Oklahoma City, OK (December 13, 2024) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into Ames Goldsmith with respect to their recent data breach. On or around October 3, 2024, Ames became aware of certain unauthorized activity within its computer systems. Upon discovery, Ames immediately secured its network and swiftly engaged a third-party team of forensic investigators in order to determine the full nature and scope of the incident. On November 15, 2024, following a thorough investigation, it was confirmed that a limited amount of personal information may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 13, 2024) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into Byte Federal with respect to their recent data breach. On November 18, 2024, Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal Inc. discovered a data breach involving unauthorized access to one of its servers due to a vulnerability in third-party software. The Byte Federal data breach exposed customers’ sensitive personal information, including names, birthdates, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, government-issued IDs, Social Security numbers, transaction activity, and user photographs. The company is working with an independent cybersecurity team to conduct a forensic investigation and is sending notice to […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 13, 2024) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into Duke Energy with respect to their recent data breach. Duke Energy is alerting customers to a May 2024 data breach in which a third party may have stolen customer information from its public website. The company believes the bad actors could have utilized externally obtained personal information to gain access to additional details about customer accounts. While passwords for both residential and business accounts were not compromised, other sensitive information may have been exposed in the Duke Energy data breach. This includes utility […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 12, 2024) – Federman & Sherwood investigates Center for Vein Restoration (“CVR”) for data breach. On or about October 6, 2024, CVR detected suspicious activity within its IT network. An investigation was launched, revealing that an unauthorized user had gained access to personal information belonging to both patients and employees. Although it is not certain as to when, CVR has begun to send out data breach notice letters to all individuals impacted by the data breach. The type of information potentially exposed includes: • Names • Addresses • Dates of birth • Social Security numbers • […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 12, 2024) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc. with respect to their recent data breach. On October 11, 2024, Rumpke was alerted to a dark web posting by an attacker claiming to have accessed and removed data from its IT systems. Rumpke immediately worked to successfully contain the intrusion and began an investigation with the help of legal and computer forensics teams. The investigation determined that the attackers accessed Rumpke’s systems starting on July 20, 2024, through a compromised user account. As a result, the […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 12, 2024) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into Citizens Bank with respect to their recent data breach. Citizens Bank has reported a data breach to at least one attorney general’s office, noting that more than 8,300 people may have been affected. While not much information about the Citizens Bank data breach is included in the letter sent to affected individuals, the report to the Maine Attorney General’s Office describes the incident as involving “insider wrongdoing.” Information that may have been involved includes individuals name, Citizens account number, Social Security […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 10, 2024) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into Amergis Healthcare Staffing, Inc. with respect to their recent data breach. Amergis identified unauthorized activity in Amergis email accounts. They secured and remediated the compromise, engaged additional third-party experts, hardened and enhanced their data security, and commenced an investigation. The third-party digital forensic investigation determined that personal information was in an email account that was compromised by an unauthorized third-party. The following information was accessed: individuals name, Social Security number, date of birth, medical information, health insurance information, driver’s license number […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 10, 2024) – Federman & Sherwood investigates Ciox Health LLC, d/b/a Datavant Group (“Datavant”) for data breach. On October 7, 2024, Datavant filed notice of a data breach with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. Datavant experienced a cybersecurity incident involving their network. Datavant immediately launched an investigation into the incident. The investigation determined that an unauthorized party gained access to Datavant’s I.T. network and accessed certain individuals’ personal and sensitive information. The Datavant data breach was only recently announced, and more information is expected soon. Datavant has or will […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 10, 2024) – Federman & Sherwood investigates Highgate Hotels for data breach. On December 6, 2024, Highgate Hotels filed notice of a data breach with the Attorney General of Maine. Highgate Hotels experienced a cybersecurity incident involving their network between March 25, 2024 and March 26, 2024. Highgate Hotels immediately launched an investigation into the incident. The investigation determined that an unauthorized third party gained access to the Highgate Hotels network and accessed certain individuals’ personal and sensitive information. Between December 28, 2023 and April 4, 2024, Highgate’s investigation revealed that an unauthorized party accessed certain […]

Oklahoma City, OK (December 10, 2024) – The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into Sabre GLBL Inc. with respect to their recent data breach. On September 6, 2023, Sabre GLBL Inc. became aware that the confidentiality of some of its employee related information, including personal information maintained by Sabre, was compromised by an unauthorized third party that in some instances was posted on the dark web in a series of posts concluding in October 2023. Upon learning of the incident, Sabre took immediate action to activate its incident response protocols to investigate and promptly implement […]