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SecurityWeek reports that Google-owned VirusTotal has clarified that human error and not any cyberattack or platform vulnerability has caused the exposure of a database with names and email addresses of 5,600 registered customers, including those associated with the U.S. Justice Department, Cyber Command, National Security Agency, and the FBI, last week.

Online gaming platform Roblox has disclosed being impacted by a third-party security issue, which Have I Been Pwned reported to have compromised 3,943 developer accounts, according to The Verge.

SiliconAngle reports that global data breach costs have reached $4.45 million in 2023, which is 15% higher than three years ago and the highest on record.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been urged by Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., as well as Rep. Sarah Jacobs, D-Calif., to prevent warrantless access to reproductive and other health records, as well as mandate notifications from law enforcement regarding any patient record disclosure following the agency's release of a proposed update to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's privacy regulations, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Separate third-party healthcare data breaches have been disclosed by Pennsylvania-based self-funded health plan provider Imagine360, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, and holistic healthcare provider Parsley Health, according to HealthITSecurity.

Google-owned VirusTotal has confirmed the exposure of a database with the names and email addresses of 5,600 customers, including employees at the U.S. Cyber Command, National Security Agency, Department of Justice, and FBI, as well as government agencies in Germany, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and the U.K., reports The Hacker News.