Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches

August 4, 2022 – On August 1, 2022, First Choice Community Healthcare, Inc. reported a data breach after the company confirmed that an unauthorized actor may have accessed or stolen sensitive information belonging to patients. Based on an official filing from the company, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to the following data types: patients’ names, Social Security numbers, and protected health information.

August 4, 2022 – On July 28, 2022, Gaedeke Group, LLC reported a data breach after an unauthorized party was able to access certain employee email accounts containing sensitive data belonging to employees, suppliers and other individuals. Based on an official filing from the company, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to the following data types: names, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license

August 3, 2022 – On August 1, 2022, the Southwestern Family of Companies (“Southwestern”) reported a data breach after the company learned that an unauthorized actor had gained access to its computer network, including files containing sensitive consumer data. News of the Southwestern breach is still fresh, and the company has not yet publicly released the data types compromised as a result of the attack, information about

August 3, 2022 – On July 29, 2022, the accounting firm of Wisan Smith Racker & Prescott (“WSRP, LLC”) reported a data breach after the company learned that an unauthorized party was filing fraudulent tax returns on behalf of its clients. Based on an official filing from the company, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to the following data types: names, Social Security numbers

August 3, 2022 – On July 29, 2022, Gardner Resources Consulting, LLC (“GRC”) reported a data breach stemming from an incident in which an unauthorized party gained access to GRC’s network. Based on an official filing from the company, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to the following data types: names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, other government-issued identification numbers, and financial

August 3, 2022 – On July 29, 2022, RetireOne, Inc., a platform for fee-based insurance solutions developed and maintained by Aria Retirement Solutions, Inc., reported a data breach stemming from an incident involving an employee’s email address. Based on an official filing from the company, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to the following data types: names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers,

On July 26, 2022, Laborers International Union of North America Local 1098 (“LIUNA Local 1098,” “LIUNA 1098”) reported a data breach related to an incident in which an unauthorized party gained access to an employee email account. Based on an official filing from the company, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to the following data types: names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, state

On July 29, 2022, Community Surgical Supply Inc. (“CSS”) reported a data breach stemming from what appears to be a ransomware attack resulting in an unauthorized party gaining access to sensitive consumer information in the possession of CSS. Based on an official filing from the company, the incident resulted in the following data types being compromised: full names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, government identification numbers, passport numbers,

August 2, 2022 – On July 7, 2002, The North Highland Company, LLC reported a data breach stemming from a ransomware attack resulting in the sensitive information of current and former employees being compromised. Based on an official filing from the company, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to a wealth of employee data, including names, Social Security numbers, addresses, bank account numbers,

August 2, 2022 – On July 27, 2022, the accounting firm of Gatto, Pope & Walrick, LLP reported a data breach after clients reported problems with tax returns filed by the firm. Based on an official filing from the company, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to the following data types: names, addresses, Social Security numbers, government-issued identification numbers, and financial account information.

August 1, 2022 – On July 27, 2022, OneTouchPoint Inc. (“OTP”) reported a data breach stemming from what appears to be a ransomware attack. Based on an official filing from the company, the incident resulted in an unauthorized party gaining access to the following data types: names, member IDs, and information that may have been provided during a health assessment. Subsequently, OneTouchPoint began sending out data breach

July 29, 2022 – Central Maine Medical Center (“CMMC”) reported a data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights on July 21, 2022. However, Central Maine Medical Center has not yet publicly released the data types that were compromised due to the incident. However, in CMMC’s official filing, the company notes the breach impacted 11,938 individuals. Subsequently, CMMC began sending

July 28, 2022 – BHG Holdings, LLC reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the full names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, state identification numbers, financial account information, payment card information, passport numbers, biometrics, and health insurance information of certain individuals were compromised. On July 27, 2022, BHG Holdings, LLC sent out

July 28, 2022 – Gelt Finance, Inc. reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the names, email addresses, salted password hashes, driver’s license pictures, passport pictures, deposit and withdrawal history of user’s Gelt accounts, bank names, and copies of affected individuals’ bank statements of certain individuals were compromised. On July 12, 2022, Gelt Finance

July 28, 2022 – Gannon Associates reported a data breach after the company was targeted in a recent cybersecurity attack. As a result of the breach, the personal information, specifically the driver’s license number and social security number of an unspecified number of individuals was compromised. Gannon sent out data breach letters to those individuals whose information was affected by the breach.

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