Tag Archives: Data Breach

Nobody will disagree with the statement that maintaining a strong culture of security is important to avoiding incidents like data breaches and phishing attacks, but just because your employees agree with that statement does not mean they will tell you when they uncover a problem, according to newly released research. …

A collection agency based in Colorado was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected more than 650 of its healthcare clients, according to published reports. Labeling the event a “data incident”, Professional Finance Company has posted a document on its website, saying that it detected and stopped a ransomware …

Attorneys general from 41 states have reached a settlement with Retrieval-Masters Credit Bureau, which operated a collection agency under the name of American Medical Collection Agency, stemming from a data breach in 2019 that exposed the personal information of more than 7 million individuals. The company may be liable for …

A pair of medical facilities have come forward and added their names to the list of companies affected by a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency, expanding the list of compromised individuals by 150,000. More than 24 million individuals have been affected by the breach, which occurred when an …

Three more healthcare companies have come forward and announced information from their patients was compromised in a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency. That brings the number of companies that have announced their involvement to nearly two dozen and raises the number of compromised records to more than 24 …

A number of new healthcare companies have come forward and announced the information of their patients was compromised in a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency. Natera, American Esoteric Laboratories, CBLPath, South Texas Dermatopathology, Seacoast Pathology, and Laboratory of Dermatopathology ADX all had patient information compromised, joining Austin Pathology …

Two more healthcare companies have announced that the personal information of some of their patients was compromised in a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency. That brings the total number of healthcare providers that have disclosed their patients’ information was compromised in the breach to seven, and raises the …

As the Attorney General of Indiana seeks to force the parent company of American Medical Collection Agency into liquidation, one of the agency’s former clients is accusing the bankrupt company of an “inability or unwillingness to provide the cooperation and transparency” it needs to fully investigate what happened. Curtis Hill, …

The collection agency that was involved in a data breach that compromised the personal and financial information of more than 20 million individuals has filed for bankruptcy protection, saying it could not afford the expenses of dealing with the breach’s fallout. A copy of the company’s bankruptcy filing from the …

A data breach at a collection agency appears to have expanded to another company, after LabCorp announced that up to 8 million of its customers may have been affected. The news comes a day after Quest Diagnostics disclosed that the information of 12 million of its customers was compromised in …