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Verizon recently suffered a small but serious data breach all affected accounts are now ' secured'

10/21/2022 6:29:00 AM

Verizon has identified 250 prepaid wireless accounts compromised between October 6 and 10 and while a lot of data was breached and plenty of harm done all customers are now allegedly safe

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Verizon has identified 250 prepaid wireless accounts compromised between October 6 and 10 and while a lot of data was breached and plenty of harm done all customers are now allegedly safe Verizon has identified 250 prepaid wireless accounts compromised between October 6 and 10 and while a lot of data was breached and plenty of harm done all customers are now allegedly safe .While that number is certainly low compared to both the totality of Big Red's prepaid customers across the US and the monumental extent of some of those aforementioned (semi) recent T-Mobile data breaches, these types of tallies can frequently vary greatly from day to day, so we definitely wouldn't be surprised if the nation-leading carrier finds more victims of the same cyberattack in the near future. For the time being,Verizonclaims all impacted users are aware of the"situation", which has been remedied (fairly) quickly, with"additional measures" put in place to protect breached accounts from"further unauthorized access or fraud." Read more:
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Advocate Aurora reports data breach affecting as many as 3 million patientsA data breach at Advocate Aurora Health may have exposed the information of as many as 3 million patients October 6 and 10 .the Go edition of that OS didn’t feature it), it also touted the inclusion of fancier animations.- + PERTH (miningweekly.Advocate Aurora Health, which operates 27 hospitals, said in a statement Thursday that the breach may have exposed information including patients' medical provider, type of appointment or medical procedure, dates and locations of scheduled appointments and IP address. While that number is certainly low compared to both the totality of Big Red's prepaid customers across the US and the monumental extent of some of those aforementioned (semi) recent T-Mobile data breaches, these types of tallies can frequently vary greatly from day to day, so we definitely wouldn't be surprised if the nation-leading carrier finds more victims of the same cyberattack in the near future. For the time being, Verizon claims all impacted users are aware of the"situation", which has been remedied (fairly) quickly, with"additional measures" put in place to protect breached accounts from"further unauthorized access or fraud. The new version also adds Google’s streamlined Google Play System Updates system, which the company says will help users keep their phone up to date without taking up a bunch of room and let it roll out new features and security patches without the need for a full-bore phone update." While that's definitely a good thing, a lot of harm may have already been done by the time the operator's cybersecurity experts intervened to repair this breach. Detailed engineering, procurement and construction phases will follow the DFS sequentially, subject to Syrah board approval and customer and financing commitments. Unauthorized SIM card changes apparently took place on some of the hacked accounts, and things like customer names, phone numbers, billing addresses, price plans, and"other service-related information" are essentially compromised for good. The new version is no longer for phones with less than 2GB of RAM, despite what the Android Go webpage says. Obviously, you can't change your name or home address just because someone might have gained unauthorized access to your personal info, but"in an abundance of caution", Verizon reset the Account Security Codes (PINs) of all affected customers, and if you suspect that also happened to you, a similar revision is probably wise. "Nevertheless, we always encourage patients to regularly review their financial accounts and report any suspicious, unrecognized or inaccurate activity immediately. All"unauthorized SIM changes" should have been reversed, mind you, which is another point in Big Red's favor, and no banking info, passwords, Social Security numbers, or tax IDs were breached between October 6 and 10, which further makes this attack look less serious than T-Mobile's hacks from the last year or so. That’s an important note because it’s very possible that a lot of people using Android Go will have to upgrade their hardware to get the new version. Advertisement The DoE grant is a separate funding opportunity to the DoE’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) loan programme, under which Syrah earlier this year secured a $102-million loan facility to support the expansion work at Vidalia. Still unacceptable but it absolutely could have been (much) worse. New reasons to get excited every week Get the most important news, reviews and deals in mobile tech delivered straight to your inbox Subscribe .