Blue Shield of California is one of the largest healthcare providers in the state of California. The health insurance company is nonprofit and delivers insurance to Californians all over the state. Hundreds of thousands of residents rely on the provider for their health insurance, and they trust the company with vast amounts of personal and health information.
Currently, there are a series of data leaks going on in the Netherlands. Blauw, a prominent market research firm in the Netherlands, reported a data leak earlier this week. Blauw offers qualitative market research for companies and events, and works with many big Dutch brands. The current leak of customer data has already resulted in personal data exposure for a substantial number of Dutch consumers.
In recent years, companies have been looking for ways to streamline their HR processes and make them more efficient. In recent years it has become practically feasible for business users such as HR professionals to create their own solutions, due to the wave of citizen development which is exploding worldwide. Huge market players perceive this as a growth area and are heavily investing in providing solutions and platforms to enable business users to build what they need, when they need it.
Postal Prescription Services is an Oregon-based mail-order medication business that sends medication to thousands of customers. It began associating with Kroger recently, and around the time of that merger, it suffered from a data leak. The grocery store chain Kroger is spread out over more than 2,800 separate locations, has over 465,000 employees, and serves millions of customers each year. As a result, many customers had some of their data exposed due to a mistake that was made.
Twitter's source code was recently leaked publically on a GitHub repository. This blog post looks at exactly what happened and what security consequences could stem from this leak.
The NBA is a national sports league that manages many different leagues under its umbrella of organizations. The league has the NBA 2K League, NBA, Basketball Africa League, the WNBA, and the NBA G League. Each of these different organizations trusts the company with their information, and each one could have been exposed in the recent data leak by the company.
Cyber attacks are targeted at significant organizations, and this week is an excellent reminder that medical facilities aren't safe. Along with AT&T and Minneapolis Schools, three different medical establishments were hit and suffered from a loss of information in one way or another. Zoll, a Medical device and technologies company suffered staggering losses, while Cerebral gave up mental health information and Lawrence General Hospital lost HIPAA-protected information.
Zoll is a medical device and technologies company that offers its services to EMS, fire professionals, and rescuers. Even the U.S. Military relies on technologies from the company in order to save lives. Zoll recently suffered from a cyber attack that may have exposed over 1 million individuals. The attack happened fast and was coordinated by an unknown group, and we still don't have all the specific details yet.
Cerebral is an online mental health company that's attempting to bring mental health care to patients around the country virtually. The company deals with tens of thousands of patients, and we've just learned that many of those patients may have had their information exposed to companies like Meta, Google, and TikTok. Cerebral is a startup company, and unfortunately, it isn't that unusual for startups to suffer from data issues such as this one.
