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A newly filed putative class action in the Western District of Texas targets Bumble, Inc., over an alleged “massive and preventable” cyberattack in or around January 2026, in which attackers allegedly accessed highly sensitive user data stored in Bumble’s systems. The complaint alleges the compromised information included names, dates of birth, addresses, telephone numbers, Social Security numbers…

Researchers at UpGuard have discovered a misconfigured cloud database online while conducting routine internet scanning that contains billions of records, including 2.7 billion Social Security numbers (SSNs) and 3 billion plaintext email addresses and password combinations. The fairly easy-to-find data was accessed without authentication.

After reporting the access to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center…

Are you storing sensitive data on a shared network drive? If so, your organization could be at serious risk of a data breach or privacy lawsuit. Shared drives, like the common “S:\ drive,” are often used to store documents, spreadsheets, customer information, financial records, and even scanned IDs. But here’s the problem: these network shares…

We previously reported that Ascension Health detected a cyber-attack on May 8, 2024, that affected clinical operations in Ascension facilities in six states.

On December 20, 2024, Ascension notified the Maine Attorney General in a regulatory filing that the attack compromised the personal information of 5.6 million individuals. According to Ascension, the incident occurred on…

American Addiction Centers (AAC) has notified 422,424 individuals that their personal information was stolen in a cyber-attack attributed to the Rhysida criminal organization. The incident was discovered on September 26, 2024, and the notification letter to affected individuals confirmed that the information exfiltrated included names, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. AAC is offering…

Toyota Industries North America (TINA) has discovered that a hacker was able to access its corporate email system, compromising the personal and protected health information of approximately 19,000 individuals, apparently most of whom were employees.

The data that was potentially compromised included health insurance information, names, addresses, dates of birth, financial information, Social Security numbers,…