The breach affected “nearly all” AT&T customers who used the company’s services between May and October 2022. The stolen data does not include content of calls and texts, the company said.
Category: Cyberattacks and Hackers
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Auto Sales Grew Slightly in Second Quarter
High interest rates, economic uncertainty and a cyberattack appear to have dampened sales in the three months between April and June.
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How Julian Assange Lit the Fuse on the Digital World
In his brazen quest for total transparency, the WikiLeaks founder paved the way for a world in which no secret is safe and no institution trusted.
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Cyberattack on CDK Global Disrupts Car Sales in U.S. and Canada
The attacks on a software provider, CDK Global, affect systems that store customer records and automate paperwork and data for sales and service.
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Ascension Cyberattack Persists, Causing Patient Care Delays
For two weeks at the 140-hospital system, doctors and nurses have had little access to digital records for patient histories, resorting to paper and faxes to treat people.
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UnitedHealth’s CEO Slammed Over Cyberattack
Several lawmakers questioned whether the company had become so large — with tentacles in every aspect of the nation’s medical care — that the effects of the hack were outsize.
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The Paris Olympics’ One Sure Thing: Cyberattacks
“We will be attacked,” the official responsible for fending off cyberthreats said. To prepare, organizers have been hosting war games and paying “bug bounties” to hackers.
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4 Things You Need to Know About Health Care Cyberattacks
Despite the explosion in ransomware hacks like the one against Change Healthcare, regulation is spotty and few new safeguards have been proposed to protect patient data, vulnerable hospitals and medical groups.
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With Cyberattack Fix Weeks Away, Health Providers Slam United
Hospitals, doctors and clinics expressed frustration that they will have to wait even longer for reimbursements after hackers paralyzed the largest U.S. billing clearinghouse.
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Cyberattack Wreaks Havoc on Health Care Billing
The hack shut down the nation’s biggest health care payment system, causing financial chaos affecting a broad spectrum ranging from large hospitals to single-doctor practices.