US Health Insurance company suffered data breach that exposed nearly 1.1 million records @ CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and Carefirst, Inc.

In April 2015, the company discovered the breach as part of a security review that found hackers had gained access to a database that members use to get access to the company's website and services. 1.1 million members had their names, birth dates...

Paid ransom to have the hijacked data destroyed by the cybercriminals @ Blackbaud and Blackbaud Inc.

In July 2020, the company, which provides hundreds of non-profits and educational facilities with customer relationship management services, disclosed that they had suffered a ransomware attack. More than 120 education and third-sector organisations m...

Personal details of about 106 million individuals across the US and Canada were stolen in a hack @ Capital One Financial Corporation

In July 2019, the company announced one of the largest thefts of bank data in US history affecting more than 100 million credit card customers after an attacker exploited a specific configuration vulnerability in its digital infrastructure and alleged...

94 million customer records breached at major US retailer @ Marshalls and 2 more...

In March 2007, when TJX disclosed that at least 45.7 million customers' credit cards had been compromised this breach was considered one of the biggest retail data breaches of all time. In October 2007, court filings related to the breach revealed at...

Payments giant investigating breach at gas stations @ Verifone Holdings Inc.

In January 2017, the card payments company experienced a breach of their internal systems limited to controllers and attempted attacks on some affiliated point-of-sale (POS) systems at approximately 24 gas stations. As reported by security researc...

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