Theft in cybersecurity covers stolen data, credentials, devices, and funds, often creating risks of unauthorized access, fraud, and privacy loss.
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Unauthorized taking or copying of information, credentials, intellectual property, or digital assets is cyber theft. News under this tag may involve stolen passwords, payment data, personal information, source code, cloud tokens, cryptocurrency, or sensitive business files. Theft can result from phishing, malware, compromised accounts, insider access, exposed storage, or the loss of an unencrypted device; the relevant issue is the unauthorized acquisition or control of an asset, whether or not the attacker also alters systems.
Security teams should identify where valuable data and credentials are stored, restrict access by role, require strong authentication, encrypt data at rest and in transit, and monitor unusual downloads or transfers. Vulnerability management matters when flaws expose databases, endpoints, or cloud services to unauthorized retrieval. After suspected theft, preserving logs, revoking tokens and credentials, determining what was accessed or copied, and assessing privacy or notification obligations are central to containing the incident and measuring its impact.
Community Dental Care Is State's Largest Non-Profit Serving Medicaid PatientsMinnesota's largest nonprofit Medicaid dental practice is notifying nearly 135,000 people of a December 2024 data theft incident that potentially compromised their health and personal information, ranging from medical information to passport numbers.
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Ransomware Gang Qilin Claims to Have 42GB of Practice's Stolen DataRansomware group Qilin posted at least 42 gigabytes of data stolen from a Texas pediatric orthopedic practice for sale on its darkweb leak site in February. In recent days, Central Texas Pediatric Orthopedics began notifying more than 140,000 people that their data was compromised by hackers.
Threat Actors Deploy Obfuscation Tactics to Targets Windows MachinesLikely Chinese nation-state hackers are targeting European companies using previously unseen malware backdoor variants with advanced network tunneling and evasion capabilities for data theft. Brussels-based security firm Nviso links the campaign to a threat actor tracked as UNC5221.
Goffee Targets Russian Entities With USB-Based PowerShell MalwareA threat actor that focuses on Russian targets is spreading a new PowerShell implant that includes modules for stealing files from thumb drives and propagating itself through a USB worm. Its targets include critical infrastructure sectors such as energy, telecommunications and government.