![]() As 2021 comes to a close and holidays approach, bad actors are unlikely to stop targeting the healthcare sector with ransomware attacks and exploitation attempts. More than 40 million patient records have been compromised this past year. The average total cost of a healthcare data breach rose 29.5%, from an average total cost of $7.13 million in 2020 to $9.23 million in 2021. This was the 11th consecutive year that healthcare had the highest industry cost of a breach. ![]() A malicious hacker attempted to deploy ransomware and successfully copied files from Practice first’s system containing birth dates, names, addresses, Social Security numbers, email addresses, tax identification numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medication information, and employee usernames and passwords. Practice management vendor Professional Business Systems, doing business as Practice first, announced that a ransomware attack had potentially exposed the PII of patients and employees. In April 2021, around 500 million user data was stolen from the platform, which included publicly visible profile data. This was LinkedIn’s second data security breach incident this year. One million email addresses, full names, phone numbers, addresses, and geolocations were in a sample shared by the user. On June 22, a user on a famous hacker site announced the sale of data from 700 million LinkedIn accounts. Of the 23 apps analyzed, a dozen had 10 million+ installations on Google Play, many having real-time databases unprotected and exposing sensitive user information. Names, email addresses, dates of birth, chat messages, location, gender, passwords, photos, payment information, phone numbers and push notifications were exposed. Unprotected in real-time databases used by 23 apps, the downloads ranged from 10,000 to 10 million and included internal developer resources. In May, security researchers discovered the PII of more than 100 million Android users exposed due to several misconfigurations of cloud services. Access our digital transformation report. Learn how to keep up with the changing cybersecurity ecosystem at scale. The leak exposed phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios, and email addresses. The exposed data included the PII of over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries. Security researcher Alon Gal discovered a leaked database in a low-level hacking forum on April 3. It was also confirmed that no credit card information was accessed. ParkMobile assured users that they do not collect Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, or dates of birth. The information accessed included license plate numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, vehicle nicknames, encrypted passwords, and some mailing addresses. ![]() ![]() ParkMobile discovered the vulnerability linked to a third-party software they use and immediately launched an investigation. The starting price for the data was set at a hefty $125,000. In March, a sales thread of ParkMobile data was discovered on a Russian-language crime forum. The company claims only 1% of its customers were affected, but the breached records included PII of 1.5 million people such as names, phone numbers, home addresses, dates of birth, prescriptions, and health insurance information. February – Kroger via Accellion – 1.5 millionĪ breach at third-party cloud provider Accellion opened the door for hackers, giving them access to Kroger’s Human Resources data and pharmacy records. From the data examined, the PII leaks would allow anyone to piece together the victims’ full names, subscriber data, country of residence, place of work, position, phone numbers and other contact information. The full extent of the potential damage is unknown. A further 55,300,000 Facebook profiles were deleted within a few hours after the server and vulnerability were discovered. In this breach alone, 11,651,162 Instagram user profiles, 66,117,839 LinkedIn user profiles, and 81,551,567 Facebook user profiles were exposed. Socialark’s database consists of more than 40GB of data and 318 million records. Due to an unsecured database, Socialarks, a cross-border social media management company, leaked the PII of more than 214 million social media users. ![]()
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