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ZDNet: 1.1M insurance customers were exposed in a data breach – here’s what to know. “According to a notice on the Farmers [Farmers Insurance] website, about 1.1 million customers had sensitive data revealed in a recent data breach. Compromised information includes customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, and/or last four digits of their Social Security numbers.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/27/zdnet-1-1m-insurance-customers-were-exposed-in-a-data-breach-heres-what-to-know/

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Mashable: Massive Allianz Life data breach details reportedly revealed. “The data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned reported that 1.1 million customers had their data stolen from Allianz Life, which is a major insurance provider. The data in question included email addresses, names, genders, dates of birth, phone numbers and physical addresses. At least some social security numbers […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/21/mashable-massive-allianz-life-data-breach-details-reportedly-revealed/

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New-to-me, from Micah Lee: TeleMessage Explorer: a new open source research tool. “I’ve spent the last week or two writing code to make sense of the massive hack of data from TeleMessage, the comically insecure company that makes a modified Signal app that Trump’s former national security advisor Mike Waltz was caught using. I’ve decided to publish my code as open source in the hopes that other […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/11/telemessage-explorer-a-new-open-source-research-tool-micah-lee/

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Politico: Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack. “The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/10/politico-federal-court-filing-system-hit-in-sweeping-hack/

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Ars Technica: Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it. “In June, Google said it unearthed a campaign that was mass-compromising accounts belonging to customers of Salesforce. The means: an attacker pretending to be someone in the customer’s IT department feigning some sort of problem that required immediate access to the account. Two months later, Google has disclosed that it, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/09/ars-technica-google-discovered-a-new-scam-and-also-fell-victim-to-it/

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TechCrunch: TeaOnHer, a rival Tea app for men, is leaking users’ personal data and driver’s licenses. “TeaOnHer, an app designed for men to share photos and information about women they have supposedly dated, has exposed users’ personal information, including government IDs and selfies, TechCrunch can confirm.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/08/techcrunch-teaonher-a-rival-tea-app-for-men-is-leaking-users-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses/

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CBS News: Tea dating app disables direct messaging as it investigates data breach. “A previously disclosed hack affecting Tea, a women-only dating advice app, was more extensive than previously thought, the company said Monday. Tea’s investigation of the incident found that app users’ direct messages had been breached, along with some of their photos.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/30/cbs-news-tea-dating-app-disables-direct-messaging-as-it-investigates-data-breach/

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The Register: Ukrainian hackers claim to have destroyed major Russian drone maker’s entire network. “Ukrainian hackers claim to have taken out the IT infrastructure at Russia’s Gaskar Integration plant, one of the largest suppliers of drones for its army, and also destroyed massive amounts of technical data related to drone production.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/19/the-register-ukrainian-hackers-claim-to-have-destroyed-major-russian-drone-makers-entire-network/

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“From hospitals to #GP clinics, the #tool has been lauded by burnt-out doctors for helping to lighten to back-breaking load.

Dr #BenCondon, who now works for an Australian #HealthTechnology company, first stumbled across #AI during a shift in a rural #WesternAustralian emergency department.

"I was blown away by how much it helped, in terms of giving me an extra set of hands … *writing all my notes*," he said.

But experts have warned there are real #risks: patient #information from #DataBreaches can fetch a pretty penny on the dark web, and the #technology has the potential to generate "#misleading" #information

#WhiteCollar / #ZeroHourWork / #HealthSystems / #Australia <abc.net.au/news/2025-07-07/ai->

ABC News · GPs and hospitals are turning to AI scribes, so how does it work and what are the risks?By Emily Dobson

Mashable: AT&T settles data breach lawsuits for $177 million. Here’s how to get your share.. “If you are or were an AT&T customer between 2019 and 2024, you may be eligible to get a check soon. AT&T has agreed to a settlement of $177 million to close out two class action lawsuits, both of which had to do with data breaches.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/28/mashable-att-settles-data-breach-lawsuits-for-177-million-heres-how-to-get-your-share/

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CityHub (Australia): Western Sydney Uni Student Charged For Hacking Uni Database To Alter Grades. “A former Western Sydney Uni student has been charged after allegedly hacking the university’s databases for free parking, changing her own grades and threatening to sell other students’ personal data on the dark web. The 27-year-old allegedly pursued a four-year cyber hacking operation […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/28/cityhub-western-sydney-uni-student-charged-for-hacking-uni-database-to-alter-grades/

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