Ransomware attacks on U.S. health care data have compromised 285 million patient records in the past 15 years, becoming the leading cause of data breaches, reveals a study by Michigan State University, Yale and Johns Hopkins. The research points to increased threat from internal errors, and warns of potential risks to patient health. The study suggests new regulations including mandatory ransomware attack reports and tracking cryptocurrency to prevent ransom payments.

Database Leak Reveals 184 Million Infostealer-Harvested Emails and Passwords
Jeremiah Fowler, a cybersecurity researcher, discovered a misconfigured database containing 184 million unique login names and passwords from various online services and platforms, without any