CBS Boston

If you're one of AT&T's cellular customers, you can check your account to see if your data was compromised as part of the massive breach the telecom giant announced on Friday. If you were an AT&T customer between May 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2022, it's likely your data was involved, given that the company said "nearly all" its cellular customers' records were gathered by hackers during that time. The breach also includes records from Jan. 2, 2023 for a "very small number of customers," AT&T said.But customers can check if their data was compromised by logging into their accounts, according...

Here's how to learn if your data was stolen in AT&T's massive hack

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The US Sun

ANGRY customers are demanding compensation after news of AT&T's data breach emerged last week. A lawsuit filed against the Dallas-based telecommunications company last Friday night, July 12, alleges that AT&T was not transparent about the severity of the breach and did not safeguard important customer data. Over 100 million customers...

100 million AT&T customers fight for one-time payment and settlement after breach exposed six months of call logs

Tom's Guide

Hackers used compromised credentials to gain access to sensitive health data from HealthEquity, which administers health savings accounts for patients in the US.

4.3 million people hit in massive healthcare data breach — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed online

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. Why it matters: Experts say passwords cannot guarantee online security, yet they remain the primary pillar of most people's digital protection. That is why the recent posting of a database containing nearly 10 billion unique plaintext passwords has raised alarms in security circles. Here are some tips to determine if your password is among them and how to shore up your defenses.

A record 10 billion passwords were just posted to a popular hacking forum

After millions of families throughout the U.S. were left in the dark for months about whether their personal information was stolen in either of the two AT&T data breaches announced this year, staggering numbers of current and former customers are now signing up with lawyers to pursue compensation for a wide range of consequences caused by the massive security failures.

Sign Ups for AT&T Data Breach Lawsuit Highlight Wide Ranging Impacts from Security Failures

TIME

AT&T customers will be notified by the company if their data was compromised in the major security breach.

AT&T Customers Impacted By Data Breach Should Do This Now

TechRadar

The recent data breach at debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) was a lot bigger than initially thought, the company has revealed.After first reporting some 1.9 million victims were affected in the incident, the company now says the actual number may be more than 4.2 million.In late April 2024, it was reported that FBCS suffered a cyberattack two months prior, with the company noting in a breach notification letter sent to affected customers an unnamed threat actor dwelled in its IT systems for two weeks, harvesting people’s full names, social security numbers (SSN), birth dates, account information,...

Millions more victims exposed in debt collection agency data breach

AT&T faces a class action lawsuit over a recently-announced data breach, which involved the release of phone and text records for about 110 million customers, marking the second major cybersecurity failure involving the telecom company announced this year. The company first announced the phone records data breach in a report...

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over Latest AT&T Data Breach Releasing Customers’ Phone Records

The FCC and Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) subsidiary TracFone Wireless reached a deal to settle an investigation into whether TracFone failed to reasonably protect its customers’ information from unauthorized access in connection with three data breaches between 2021 and 2023. The breaches involved exploitation of application programming interfaces (APIs) that enable different computer programs or components to communicate with one another. The breaches resulted in the unauthorized access to and exposure of customers’ proprietary information, including certain customer proprietary network information (CPNI) and personally identifiable information, according to the agency.

TracFone to Pay $16M to Settle Data Breach Probe

Fox News

An internal investigation by Advance Auto Parts determined over 2 million people were affected by a data breach that exposed names, Social Security numbers and driver's licenses.

Auto parts giant exposed: 2.3 million customers at risk in massive data breach

Following the AT&T call and text phone hack, Jenn Sullivan has tips on how to protect your personal data.

Protecting Your Phone From Hackers

(Reuters) -U.S. drug distributor Cencora said on Wednesday that additional data on patients, beyond what was initially identified, had been stolen in a cyberattack and data breach in February. The company launched an investigation into the data breach upon first learning about it earlier this year. Cencora has completed its...

Cencora Says Additional Data Stolen in February Cyberattack

CHAOS erupted across the globe this morning as a Microsoft crash wreaked havoc on health, travel, banking and supermarket services. Major airports, airlines, railways, GPs surgeries and retail giants have been hit by the CrowdStrike issue that sparked international disruption. Television channels, banks, GPs and supermarkets around the world have...

Full list of services affected by worldwide Microsoft outage with health, travel and supermarkets hit across globe

Reuters

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has launched an investigation into a data breach at Live Nation Entertainment unit Ticketmaster that impacted the personal information of millions of individuals worldwide, the country's privacy commissioner said on Wednesday.

Canada launches investigation into Ticketmaster data breach

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Plaintiffs, in a case against Wells Fargo alleging that the bank knowingly took part in a marketing scam, asked the court, July 8, not to grant a motion for summary judgment.

Class action lawsuit says Wells Fargo customers lost over $160 Million

HealthEquity, a leading health savings account (HSA) provider in the U.S., disclosed a cybersecurity incident that compromised the information of 4.3 million people. This breach was detailed in a Form 8-K filing on July 2, 2024, revealing that attackers stole sensitive health data using compromised credentials from a partner. The...

HealthEquity Data Breach Exposes Information of 4.3 Million Individuals

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Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

When you get an email or see a headline telling you there has been a data breach at a company you do business with, the natural instinct may be to roll your eyes and go about your day. In the first half of 2024, more than a billion people saw...

'The worst thing you can do' after a data breach, according to a cybersecurity expert

Consumers can receive payments from a $4.76 million Group 1001 settlement resolving claims the company failed to protect consumers from a 2023 data breach. The settlement benefits Group 1001 customers, employees, dependants, payees and others whose personal information may have been exposed during the 2023 data breach. Plaintiffs in the...

$4.76M Group 1001 data breach class action settlement

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Ticketmaster Breach: How to Get Free Credit Monitoring

It's not the start of the summer concert season you imagined. Ticketmaster confirmed at the end of May it had discovered a data breach leaking customer...

Ticketmaster Breach: How to Get Free Credit Monitoring

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