One-third of Americans impacted by massive healthcare data breach

BALTIMORE, MD—A healthcare data breach has impacted up to one-third of all Americans, according to a new alert from the Maryland Attorney General’s office. The breach, which occurred in February 2024 at the national electronic data clearinghouse Change Healthcare, also leaked sensitive health and personal data online, the alert said. The clearinghouse is used by tens of thousands of healthcare […]

Attorney General Frosh urges Marylanders affected by T-Mobile data breach to protect themselves against identity theft

BALTIMORE, MD—Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is urging all Maryland residents impacted by the data breach announced by T-Mobile in August 2021 to take appropriate steps to protect their information from identity theft. On August 17, T-Mobile reported a massive data breach compromising the sensitive personal information of millions of current, former, and prospective T-Mobile customers, including individuals who had […]

Nottingham-based Sontiq appoints head of public sector sales team

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Sontiq, a Nottingham-based identity security company, on Monday announced the addition of Walter Hoffman as vice president of public sector sales. An experienced public sector sales executive, Hoffman will help expand Sontiq’s work with government, education, and other public sector entities around personal identity protection, breach readiness, and breach response. During his 30-year career, Hoffman increased government market share […]

Attorney General Frosh announces $600 million settlement with Equifax

BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Monday announced a settlement with Equifax as the result of an investigation into a massive 2017 data breach.  Led by Maryland, the investigation found that Equifax’s failure to maintain a reasonable security system enabled hackers to penetrate its systems, exposing the data of 56 percent of American adults – the largest-ever breach […]