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News Articles: data breach

People walk out of a Rite Aid pharmacy

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  • Health

Cybersecurity expert shares tips to protect private health data after major pharmacy is hacked

Communications giant AT&T and Rite Aid pharmacy are just two targets of recent security breaches that have compromised user data.

July 23, 2024
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By:
  • Ellen Eldridge
 AT&T announced Friday that hackers stole 2022 data of “nearly all” of its cellular customers off the company's workspace on a third-party cloud platform.

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  • Business

AT&T says hackers stole 2022 call and text data from 'nearly all' cell customers

AT&T believes the data, which was stolen in April, is no longer publicly available. Affected current and former customers will be notified by the company but can also check their status online.

July 12, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
An AT&T store in New York. The telecommunications company said Saturday that a data breach has compromised the information tied to 7.6 million current customers.

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  • Technology

Millions of customers' data found on dark web in latest AT&T data breach

The provider says it has reset the passcodes of the current account holders whose data was compromised as it investigates the leak, the latest in a string of telecommunications company data breaches.

March 30, 2024
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
A flag of the International Committee of the Red Cross flutters above the humanitarian organization's headquarters in Geneva on Sept. 29, 2021. The ICRC is pleading with hackers to keep stolen data confidential.

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  • Technology

Cyberattack on Red Cross compromised sensitive data on over 515,000 vulnerable people

The attack targeted a contractor in Switzerland that was storing the data. The Red Cross has been forced to halt a program that reunites families torn apart by violence, migration or other tragedies.

January 20, 2022
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By:
  • Jenna McLaughlin
Streaming and gaming company Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, says they had a data breach Wednesday morning.

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  • Technology

Twitch, the popular game streaming service, confirms that its data has been hacked

Twitch says a breach took place Wednesday morning, but the company has not provided further details about what kind of information was released and how many users were affected.

October 06, 2021
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
T-Mobile

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  • National

A T-Mobile Breach Exposed Nearly 50 Million People's Personal Data

Names, Social Security numbers and driver's license information were compromised; phone numbers, account numbers, PINs, passwords and financial information were not.

August 18, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Atlanta based Equifax has announced a $671 million settlement as a result of a data breach in 2017. Nearly 150 million Americans had their information exposed.

Atlanta Based Equifax Announces Nearly $700 Million Data Breach Settlement

Atlanta based Equifax announced a $671 million settlement Monday as a result of the 2017 data breach.

July 22, 2019
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By:
  • Ross Terrell
Georgia Tech's campus in Atlanta.

1.3 Million People Affected By Georgia Tech Data Breach

The personal data of 1.3 million current and former faculty, students, and others has been exposed in a security breach at Georgia Tech. Tech officials...

April 02, 2019
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By:
  • Ross Terrell
Cyber Security Atlanta provides cyber security experts, decision makers, hackers and technical specialists with the latest tech and knowledge in the field.

'People Are The Biggest Weakness Within Cyber Security': A Look At Recent Hacks

Election manipulation, the recent Atlanta cyber security breach and Facebook hacks all prove computers are vulnerable. Atlanta is one of the fastest...

October 18, 2018
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • La'Raven Taylor
Gov. Nathan Deal is considering a bill that would criminalize unauthorized computer access.

Could Cybersecurity Bill Hurt Georgia's Growing Tech Industry?

The ransomware attack that crippled Atlanta a few weeks ago isn't the only high-profile cyberattack Georgia has faced in recent years. Two years ago, a...

April 09, 2018
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By:
  • Maura Currie and
  • Adam Ragusea

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