UnitedHealth says ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans’ information hit by cyberattack, confirms ransom payment

The cyberattack on Change Healthcare in February targeted the data of “a substantial proportion of people in America,” UnitedHealth Group (UHG) said this week, with the company confirming it paid a ransom in an effort to protect patient information. “Based on initial targeted data sampling to date, the company has found files containing protected health … Read more

AT&T Says Millions Of Customers’ Data Leaked Online. Were You Affected?

NEW YORK (AP) — The theft of sensitive information belonging to millions of AT&T’s current and former customers has been recently discovered online, the telecommunications giant said this weekend. In a Saturday announcement addressing the data breach, AT&T said that a dataset found on the “dark web” contains information including some Social Security numbers and … Read more

RCMP dealing with ‘cyber event’ targeting networks, launches criminal probe – National

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The RCMP is dealing with which it is calling a “cyber event” targeting its network. RCMP has also launched a criminal investigation into the breach, a spokesperson told Global News. “The situation is evolving quickly but, at this time there is no impact on RCMP operations and … Read more

Global Affairs Canada systems compromised in data breach – National

Global Affairs Canada’s systems have been compromised in a data breach with early indications  of  “unauthorized access to personal information of users including employees.” An internal message sent to GAC staff, seen by Global News, said steps are currently being taken to protect sensitive employee information and network security. “We continue to take several steps … Read more