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Over 260K exposed in St. Louis healthcare hack

Over 260K exposed in St. Louis healthcare hack Esse Health, one of the largest independent primary care groups in the...
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WhatsApp rolls out AI-powered message summaries

If your friends and relatives cannot get straight to the point, WhatsApp can help them do so by summarizing lengthy messages.
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Breach of American HR tech firm exposes nearly 60K

EmCentrix, a Nevada-based HR technology and payroll integration developer, has suffered a data breach, exposing tens of thousands of individuals across the US.
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Breach of UMass Dartmouth’s systems earns it a lawsuit

A hacker attack on the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth) exposed more than 75K students and staff, prompting a class action lawsuit over its failure to secure and safeguard data.
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Over 100K exposed in Arkansas health system hack

Mainline Health Systems, an Arkansas-based healthcare organization, suffered a data breach over a year ago. The attackers potentially accessed personal patient details.
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Dating scam victims urged: “Talk to someone you trust”

Fraud teams at Nationwide, the UK's biggest building society, are encouraging students — and other potential victims — to speak up when faced with blackmail following a dating scam.
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Albany College hack exposes nearly 29K individuals

Hackers breached the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) last year, stealing a large amount of sensitive information.
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North Carolina clinic breach exposes nearly 150K patients

Hackers have breached Asheville Eye Associates (AEA), a major eye care center in North Carolina, taking patients’ medical data.
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Over 103K Vivalto Santé group hospitals’ patients exposed, hackers claim

Attackers claim they’ve penetrated the Hôpital Privé de la Miotte in France, stealing sensitive personal details, including patients’ home addresses.
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Virginia mortgage firm hack exposes thousands of customers

An attacker breached the McLean Mortgage Corporation, stealing sensitive customer data, including financial account information.
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Tech error exposes personal details of top American bank’s customers

U.S. Bank, one of the largest banks in the United States, has contacted an unknown number of individuals about an unauthorized party accessing their personal details.
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The Guardian launches in-app messaging for confidential information sharing

Together with the University of Cambridge, the Guardian has launched a Secure Messaging tool within its app to protect whistleblowers.
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Thousands exposed in US law firm data breach

A hacker attack on Pennsylvania-based law firm Carpenter, McCadden & Lane (CML) exposed thousands of individuals, with threat actors potentially accessing private user details.
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Data managers‘ breach exposes nearly 47K individuals

Renkim Corporation, a Michigan-based data management and communications firm, had attackers breach its systems, exposing the personal data of thousands.
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Hacker attack on major American media company exposes employees

Tens of thousands of employees at Lee Enterprises have had their personal details accessed by hackers, including Social Security numbers.
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Pornhub, Youporn, Redtube boycott France over age requirements

Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, Youporn and Redtube is suspending access to its adult content platforms in France starting Wednesday over age verification requirements.
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Hacker attack on mental health org exposes patient diagnoses

Threat actors have breached the Georgia-based Mental Health Association (MHA), taking some patients’ sensitive details, including diagnoses and prescribed medication.
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Tracking abortion nationwide: Texas police searches 83,000 cameras, EFF calls for limits

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a prominent digital rights group, is warning about a “national civil liberties crisis,” following the reports that a Texas police searched data from over 83,000 cameras to track a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion.
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