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 […]

Maryland ranked among top 10 states with largest debt increase in Q3 2023

BALTIMORE, MD—With the overall consumer debt exceeding $17.3 trillion in Q3 2023, the personal-finance website WalletHub this week released its rankings of the States with the Largest & Smallest Debt Increases. Maryland came in at No. 6 on the list.  Hawaii topped the list with California coming in at No. 2. To determine the states with the largest and smallest […]

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 […]

Attorney General Frosh joins coalition fighting to protect consumer credit during COVID-19 pandemic

BALTIMORE, MD—Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Tuesday joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general warning the nation’s three Consumer Reporting Agencies (CRAs) that, as Americans continue to struggle from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 public health crisis, they will not hesitate to enforce safeguards set in place to ensure consumers’ credit is properly protected and that their […]