Neopets Got Hacked. 69 Million Accounts. The Hackers Were Inside for 1 In July 2022, a hacker posted a database on a forum with the personal information of 69 million Neopets users — names, email addresses, birth dates, zip codes, and account data. The asking price was four Bitcoin. The kicker: investigators determined the attackers […]
IBM’s annual Cost of a Data Breach Report dropped in 2022 with a number that should get the attention of any business leader: $4.35 million. That is the global average total cost of a data breach — the highest figure recorded in the 17-year history of the report, up from $4.24 million the year before. […]
In July 2022, the HHS Office for Civil Rights wrapped up 11 HIPAA enforcement actions in a single month — all of them for the same violation: failing to give patients access to their own medical records. The list included hospitals, surgical groups, dental practices, and psychiatric consultants. Fines ranged from $3,500 to $65,000 per […]
The Call Is Coming From Inside the House: The Cash App Insider Breach In April 2022, Cash App disclosed that a former employee had downloaded sensitive data belonging to more than 8 million customers. This was not a hacker with sophisticated tools. This was not a state-sponsored intrusion. A person who used to work there, […]