Privacy

Dig Security researchers found personally identifiable information in a sample of over 1 billion records analyzed for their study.

Operations at third-party custom service Discord.io have been temporarily halted following the exposure of a database containing 760,000 members' data on the revived Breached hacking forum, reports BleepingComputer.

Nearly 1.5 million Albertans personal information was recently compromised in a dental data breach as Alberta Dental Service Corporation of Canada announced that it was hacked on July 26, with the attacker encrypting some of its IT systems and data, SiliconAngle reports.

Northern Ireland police breach compromises entire force CNN reports that the Police Service of Northern Island had the names and ranks of their entire force consisting of 10,000 police officers compromised following a data breach, which stemmed from improper data sharing following a Freedom of Information request that sought to know the police force's population.

Missouri's Department of Social Services has disclosed that the state's Medicaid beneficiaries had their protected health information compromised following the widespread Cl0p ransomware attack involving the exploitation of a MOVEit Transfer file transfer app vulnerability, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Almost 40M UK voters impacted by Electoral Commission hack TechCrunch reports that nearly 40 million U.K. voters had their personal data compromised for over a year following a sophisticated cyberattack against the Electoral Commission.

The Oregon Health Authority has disclosed that 1.7 million Oregon Health Plan members had their protected health information compromised following a data breach of its health data management services provider Performance Health Technology stemming from the widespread Cl0p ransomware attack involving the exploitation of a MOVEit Transfer vulnerability, TechCrunch reports.