Another college has fallen victim to a data breach caused by the Cl0p ransomware gang’s ongoing attacks related to the exploitation of a vulnerability in Oracle’s E-Business Suite.
This time, Dartmouth College is the victim. The attack, which occurred in August of this year, weeks before Oracle became aware of the zero-day vulnerability, compromised personal information including SSNs and financial account information of over 40,000 people.
Breach notification letters are being sent to affected individuals.
(–Source: Forbes
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After the recent data breach on The Washington Post, an ex-employee of the news organization has filed a class action lawsuit to sue the company, claiming that the needed cybersecurity protections and protocols were not in place to safeguard employee data.
The lawsuit, which includes the nearly 10,000 current and former employees who were affected by the breach and claims that some of the victims have suffered financially due to their data being stolen and used for identity theft.
(–Source: Security Boulevard
Read More: Ex-Employee Sues Washington Post Over Oracle EBS-Related Data Breach – Security Boulevard )
Pennsylvania eye care provider, Tri-Century Eye Care, experienced a data breach in early September, affecting an estimated 200,000 people.
The attackers gained access to patient information including name, birth date, SSN, medical and treatment information, health insurance details, and financial information. The Pear ransomware group claimed responsibility and has since made the alledgedly stolen files public.
(–Source: Security Week
Read More: Tri-Century Eye Care Data Breach Impacts 200,000 Individuals – SecurityWeek )
Petco has fallen victim to a data breach after “a setting within one of [their] software applications inadvertently allowed certain files to be accessible online.”
The setting at fault has since been fixed, but not before exposing customer data. Across several states, Petco customers had their names, birth dates, SSNs, driver’s license numbers, and bank account/payment card information exposed.
It’s currently unclear how many people have been affected, but those involved will receive a data breach notice via email or mail providing more information and offering a year of credit monitoring services.
(–Source: PC Mag
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