Zack Whittaker, Author at TechCrunch

Change Healthcare confirms ransomware hackers stole medical records on a ‘substantial proportion’ of Americans

Zack Whittaker — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 13:30:10 +0000

The February ransomware attack on UHG-owned Change Healthcare stands as one of the largest-ever known digital thefts of U.S. medical records.

US car dealerships face ongoing outage after CDK cyberattacks

Zack Whittaker — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:29:45 +0000

CDK said it "does not have an estimated time frame" for recovery, as car dealerships and auto shops face continued outages.

UK national accused of hacking dozens of US companies arrested in Spain

Zack Whittaker — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 14:10:16 +0000

TechCrunch has learned that the arrested hacker is the alleged leader of the group that masterminded the Twilio hacks in 2022.

Mandiant says hackers stole a ‘significant volume of data’ from Snowflake customers

Zack Whittaker — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:05:07 +0000

The security firm said the attacks targeting Snowflake customers is "ongoing," suggesting the number of affected companies may rise.

What Snowflake isn’t saying about its customer data breaches

Zack Whittaker — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 01:40:55 +0000

As another Snowflake customer confirms a data breach, the cloud data company says its position "remains unchanged."

Hundreds of Snowflake customer passwords found online are linked to info-stealing malware

Zack Whittaker — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:00:31 +0000

Snowflake is the latest company in a string of high-profile security incidents and sizable data breaches caused by the lack of MFA.

Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster was hacked, says personal information stolen in data breach

Zack Whittaker — Fri, 31 May 2024 22:13:19 +0000

Live Nation says its Ticketmaster subsidiary was hacked. A hacker claims to be selling 560 million customer records.

Zero-day flaw in Check Point VPNs is ‘extremely easy’ to exploit

Zack Whittaker — Thu, 30 May 2024 18:30:06 +0000

Check Point is the latest security vendor to fix a vulnerability in its technology, which it sells to companies to protect their networks.

Spyware maker pcTattletale says it’s ‘out of business’ and shuts down after data breach

Zack Whittaker — Tue, 28 May 2024 20:45:26 +0000

The spyware maker's founder, Bryan Fleming, said pcTattletale is "out of business and completely done," following a data breach.

Spyware app pcTattletale was hacked and its website defaced

Zack Whittaker — Sat, 25 May 2024 15:29:05 +0000

pcTattletale's website was briefly defaced and contained links containing files from the spyware maker's servers, before going offline.

US pharma giant Cencora says Americans’ health information stolen in data breach

Zack Whittaker — Fri, 24 May 2024 13:40:29 +0000

About half a million patients have been notified so far, but the number of affected individuals is likely far higher.

Spyware found on US hotel check-in computers

Zack Whittaker — Wed, 22 May 2024 18:05:54 +0000

Several hotel check-in computers are running a remote access app, which is leaking screenshots of guest information to the internet.

Two Santa Cruz students uncover security bug that let anyone do their laundry for free

Zack Whittaker — Fri, 17 May 2024 16:05:16 +0000

CSC ServiceWorks provides laundry machines to thousands of residential homes and universities, but the company ignored requests to fix a security bug.

‘Got that boomer!’: How cybercriminals steal one-time passcodes for SIM swap attacks and raiding bank accounts

Zack Whittaker — Mon, 13 May 2024 12:05:21 +0000

Estate is an invite-only website that has helped hundreds of attackers make thousands of phone calls aimed at stealing account passcodes, according to its leaked database.

US Patent and Trademark Office confirms another leak of filers’ address data

Zack Whittaker — Wed, 08 May 2024 19:44:04 +0000

The federal government agency responsible for granting patents and trademarks is alerting thousands of filers whose private addresses were exposed following a second data spill in as many years. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) said in an email to affected trademark applicants this week that their private domicile address — which can include […]

Brandywine Realty Trust says data stolen in ransomware attack

Zack Whittaker — Tue, 07 May 2024 21:07:00 +0000

U.S. realty trust giant Brandywine Realty Trust has confirmed a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of data from its network. In a filing with regulators on Tuesday, the Philadelphia-based Brandywine described the cybersecurity incident as unauthorized access and the “deployment of encryption” on its internal corporate IT systems, consistent with a ransomware attack. Brandywine […]

Change Healthcare hackers broke in using stolen credentials — and no MFA, says UHG CEO

Zack Whittaker — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:25:07 +0000

UnitedHealth's CEO said in congressional testimony that the portal used by the hackers to break into Change Healthcare was not protected with a basic security feature.

Health insurance giant Kaiser will notify millions of a data breach after sharing patients’ data with advertisers

Zack Whittaker — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:42:55 +0000

Kaiser, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States, said it was notifying 13.4 million members of a data breach earlier in April.

Security bugs in popular phone-tracking app iSharing exposed users’ precise locations

Zack Whittaker — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:01:35 +0000

The location-sharing app iSharing, which has 35 million users, fixed vulnerabilities that exposed users' personal information and precise location data.

UnitedHealth says Change hackers stole health data on ‘substantial proportion of people in America’

Zack Whittaker — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:35:40 +0000

The health tech giant processes 15 billion health transactions a year, and handles health information for about half of all Americans.