Recent Data Breaches in the News

Cloud company Rackspace is investigating a cybersecurity incident that forced it to shut down its Hosted Exchange environment.

Cuba ransomware actors are still successfully targeting U.S. organizations in five critical infrastructure sectors, including financial services, government facilities, healthcare, critical manufacturing and IT, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said Thursday in a joint advisory.

In recent years, cyberattacks on K-12 schools have increased. Not only do these attacks disrupt educational instruction and school operations, they also impact students, their families, and teachers.

Some government systems in Maryland's Washington County have been disrupted by a cyberattack on Thanksgiving, with numerous services and websites yet to be restored, Government Technology reports.

Medibank has urged its customers to be on high alert after cybercriminals began leaking sensitive medical records stolen from the Australian health insurance giant.

Ransomware has become one of the toughest problems in cybersecurity and a threat to industries around the world. But it can be especially damaging when it hits hospital chains, causing trickle-down damage for patient care across the country.

Australian health insurer Medibank today confirmed that the data of 9.7 million customers was compromised in a recent cyberattack.

The LockBit hacking group has allegedly claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that occurred in August and targeted a multinational automotive group named Continental.

On October 31, 2022, OakBend Medical Center reported a data breach with the Attorney General of Texas after the company experienced what appears to have been a ransomware attack.

U.S. banks and financial institutions reported a record surge in ransomware payments in 2021, with almost 1,500 filings valued at a total of nearly $1.2 billion, according to the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.

A cyber attack is always scary, but 2022 saw the severity of cyber crimes reach all-new heights.

A "security event" deployed against several legacy systems, including an electronic medical record (EMR), at Ascension St. Vincent’s Coastal Cardiology in Georgia has led to the possible compromise of personal and health information tied to an undisclosed number of patients.