This week, hackers targeted various industries for cyberattacks, including nationally-recognized organizations. Five Guys suffered a breach involving two employee email accounts and potentially losing employee and consumer credentials. Another national organization, Deer Oaks Behavioral Health, announced a data breach resulting in more than 170,000 patient records falling at risk for misuse. Mr.

The Allied Pilots Association (APA) is the collective pilot agent for American Airlines; it provides a range of services to 15,000 members, including acting as a bargaining entity. On October 30th, the APA experienced a network disturbance—a ransomware cyberattack potentially exposing members.

In South Texas, United Medical Centers (UMC) offer reliable, high-quality healthcare services. They host nine locations in the region, servicing patients from the surrounding communities; their services include options for family planning, WIC, and a broad selection of care to assist chronic illnesses. The clinics provide care to more than 34,184 patients in the area, where many use public insurance to receive services.

LiveAction Incorporated is a software company specializing in analytics, network monitoring, and application management tools. They’ve reported a revenue of over $5 million and provide services to companies in various industries; technical manufacturers, hospitals, biotechnology, and transportation professionals all use LiveAction services. Earlier this year, LiveAction suffered a ransomware attack where hackers took significant consumer information.

Deer Oaks Behavioral Health is a national provider of mental health based in San Antonio, Texas. They offer the nation long-term care focused on psychiatry and psychology. Deer Oaks hosts more than 1,500 facilities nationwide. Their services include medication and medical treatment planning while spearheading new techniques for rural tele-behavioral health.

In this Trust Issues episode, host David Puner welcomes back Andy Thompson, CyberArk Labs’ Offensive Security Research Evangelist for a discussion focused on two recent high-profile breaches: one targeting MGM Resorts International and the other involving Okta’s support unit.

In terms of financial and reputational impact, a data breach is one of the most serious security challenges an organisation can experience. Kroll’s 2021 Data Breach Outlook report states that the pattern of data attacks becoming broader and deeper during the pandemic has continued, even during the recovery phase. With the volume of data breaches continuing to increase, it is essential that organisations take steps to prepare their incident response before they are affected by a breach.

Five Guys Enterprises, LLC oversees the management of services delivered by “Five Guys,” a national restaurant chain throughout the US. The restaurant is available in more than 1,450 locations, 900+ cities, and every state (except Alaska). Their prominent location distribution and policy of every order being “served to go” makes Five Guys a top contender for dinner; however, now, their prosperous history may be at risk following a data breach stemming from their employees.

This week, many institutions were targeted for attacks, impacting thousands differently. In the northeast of the US, New York’s gambling scene suffered an attack, downing casinos across the state. In the South, hackers attacked Florida’s Akumin clinics, exposing patient data. In Pennsylvania, the City of Philadelphia suffered from leaking the information of city email owners.

The University of Michigan (UM) hosts more than 55,000 students, 35,000 staff members, and 640,000 alums. Unfortunately, following a recent cybersecurity breach, students, applicants, alums, employees, contractors, and donors may now have information at risk. The extent of the exposure is unknown, but the outcome could impact anyone. Those in association with UM must take steps to guard themselves before the assailants can misuse their information.