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Data Breaches Breach Coverage
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The Change Healthcare Breach: The Largest Healthcare Hack in US History
A ransomware attack on a single billing company froze prescriptions and payments across the entire US healthcare system for weeks. Here's what happened and who was affected.
HCA Healthcare: 11 Million Patient Records, One Exposed Storage Location
One of the largest hospital operators in the country lost patient data not through a sophisticated hack, but through a misconfigured external storage location. Here's what that means.
The MOVEit Breach Explained: What Actually Happened
A 2023 flaw in a file-transfer tool used by thousands of companies led to one of the largest data breaches in recent memory. Here's what it means if you got a notification letter.
How One Small Billing Company Breached 20 Million Patients at Once
Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp are two of the biggest lab testing companies in the country. Neither one was hacked directly — their billing vendor was. Here's why that's the pattern to watch for.
The OPM Breach: When Hackers Stole the Government's Background-Check Files
In 2015, state-linked hackers stole security-clearance records — including fingerprints — for 21.5 million people. It remains one of the most damaging government breaches ever disclosed.