Articles Tagged with ''personally identifiable information (PII)''

NASCO announced a data breach. NASCO utilized MOVEit software, which was accessed in late May and the breach was discovered in mid-July.

Reeds Spring School District discovered in late September that threat actors had gained access to files between April 26, 2023 and May 18, 2023. 

23andMe announced that customer profile information was accessed without user consent, including DNA Relatives profiles for individual accounts.

According to the recent KnowBe4 report, healthcare is the top infrastructure topic for ransomware attacks with an increase in cyberattack frequency.

Hospitals and telehealth providers have been warned by the FTC and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) regarding online tracking technology.

Research highlights current shifts in identity management including passwordless authentication and personally identifiable information ownership.

The UPHOLD Privacy Act was introduced to the Senate to prevent companies from profiting off of identifiable health data for advertising purposes. 

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has warned about fraudulent job applications using deepfakes and stolen PII to attempt to earn IT and software development roles.

The “Secrets Insights Across the Software Supply Chain'' report from Apiiro discovered vulnerable personally identifiable information (PII) and passwords stored in private and public repositories.

The personal data and phone numbers of hundreds of millions of Facebook users were posted for free in a hacking forum over the weekend. The data includes personal information of 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including more than 32 million records on users in the U.S. 11 million on users in the U.K., and 6 million on users in India.