Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:34:08 +0000

Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known data breach of protected health information.

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Experian, You Have Some Explaining to Do

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 04:07:15 +0000

Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who’ve had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked and updated with a new email address that wasn’t theirs. In both cases the readers used password managers to select strong, unique passwords for their Experian accounts. Research suggests identity thieves were able to hijack the accounts simply by signing up for new accounts at Experian using the victim’s personal information and a different email address.

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