Another week, another massive data breach. In this case, Capital One was the target when an unknown individual gained access to the company's servers. The breach was detected by an independent security researcher who contacted Capital One on July 19th. Apparently, the hacker gained access via a server configuration vulnerability. Upon being made … [Read more...] about Capital One Data Breach Puts Millions At Risk
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Equifax Breach Victims Could Be Entitled To Settlement Claims
Equifax is one of the three credit reporting firms in the US that suffered a massive data breach in 2017 that exposed the personal and financial state of literally half the country (more than 150 million people). As a result, Equifax was ordered to pay a hefty $700 million fine to settle a series of Federal and State investigations. While the size … [Read more...] about Equifax Breach Victims Could Be Entitled To Settlement Claims
AMCA Suffers A Medical Patient Information Breach
The recent hack of the American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA) is having ripple effects around the world. Recently it was reported that as a direct consequence of that hack, Quest Diagnostics (one of the largest diagnostic testing laboratory services in the United States) was breached. This resulted in the exposure of millions of patient … [Read more...] about AMCA Suffers A Medical Patient Information Breach
Stolen Personal And Medical Information Was Found Online
Jeremiah Fowler, a researcher with Security Discovery recently found an unprotected Elasticsearch databased owned by a company called SkyMed on the internet. According to his findings the database was configured such that it was open and visible to any browser. This allows anyone who stumbles across it to edit, download, or even delete data … [Read more...] about Stolen Personal And Medical Information Was Found Online
