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FBI says hackers are sending fraudulent police data requests to tech giants to steal people’s private information

FBI says hackers are sending fraudulent police data requests to tech giants to steal people’s private information

The FBI is warning that hackers are obtaining private user information — including emails and phone numbers — from U.S.-based tech companies by compromising government and police email addresses to submit “emergency” data requests. The… 

UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hack affects over 100 million, the largest-ever US healthcare data breach

UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hack affects over 100 million, the largest-ever US healthcare data breach

More than 100 million individuals had their private health information stolen during the ransomware attack on Change Healthcare in February, a cyberattack that caused months of unprecedented outages and widespread disruption across the U.S. healthcare… 

National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy

National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy

A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information in a data breach earlier this year, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as the company…