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Healthcare Management Solutions, known as a healthcare-related consulting company from West Virgini, has over 100 employees and brings in nearly $20M annually.

Michigan-based manufacturing company Wright & Filippis dates back to 1944. It employs nearly 300 people and brings in over $30M in revenue.

While we took this week to reflect on what we're thankful for, devious individuals were not taking a break. There were still several data breaches, plus settlements from some corporate giants that took place.

Gateway Rehab is a rehabilitation center focused on helping those who struggle with addiction recover. It operates 10 different out- and in-patient rehab facilities throughout Pennsylvania.

Mortgage bank HomeTrust Mortgage is based out of Houston, TX, but has 13 separate locations in several other states – Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.

Forefront Dermatology has offices throughout the United States but is based out of Wisconsin. In May 2021, it suffered an enormous data breach impacting nearly 2.

The US Government uses many companies as outside contractors to help fulfill its wide variety of needs. One of those contractors is Booz Allen Hamilton, who had contractors match up with military, intelligence, and government needs due to their high-level clearances.

Google is known as one of the top tech giants that nearly everyone knows. However, over the years, the company's breadth has led it to believe that it did not have to always follow the same rules as other companies.

The My Life Foundation is a foundation dedicated to bettering the lives of individuals with intellectual disabilities. It works to help them get jobs and better their quality of living.

Last week we talked about the calm before the storm; the massive influx of hacks and breaches that come hand in hand with the holidays hadn't yet started, and all we could report on were lawsuits (of which there were many).

We've all heard the saying, "the best things in life are free. " But are they? The recipient of a free car still has to pay the tax on it.

Las Vegas, Nevada-based insurance provider Three Rivers Provider Network offers insurance across the US. Unfortunately, on October 31, 2022, it announced a data breach that affected an unknown number of individuals. 

CWGS Group, the holding company that owns Camping World and Good Sam Club, announced a data breach on November 7, 2022. The breach has limited information available, which strikes many as odd; the investigation had been going on for months before CWGS sent the notifications.

United Veterinary Clinic (UVC) has more than 100 locations in 23 states. The clinic employs over 4,000 veterinarians, vet techs, customer service representatives, and other necessary employees.

TransUnion is one of the three largest credit bureaus in the world. It serves over one billion people yearly, 200 million of these American customers.

Doral, Florida-based cruise line Carnival Cruise faces the consequences of four data breaches in three years. The NYDFS is suing for five million dollars, even after a previous settlement of $1.

Alright, everyone, it's official; we've found the eye of the hurricane. Just before the holidays begin, we find ourselves in that lull, just before the massive hacks start to spike around Black Friday. 

Ohio vision company EyeMed is facing the consequences of breaches in 2020. The State Attorney General of New York, Attorney General Letitia James, reached a settlement with the company over two years after the attack.

Milwaukee hospital, Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, has suffered a massive data breach that involves 16,906 individuals. Contrary to initial speculation, the violation has nothing to do with the ransomware attack that hit its parent company, Aurora Advocate Health, in October 2022.

In 2018, Chegg became the victim of a massive hack that affected 40 million individuals. These were a combination of employees, outsider contracts, and students.

Meta Pixel is a targeted ad platform that has been growing in popularity in recent years. In mid-September 2022, we reported a breach to multiple hospitals across the US, many of which were the biggest names in medicine.

Over the last few years, GitHub breaches have become more common. Everything from international car companies to file storing databases like Dropbox are affected.

Over 30,000 businesses get hacked each day. In 2021 alone, there were 22 billion records breached. Think about that for a second; 7.

Drizly delivers wine, beer, spirits, and other liquors to adults over the drinking age. This helps to keep intoxicated drivers off the streets, making roads safer.

Bed Bath and Beyond operates in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, and the US. It may be known for its assortment of perfumes and bath bombs, but the company sells everything from coffee makers to faux rabbit fur bedspreads.

US Bancorp is incorporated in Delaware but headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is one of the largest banking institutions in the US and is the parent company of the US Bank National Association.

Twilio is a company that provides communication technology. Twilio's tech is programable to increase the efficiency and usability of specific communication methods and can even customize it for an individual or company.

One of the largest newspapers in New York suffered a hack that rocked millions. Plenty of readers crack jokes in the Twitter replies, saying it looked so similar to what the paper usually posts they couldn't tell the difference.

Throughout 2022, we've seen thousands of data breaches, affecting a total well into the millions. This year, it seems like nothing is off-limits; if it has data, hackers are going after it.

Throughout 2022, T-Mobile, a massive Verizon competitor, has suffered multiple large-scale data breaches. Finally, it's time for T-Mobile to take the back burner and let Verizon take front and center in the public eye.

Advocate Aurora Health is a Midwest-based non-profit healthcare provider that serves over 3 million people. It has dual headquarters in Downers Grove, Illinois, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and only services the two states.

Lifespire is a company that focuses on generating a better quality of life for people with developmental delays or other disabilities.

Keystone Health is a Pennsylvania-based healthcare system that employs over 500 people. The company recently suffered a data breach that affected over 200,000 individuals.

Throughout 2022, there have been more breaches than we ever thought. From worldwide companies like SHEIN and Intel to smaller, less heard-of companies like iDealwine, there have been tons of hacks and leaks over the year.

Microsoft is an American technology corporation based out of Redmond, Washington State. At the time of writing, the company has been breached more than a dozen times since 2010.

iDealwine is a French company specializing in online auctions and fixed-price fine wine sales. iDealwine has offices in London and Hong Kong but administers its services worldwide.

One of the more significant family genealogy sites online, FamilySearch, revealed it experienced a data breach in March 2022.

Intel Corporation is the biggest multi-national tech company in the world based on revenue. It was founded by Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andrew Grove in 1968 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

SHEIN and Romwe are clothing retail sites best known for their high affordability and fast shipping. Both claim to be "cyber malls for the next gen(eration).

Lower Llc. has been described by C.B. Insights as a "homeownership ecosystem that provides consumers with everything they need to buy a home.

This year keeps hitting us with breaches; Doordash, Rockstar Gaming, Samsung, and American Airlines highlight some of the biggest from the last few months.

Walgreens is the second-largest pharmacy chain in the US and serves approximately 9 million people daily. So in comparison, 72 thousand doesn't seem like that much.

Toyota is an international car retailer and manufacturer, and it sold about 10. 5 million cars in 2021 alone. The leak has left 296,019 consumers in jeopardy and even more in question.

The Medical Review Institute of America (MRIoA) has over 800 clients worldwide.  MRIoA is a service that "delivers technology-enabled review services that increase member satisfaction.

Kiwi Farms is a chat forum for harassment campaigns such as swatting, doxing, and archiving mass shooters' manifestos and live-streamed content.

The leak of the Oath Keeper member list has left many citizens in a bit of a panic. With surprisingly large numbers of members, people fear the worst of friends and neighbors.

In 2022, the number of hacks across the country, and even the world, were lower than in 2021. This might sound like an improvement, but it's not.

Every state government has resources available online for the citizens that live in the state. One of these resources is the state's website.

CommonSpirit Health is the parent company for over 140 hospitals. It was the second largest nonprofit healthcare system in the U.S. in 2022 and the most prominent Catholic hospital chain in the U.S. as of 2019.

Suffolk County, New York, is primarily located in eastern Long Island but includes smaller islands off the peninsula. With a population of about 1.

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is the second largest school district in the U.S., with over 1,000 schools and 600,000 students.

During the second quarter of 2022, the world as a whole has seen 52 million reported data breaches, which is down by 56% from the previous quarter.

The San Francisco 49ers are the tenth oldest franchise in the National Football League (NFL). Originally founded in San Francisco by Tony Morabito, the 49ers moved to Santa Clara, California, in 2014.

Elbit Systems Ltd. is an international electronic defense company based out of Israel. The American branch, Elbit Systems of America, recently announced that it had been breached.

2K is a video game development company known for its creation of WWE 2K, NBA 2K, and Civilization. It's a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive, along with Zynga (Words With Friends 2), Private Division (The Outer Worlds series), and Rockstar Gaming (Grand Theft Auto). 

Nelnet is a student loan service based out of Lincoln, Nebraska. Recently, it suffered a data breach that revealed the personal information of over 2.

In early June of 2022, the nonprofit news reporter The Markup discovered that an ad-based service, Meta Pixel, was being used by 33 of the top 100 hospitals in the US. Meta is now being sued for allegedly sending sensitive medical information to Facebook, along with two of the involved hospitals.

Over the last few months, there's been a terrifying amount of hacks. From food delivery services to video game companies, there seems to be no limit to what these hackers are willing to do.

The North Face is an outdoor apparel company owned by VF Corporation. They are known for their winter clothing and outerwear that protects people from some of the coldest weather on the planet.

American Airlines is the world's largest airline by fleet size (having over 1,300 aircraft in its fleet), with more than 120,000 employees and operating in more than 50 countries, with 6,700 flights every day, flying to about 350 destinations.

Sometime between November 5th, 2021, and April 5th, 2022, U-Haul International was hacked, leaking the information of millions of users to some unknown entity.

Six years after its last data breach, Uber has confirmed another. However, this time, the attacker claimed to be just 18. This 18-year-old also claimed to be behind a second data breach as well, except this time, it was gaming files for upcoming GTA VI that were hacked.

Rockstar confirmed a breach into Grand Theft Auto VI. Over 50 minutes of footage was leaked, taking social media platforms like YouTube by storm.

Central Florida Inpatient Medicine is on record, acknowledging a data security breach. The criminal invasion of the company's internal systems is the latest in a never-ending flurry of web-based attacks.

To say it is concerning that more than 2,000 data breaches occurred in the first half of 2022 alone would be a dramatic understatement.

DiversiTech Corporation, a provider of heating and cooling products, recently reported a data privacy event that compromised the personal information of its customers.

Private Client Services, also known as PCS, recently admitted it suffered a sizable data breach. Hackers victimized the investment advisor business in November of 2021.

Guadalupe County officials, including revered Judge Kyle Kutscher, are speaking out after what appears to be a digital security breach.

It wasn't long ago when online hacks were primarily limited to corporations. Nowadays, organizations of all types and sizes are in the crosshairs of criminals roaming the internet.

According to Constella Intelligence, the breach economy has rapidly expanded to the point that more than 65,000 breaches occur annually, resulting in nearly 42 billion records falling into the hands of parties with evil intentions.

The number of data breaches continues to increase as we quickly transition to a brave new age of high-tech and internet ubiquity.

The West Virginia University Medical Corporation is the subject of a proposed class action lawsuit following a digital attack and subsequent data breach.

Allaire Health Services has confirmed hackers stole its internal data. An unauthorized individual obtained access to Allaire Health's network, downloading highly sensitive information that will likely be used to steal the identities of the company's patients.

An unauthorized actor accessed AdviceOne's network earlier this year. The digital security breach culminated in the exposure of highly sensitive AdviceOne customer information between February 2022 and March 2022.

Novartis, a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Switzerland, has been victimized by keyboard criminals. Hackers pounced on the pharma powerhouse, stealing its data through what appears to be a web-based extortion scam.

OneTouchPoint is the latest victim of relentless hackers. The company was breached in an online attack that culminated in the theft of data from several million accounts.

Statista states several thousand breaches occurred in the first half of 2022 alone. This statistic shows that if you rest on your laurels by leaving your current digital defenses in place, your business might be the next to be victimized.

Agenda ransomware is causing widespread harm. This uniquely nasty ransomware is referred to as "Agenda" for the moment. Though we will not know the full extent of the new ransomware's impact until the threat is contained, we have some preliminary information stemming from descriptions provided by Agenda victims. 

LastPass, the most popular password manager in the world, has been hacked. The company's source code and even some of its most valuable proprietary data were stolen by hackers.

Oktapus, a hacking campaign, has more than 130 firms in its crosshairs. The threat targets more than 100 firms in the United States and victims scattered throughout 60+ other nations.

Crypto.com, the crypto platform, was hacked in mid-January 2022. The breach is another example of how digital criminals zero in on cryptocurrency websites.

The vocabulary of cybersecurity has progressed after the shift to high-speed internet. Though most people understand the basics of antivirus software, modems, and wireless connectivity, most are unaware of terms such as accidental exposure.

Many of us use password managers to keep our secure passwords safe. However, even secure software titles we rely on can still have issues with breaches.

A new data breach has hit food delivery juggernaut DoorDash, exposing personal customer data. The exposure came when hackers deployed a successful phishing attack that stole employee credentials from a service vendor.

Nieman Marcus, a beleaguered fashion business that fell from grace after reaching the apex of its industry, was breached by hackers.

Digital miscreants are currently ambushing PAN-OS. The Palo Alto Networks' creation is undergoing immediate patching. The software that runs the firewalls is being attacked, spurring the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA for short, to warn both government digital security specialists and those who work for the public to implement fixes.

The language of cybersecurity has changed in the years following the dot com boom. We've rapidly transitioned from America Online (AOL) dial-up internet service through modems connected to landline phones to lightning-fast wireless internet available across nearly the entirety of the globe. 

The Block Cash App hack made waves partially because the company is led by Jack Dorsey, a supposed computer whiz with his finger on the pulse of cybersecurity dynamics.

Yet another cryptocurrency platform has been struck by digital criminals. CoinMarketCap is the victim this time around. It appears as though hackers plucked more than six figures' worth of cryptocurrency from the platform.

If cybersecurity industry experts' predictions prove true, there will be nearly 15 million DDoS attacks in 2022 alone. Cloudflare reports it blocked an average of nearly 58 million online attacks each day from the summer of 2021 to the spring of 2022.

Hackers accessed Argentina's database containing residents' government IDs. The thief found his or her way through the federal government's IT safeguards, plucking information directly from residents' ID cards. 

T-Mobile was hacked in the second half of 2021, creating the potential for widespread identity theft in the years ahead. In total, about eight million T-Mobile customer accounts were impacted by the digital breach.

A whopping $97 million worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from Liquid, a Japanese crypto exchange. The attack is yet another in a string of digital offensives against cryptocurrency platforms.

Twilio, the company that provides Signal with its phone number verification services recently suffered a phishing attack. During that attack, hackers had access to various company accounts at the corporate level.

Whole Foods, a subsidiary of Amazon, was in the news late last year for an unfortunate reason. The company admitted more than 80 million logging records were exposed to hackers. 

OneMoreLead, a business-to-business (B2B) marketing enterprise, suffered a significant data breach late last year. The marketing company left a database misconfigured, prompting the unintentional leaking of 63 million records. 

The personal information of nearly 700,000 individuals was stolen in a data breach at the University of New Mexico Health. The data breach was revealed in the second half of 2021.

Following a statement by Twilio outlining a phishing attack that led to a data breach, Cloudflare released a statement sharing they were a victim of the same attack.

Twilio recently revealed that several employees were tricked by hackers, leading them to divulge personal, corporate-level logins.

A hacker has illegally accessed and leaked several hundred million user records from the popular Raychat app. Raychat, especially popular in the Middle East, is now in damage control after this digital infiltration.