirmed a significant cyberattack affecting the personal data of up to six million customers, marking one of Australia’s most serious data breaches in recent years and delivering a fresh blow to the airline’s reputation. The breach, which targeted a third-party customer service platform used by a call […]
