Week in Breach

United States – Rhode Island Ear, Nose, and Throat Physicians Inc.

Exploit: Unauthorized database access
Rhode Island Ear, Nose, and Throat Physicians Inc.: Specialty healthcare practice providing family care for diseases of the ears, nose, and throat
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United States – Massachusetts General Hospital

Exploit: Unauthorized database access
Massachusetts General Hospital: The largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School
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United States – City of Borger

Exploit: Ransomware
City of Borger: Local government administration serving Borger, Texas
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United States – Fargo Public Schools

Exploit: Unauthorized database access
Fargo Public Schools: Public school district serving students in Fargo, North Dakota
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Denmark – Tivoli

Exploit: Intelligent brute force attack
Tivoli: Popular European amusement park based in Copenhagen, Denmark
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Germany – Fanatec

Exploit: Unauthorized database access
Fanatec: Maker and distributor of gaming peripherals
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Australia – New Payments Platform Australia

Exploit: Exposed database
New Payments Platform Australia: National payment platform for Australia
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Malaysia – Astro Malaysia Holdings

Exploit: Unauthorized database access
Astro Malaysia Holdings: Media and entertainment holding company
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The First Half of 2019 Sees Precipitous Rise in Data Breaches

A recent report by Risk Based Security confirmed what many people already knew: data breaches are increasing in frequency and scope.

In the first half of 2019, there were 3,816 data breaches, a 54% increase from the same period in 2018. In total, more than 4 billion records were…

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Sometimes cybercriminals get too much credit for their ability to infiltrate businesses’ IT infrastructure. In many cases, employees’ bad password practices actually cause the vulnerability, a reality that was confirmed in a Google study released this.

In the report, Google estimates that 1.5% of all logins used on the internet are a vulnerability to credential stuffing attacks because…

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