Unusual activity in the email environment of Pacific Guardian Life was detected on September 5, 2023. The detection led to the discovery of an August 25, 2023, data breach that compromised 167,103 individuals’ personally identifiable information (“PII”) and protected...
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Greylock McKinnon Associates Data Breach Investigation Involving Medicare Recipients
Greylock McKinnon Associates is a Boston-based consulting firm that provides litigation support services. The firm recently reported that on May 30, 2023, unusual activity was detected on its network prompting an investigation. The investigation determined personally...
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (“GHC-SCW”) Data Breach Investigation
“GHC-SCW” is a not-for-profit, member-owned cooperative health plan that provides health care to its members. On January 24, 2024, the network of “GHC-SCW” was breached compromising personally identifiable information (“PII”) of 533,809 individuals. The “PII” included...
Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. Data Breach Investigation
Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc. (GLG) experienced a data breach on November 12, 2023. However, GLG did not discover the breach until February 5, 2024. The compromised information includes names and social security numbers. Although the breach occurred in November 2023,...
Change Healthcare/Optum, Inc./United Healthcare Group, Inc. Data Breach Investigation
United Healthcare Group, Inc. is the parent company of Optum, Inc., a healthcare provider that services more than a 100 million patients in the United States. On October 3, 2022, Change Healthcare merged with Optum, Inc. On February 21, 2024, UnitedHealth Group...
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago aka Lurie Children’s
On or about February 1, 2024, Lurie Children's experienced a cyberattack. It’s reported that Rhysida, a ransomware group, breached the hospital’s systems and is now offering to sell "exclusive data" which was stolen from the hospital on the dark web. Details...
Golden Corral Corporation Data Breach Investigation
On February 16, 2024, Golden Corral began sending notification letters to the 183,272 individuals whose personally identifiable information (“PII”) was compromised. The “PII”, specifically names and Social Security numbers, was exposed between August 11, 2023 and...
2020-2021 Kia Telluride Defect Investigation
Goldenberg Schneider, LPA is investigating a potential defect in 2020-2021 Kia Tellurides involving the self-leveling shock absorbers. It’s believed the self-leveling shock absorbers are most often installed in Tellurides with manufacturer installed towing packages....
Jeff Wyler Automotive Family, Inc. Data Breach Investigation
On May 27, 2023, an unauthorized character accessed the computer systems of Jeff Wyler Automotive Family, Inc. (“Jeff Wyler”), and on February 13, 2024, Jeff Wyler began providing written notification to affected individuals. The notification informed the affected...
Navvis & Company/Hawaii Medical Services Association (“HMSA”)
A third-party provider of health management services to Hawaii Medical Services Association (“HMSA”), Navvis & Company, experienced a data breach that affected 462,000 current and former members of HMSA’s health plans. The compromised information included names,...