Change Healthcare has confirmed a February ransomware attack on its systems, which brought widespread disruption to the U.S. healthcare system for weeks, resulted in the theft of medical […]
The mystery of an alleged data broker’s data breach
Since April, a hacker with a history of selling stolen data has claimed a data breach of billions of records — impacting at least 300 million people — […]
HoundDog.ai helps developers prevent personal information from leaking
HoundDog.ai, a startup that helps developers ensure their code doesn’t leak personally identifiable information (PII), came out of stealth Wednesday and announced a $3.1 million seed round lead […]
Healthcare company WebTPA discloses breach affecting 2.5 million people
A Texas-based company that provides health insurances and benefit plans disclosed a data breach affecting almost 2.5 million people, some of whom had their Social Security number stolen. […]
UnitedHealth data breach should be a wakeup call for the UK and NHS
The ransomware attack that has engulfed U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group and its tech subsidiary Change Healthcare is a data privacy nightmare for millions of U.S. patients, […]
Hackers are threatening to publish a huge stolen sanctions and financial crimes watchlist
A financially motivated hacking group says it has stolen a confidential database containing millions of records that companies use for screening potential customers for links to sanctions and […]
Omni Hotels says customers’ personal data stolen in ransomware attack
Hotel chain giant Omni Hotels & Resorts has confirmed cybercriminals stole the personal information of its customers in an apparent ransomware attack last month. In an update on […]
Tesla drops prices, Meta confirms Llama 3 release, and Apple allows emulators in the App Store
Heya, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter that recaps the past few days in tech. Google’s annual enterprise-focused dev conference, Google Cloud Next, dominated […]
Startups Weekly: So are we all working from home now?
Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every […]
Hackers stole 340,000 Social Security numbers from government consulting firm
U.S. consulting firm Greylock McKinnon Associates disclosed a data breach in which hackers stole 341,650 Social Security numbers. The data breach was disclosed on Friday on Maine’s government […]