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@XposedOrNot += Samsung Germany Data Breach

The Samsung Germany #databreach in March 2025 occurred via a compromise of their logistics provider, Spectos, reportedly caused by malware on an employee’s device. The breach exposed 218K unique email addresses, names, physical addresses, and details of items purchased from Samsung Germany.

Exposed data: Email addresses, Names, Physical addresses, Purchase details

Potential risks: Privacy breaches, Identity theft, Unauthorized use of purchase history

#LaboratoryServicesCooperative (LSC) has revealed they were a victim of a #databreach

The breach happened in Oct 2024, and was discovered on Oct 27, 2024. Personal, medical, insurance and financial info of more than 1.6 million people were affected. LSC has engaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate.

LSC is offering credit monitoring and medical identity protection services to those affected

#cybersecurity #USA

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

UnitedHealth's Change Healthcare got a ton of what some might consider well-deserved bad press last year after a ransomware attack by AlphV/BlackCat.

Now they're getting more bad press.

UnitedHealth is demanding that some struggling doctors immediately repay loans issued after last year’s cyberattack. That wasn't the way the providers were told repayment would work in terms of when and how.

#CNBC has the story:

cnbc.com/2025/04/11/unitedheal

CNBCUnitedHealth is making struggling doctors repay loans issued after last year's cyberattackUnitedHealth is aggressively recouping the loans the company offered doctors following the 2024 cyberattack at its Change Healthcare unit.

Western Sydney University (WSU) announced two #databreach One incident includes the compromise of one of the University’s single sign-on (SSO) systems between January and February 2025. This breach has reportedly led to the unauthorized access of demographic, enrollment, and progression information for approximately 10,000 current and former students bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu