Cybercrime

Identity Theft, Fraud and AI: The Latest Threats Businesses Need to Know

Artificial intelligence is giving criminals new ways to make familiar scams more convincing. Fraudsters can use AI to create personalized messages, imitate trusted voices and identities, and make fraudulent communications harder to distinguish from legitimate ones. The shift is showing up in the latest federal data. The FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report, which formally tracked […]

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The OpenAI–Hugging Face Incident Signals a New Business Risk 

The recent cybersecurity incident involving an autonomous AI agent developed by OpenAI and the AI platform Hugging Face is raising new questions about how businesses manage increasingly capable artificial intelligence systems. Widely described as the first documented autonomous AI cyberattack, the event marks a significant milestone in the evolution of enterprise cybersecurity risk.  Unlike previous

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AdaptHealth Data Breach: Why Healthcare Organizations Must Prioritize Identity Security

Healthcare organizations continue to face an evolving cybersecurity landscape where attackers are increasingly targeting the people and identities behind critical systems. The recent cyberattack affecting AdaptHealth, a major provider of home medical equipment and healthcare services, highlights a growing concern across the industry: social engineering attacks that compromise trusted users and third-party access. According to

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What Organizations Can Learn from the Xsolis Breach

The recent Xsolis breach demonstrates how a single phishing attack against a third-party vendor can have far-reaching consequences across the healthcare ecosystem. According to Xsolis, an unauthorized individual gained access to company systems through a targeted phishing attack in January 2026. The incident exposed sensitive information belonging to approximately 1.4 million individuals, including names, addresses,

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Identity Theft Is Escalating And Affecting Millions of Individuals

The Identity Theft Resource Center® (ITRC) has released its 2025 Annual Report, offering a sobering look at the growing scale—and impact—of identity crime in the United States. What emerges from the data is clear: identity theft is no longer a rare or isolated issue. It is a persistent, high-volume threat affecting millions of individuals and

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Scam Losses Soar: More Than Half of Consumers Targeted Every Month

Scams are no longer isolated incidents affecting only a small group of consumers. They’ve become part of everyday digital life for millions of Americans — and the financial consequences are growing rapidly. According to F-Secure’s third annual Scam Intelligence & Impacts Report, 56% of Americans now encounter scam attempts at least once a month, with

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Report Finds Online Scam Costs

Report Finds Online Scam Costs Exceed $119 Billion, Far Above Official Figures

A new report from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) estimates Americans lose a staggering $119 billion annually to online scams—more than seven times higher than official figures. While the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported $16.6 billion in losses in 2024 (up 33% year over year), the CFA’s analysis accounts for underreporting and

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Data Brokers Cost U.S. Consumers Billions

Data Brokers Cost U.S. Consumers Billions

A shocking snapshot of just four major recent data broker breaches shows that Americans were exposed to scams and identity theft costing them nearly $21 billion from those incidents alone—and a new report from Congress says that’s only the tip of the iceberg. Lawmakers are calling for urgent action, warning that without stronger protections, Americans

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Conduent Health Care Data Breach Reaching Historic Impact Levels

Healthcare breaches consistently rank among the worst, and the recent ransomware attack on Conduent may become the largest healthcare data breach in history. What began as a breach affecting about 10.5 million individuals has rapidly expanded to more than 25 million people nationwide, making the attack on Conduent one of the largest healthcare-related data breaches

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Millions Impacted by Aflac Data Breach in One of the Biggest Cyber Incidents of 2025

One of the most significant data breaches of 2025 has now come fully into focus—and the scale is staggering. Columbus, Georgia–based insurance giant Aflac has confirmed that a cyberattack discovered in June 2025 ultimately exposed the sensitive personal and health information of approximately 26.5 million individuals, making it one of the largest insurance-sector breaches on

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