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PharMerica Discloses Data Breach That Exposes Info of Nearly 6 Million People

May 16, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PharMerica

LOUISVILLE, KY - PharMerica, a national pharmacy network owned by BrightSpring Health, has informed nearly 6 million of their members that Social Security numbers, names, birthdates, medical information, and more was exposed in a data breach. The information was stolen between March 12 and March 13. If exploited, cybercriminals can use this information to commit identity theft. On March 14, 2023, we learned of suspicious activity on our computer network. Upon discovering … [Read more...]

NextGen Healthcare Confirms Breach Of Over 1 Million Individuals’ Personal Info

May 9, 2023 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NextGen Healthcare

ATLANTA, GA - A security incident has surfaced and you may or may not have been affected. NextGen Healthcare, a healthcare solutions provider, suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of over 1 million individuals. According to the company, Hackers had access to NextGen systems from March 29 to April 14, 2023, compromising personal information such as full names, addresses, birthdates, and social security numbers. If exploited, cybercriminals can use … [Read more...]

Reported Twitter Data Breach Potentially Affects 5.4 Million Accounts

July 26, 2022 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Twitter data breach

WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Stolen personal information from 5.4 million Twitter users has been discovered for sale on a hacker forum. With this information, including emails and phone numbers, cybercriminals can create profiles to target victims with spam or phishing attempts which could lead to identity theft. Twitter is currently investigating claims that a near-seven-month-old vulnerability in its software has been exploited and the hacker is asking for $30,000 for the … [Read more...]

Massive Data Breach of Neopets Website Affects 69 Million Users

July 22, 2022 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

Neopets

WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Neopets, a virtual pet and gaming community, has reported a data breach exposing personal information like usernames, passwords, IP addresses, and more of 69 million user accounts. By combining this information, cybercriminals could target users with spam or phishing attempts to access additional personal information which could lead to identity theft. Neopets representatives have published a statement on Twitter addressing the breach. If … [Read more...]

Privacy Scandal: Has Your Data Been Stolen by These 10 “Known Tracking Domains?”

May 19, 2022 By John Colascione 1 Comment

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WEST PALM BEACH, FL - A new study has revealed that consumer email addresses are being collected by online login, registration, and newsletter subscriptions even before the user has manually submitted the form or even given their consent to have their personal information collected, igniting controversy over privacy rights – or lack thereof – on the internet. The goal of the study was to spot sites that pulled email and password information before users could … [Read more...]

10 Simple Yet Effective Security Tips To Keep You Cyber Safe and Worry Less in 2020

January 23, 2020 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH, FL - There is no shortage of security breaches and data leaks reported in the news this past year. As we all move into 2020, here are some simple tips to help keep you stay cyber safe, so you can worry less and have more to look forward to this year. Don't Shorten 2020 in Dates You shouldn’t shorten the year 2020 when signing things. Scammers can easily change the abbreviated date, for example from “3/30/20” to “3/30/2018”. Make sure to write out the full … [Read more...]

Malicious Web Code Added To Macy’s Website Leads to Critical Data Breach

November 21, 2019 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH, FL - Right at the start of the year's busiest shopping season, retailer Macy's notified impacted customers (by letter) that an unauthorized third party was able to access sensitive customer payment information from the Macys.com checkout and wallet pages. The following information may have been accessed if it was typed into the affected web-pages by a customer: Payment card numbersPayment card security codesPayment card expiration datesFull … [Read more...]

FTC Warns Consumers of Fake Equifax Data Breach Websites for Settlement Claims

October 20, 2019 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH, FL – The Federal Trade Commission is warning Internet users, all 147 million people who were affected by the Equifax Data Breach in 2017, to beware of fake Equifax settlement websites which have been setup by thieves trying to steal consumers information when they attempt to file a claim online. Typically, users are sent an email that a class action lawsuit has resulted in a settlement making them eligible for credit monitoring services and/or a cash claim … [Read more...]

Half of All U.S. Households Likely Victims of New Data Leak; 80 Million Records Exposed

May 7, 2019 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

PALM BEACH – A new data leak will likely make victims out of what has been estimated at approximately half of all adults in the United States; 80 million records of those over age 40. This new leak is the cause of an undisclosed company which hosts its database with Microsoft services and the information was freely available on the Internet for those who knew the location of the data, until this week according to Forbes.com's Kate O'Flaherty who contributes as a … [Read more...]

Bad News: Beware and “Be Aware” of “Meltdown” and “Spectre” Vulnerabilities

January 6, 2018 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, NY - As the title suggests, you should both Beware, and "Be Aware" of these new security vulnerabilities that effect pretty much every Intel processor since 1995. I say "Be Aware" because although their patches available, there is not much that can be done to fully mitigate this issue until all or most computer hardware is redesigned. This is bad news because everyone is effected, and all computers are going to need to be replaced, it seems. Meltdown and Spectre … [Read more...]

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