Change Healthcare has started the process of notifying millions of Americans affected by a massive cyberattack and data theft that occurred more than five months ago. The company is sending individual breach notification letters on a rolling basis.

The operation started in France on July 18, 2024, and is anticipated to extend to other countries like Malta, Portugal, Croatia, Slovakia, and Austria. Victims in France will be individually notified by the ANSSI about the clean-up process.

MCG Health has agreed to a settlement of $8.8 million for a data breach lawsuit following a hacking incident in 2020. The lawsuit alleges that it took MCG Health two years to discover and report the data theft affecting around 1.1 million people.

The US has indicted a North Korean state hacker for ransomware attacks on hospitals and healthcare companies. The hacker, Rim Jong Hyok, is a member of the Andariel Unit within North Korea's intelligence agency.

A recent study by Parametrix has found that the global IT outage linked to CrowdStrike will result in at least $5.4 billion in direct financial losses for Fortune 500 companies, excluding Microsoft.

Verizon Communications has agreed to pay a $16 million settlement to the FCC for three data breaches at TracFone Wireless, a subsidiary acquired in 2021. TracFone provides services under brands like Total by Verizon Wireless and Straight Talk.

Spanish police authorities have arrested three suspects connected to the pro-Russian hacker group NoName057(16), known for conducting DDoS attacks against Ukraine and its allies.

The National Crime Agency (NCA) in the United Kingdom has successfully infiltrated a DDoS-for-hire service known as DigitalStress. The suspected controller of the site was arrested in Northern Ireland earlier this month.

Two Russian nationals, Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov and Mikhail Vasiliev, pleaded guilty in a federal court in Newark for their roles in the LockBit ransomware operation.

A 17-year-old boy from Walsall has been arrested by UK police for his involvement in the 2023 MGM Resorts ransomware attack, connected to the Scattered Spider hacking group. The arrest was made with assistance from the NCA and the FBI.