CyberSecurity: Data Breaches in 2024

December 2024 Data Breaches: What Utah Businesses Must Do to Stay Secure

December 2024 ended the year with serious cybersecurity concerns. Major companies and institutions reported data breaches. Attackers targeted banks, hospitals, state systems, and retailers. Each incident exposed customer information, caused downtime, or created legal and financial problems. For Utah businesses, these incidents show why cybersecurity must be a top priority. If your company stores customer…

Over 3 Million Patients Affected in California Hospital Ransomware Attack

Over 3 Million Patients Affected in California Hospital Ransomware Attack

A ransomware attack exposed the information of more than 3.3 million patients on Dec. 1, 2022. Multiple medical groups are affected under the Heritage Provider Network in California. These are: Lakeside Medical Organization Regal Medical Group ADOC Medical Group Greater Covina Medical Understanding Ransomware Ransomware is a malicious computer program that attempts to infect computers…

Credential Stuffing Attack Strikes Norton LifeLock

Credential Stuffing Attack Strikes Norton LifeLock

Norton LifeLock, a leading provider of identity protection and cybersecurity services, recently experienced a data breach caused by a credential stuffing attack. Credential stuffing is a cyberattack in which a hacker uses previously compromised information from one account to access another account, website, or service. This highlights the risks of reusing passwords across accounts, making…

LastPass Security Breach: Encrypted Passwords at Risk

LastPass Security Breach: Encrypted Passwords at Risk

LastPass, a popular password manager, announced that an unauthorized party accessed the company’s archived backups of its production data on a third-party cloud-based storage service. According to the company’s investigation, a threat actor accessed the cloud storage environment in August 2022 with information obtained from an earlier incident. Although the threat actor did not access…