data breach

I like to remain in denial about how much of my personal information is available on the dark web because I like to sleep at night. However, all of us including everyone in the state of Wisconsin needs to wake up because there's a good chance that everyone's social security number has already been stolen.

Do you live in Illinois? Then you have a very good reason to be concerned. Thanks to a class-action lawsuit, it's been revealed that a background check company had a data breach which compromised nearly 3 billion social security numbers and includes every single citizen in the Land of Lincoln.

If your cell phone provider in Illinois is AT&T, you need to keep a close eye on your credit history and personal information as the company has revealed that nearly all of its customers were exposed in a historic data breach.

This is the one day every year when more people than any other time will likely be getting assistance riding home. Beware as there is one ride-along scam that could cost you your life in Illinois thanks to a data breach.

It starts with an often-paralyzing attack on computer systems. Doctors scramble to notify patients awaiting surgery that their procedures have been delayed due to a ransomware attack. Cross-State Impact: CommonSpirit Health Cyberattack and Patient Consequences Sometimes a single cyberattack can impact hospitals across multiple states, as was the case when hackers targeted CommonSpirit Health in Oc

Dairy Queen says its facilities in Hannibal, Vandalia, Louisiana and Bowling Green are not affected by the security breach that impacted almost 400 restaurants nationwide.

Officials with Dairy Queen report they are latest business to be affected by a data breach.

A national sandwich shop chain is the latest victim of a data breach, and a couple of area outlets are among the stores affected.