Data Breach Report: October 2018

Below is a compilation of news articles covering some of the notable data breaches that occurred in October 2018. Doesn’t this really put things into perspective?

Fin7 Hackers Breached US Chain Burgerville – Oct 5th

Magecart Group Targets Shopper Approved in Latest Attack – Oct 9th

Pentagon Reveals Cyber Breach of Travel Records – Oct 12th

1 bn records compromised in Aadhaar breach since January: Gemalto – Oct 15th

Insurer Anthem will pay record $16M for massive data breach – Oct 15th

Hackers breach Healthcare.gov system, taking files on 75,000 people – Oct 22nd

Department of Defense Data Breach Exposes 30,000 Employees – Oct 24th

Cathay Pacific Data Breach Exposes 9.4 Million Passengers – Oct 25th

British Airways warns that a further 185,000 customers were hit by security breach – Oct 26th

Foley & Lardner Faced Cyber Event, But Says Data Is Safe – Oct 26th

Girl Scouts Alerted to Possible Data Breach – Oct 29th

Raley’s Pharmacy Suffers Data Breach After Laptop Stolen – Oct 29th

Read last month’s breach report here.