Data Security

HackRead reports that leading background check service National Public Data has reemerged online under the ownership of Florida-based firm Perfect Privacy LLC months after its previous owner, Jerico Pictures, filed for bankruptcy following a massive data breach that exposed 2.9 billion records belonging to individuals in the U.S., Canada, and the UK.

Major U.S insurance provider Farmers Insurance had information from more than 1.1 million customers pilfered following the compromise of a third-party vendor-hosted database in late May, reports BleepingComputer.

Cybernews reports that more than 34,000 people had their data exfiltrated following a cyberattack against U.S. IT staffing firm The Computer Merchant in July 2024.

U.S. tech companies have been warned by Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson against reducing data security measures and hindering free speech as they comply with the European Union's Digital Service Act and the U.K.'s Online Safety Act, according to CyberScoop.

HackRead reports that Ohio Medical Alliance, also known as Ohio Marijuana Card, had 957,434 records inadvertently exposed by a pair of misconfigured patient databases.

Orange Belgium, a subsidiary of major multinational telecommunications service provider Orange Group, had information from 850,000 customers stolen following an attack in late July, The Register reports.

Reuters reports that major U.S. dialysis service provider DaVita was noted by the Department of Health and Human Services to have had data from 2.7 million individuals compromised following an Interlock ransomware attack in April.

Nissan's Tokyo-based Creative Box design studio was claimed to have been compromised by the Qilin ransomware gang, which allegedly stole 4 TB of data from the firm's systems, according to Cybernews.