Privacy

Cybernews reports that Iranian cryptocurrency exchange Bit24.cash had almost 230,000 of its users' sensitive information accidentally compromised after S3 buckets storing its Know Your Customer verification data became accessible due to a misconfiguration in its MinIO object storage system.

Nearly a dozen criminals linked to the once prolific underground marketplace for compromised server access and stolen PII have been jailed, while others are awaiting sentencing.

Data breaches and other cybersecurity incidents would prompt 75% of U.S. consumers to remove their support for impacted brands and organizations, while 66% said they would no longer entrust their data to breach-hit companies, indicating the importance of cybersecurity in maintaining brand trust, according to Cybernews.

Almost 19K hit by California county housing authority compromise Nearly 19,000 individuals were informed by the Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino in California to have had their data compromised in a cyberattack last June, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Over 637,000 individuals impacted by data breaches had their personal and sensitive health information compromised once again after a cyberattack against international law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe last March, TechCrunch reports.

One of the affected healthcare providers was already reeling after losing a million records in the massive MOVEit Transfer attacks.

New Jersey-based population health management software firm HealthEC had personal and health information from almost 4.5 million individuals following a data breach in July, reports SiliconAngle.