Wed
Jan 28 2026
07:20 am
TVA Credit Union data breach
By: bizgrrl

Got a letter from one of Knoxville TVA Employee Credit Union's third-party marketing and communications service providers that the provider had a data breach. They informed me that my name, address, SSN and DOB were leaked. They say it happened in August, and they determined on Dec. 2 that my data was included in the stolen files.

I verified with KTVAECU that the letter was legit. They said (as I expected) that I agreed to allow them to share my data with third-parties when I signed the membership agreement and there is no opt-out.

The third-party company I've never heard of who sent me the letter referred me to another company I've never heard of for free credit monitoring. Yeah, right, we're going to give our SSNs to yet another unknown company? Don't think so. (I realize all our info is probably on the dark web already, but still.)

We never saw the "membership agreement" when we opened the account. In addition, we never saw the "Privacy policy". I went to the TVA CU in person and got copies of these documents. I also went to ORNL CU because we never got those documents from them. The teller/employee was surprised that they shared this information.

It's time to change the laws so that this information cannot be so easily shared. Time to contact Elizabeth Warren.

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Received another letter

Submitted by bizgrrl on Sat, 2026/03/14 - 6:39am.

Received another letter regarding a different data breach.

"A data breach at Cognizant’s TriZetto Provider Solutions exposed sensitive information belonging to more than 3.4 million patients. "

TriZetto Provider Solutions is a healthcare technology provider that develops software and services for medical practices, hospitals, and insurers. It offers tools for billing, revenue cycle management, claims processing, and administrative workflows used across the healthcare ecosystem.

An investigation revealed that, starting in November 2024, an unauthorized actor accessed records linked to insurance eligibility verification transactions.

On October 2, 2025, the company detected suspicious activity in a web portal used by healthcare providers.

Around November 28, 2025, TriZetto determined the breach may have exposed personal and health data, including names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers, insurance details, and provider information

The announcement was dated March 9, 2026.

We received our letter yesterday, March 13, 2026.

It took them nearly a year to detect the breach.
It took them an additional 5 months to contact those in danger.

Is this the norm? Do software companies no longer keep data safe? Do providers have a responsibility to keep our data safe?

I called the company's line setup to question the data breach. They could not, would not provide information on which healthcare provider that had my information and sent it to this company. The person on the phone was totally useless. The person could barely speak English and would not say where they were located. He just kept saying they were a global company and did not have the information I requested. I asked to speak with a Supervisor and they said there was no Supervisor.

I tried to find the address and phone number of the company that had the data breach, TriZetto Provider Solutions. Could not find anything anywhere. It's ridiculous how many companies now do not provide locations on their websites. What are they hiding? I finally did find out a location from a LinkedIn site of an employee.

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Of course, the largest

Submitted by bizgrrl on Sat, 2026/03/14 - 6:43am.

Of course, the largest possible data breach came from within the U.S. government.

The Social Security Administration's inspector general notified the leaders of several House and Senate committees on March 6 that it is reviewing an anonymous complaint "on matters relating to the potential misuse of SSA data by a former DOGE employee, among other allegations,"

According to the Washington Post's reporting, the former DOGE employee claimed that at least one database was held on a personal thumb drive and claimed to have retained "God-level" access to SSA systems, the whistleblower alleged. The former staffer also allegedly told colleagues they wanted to share the data with their private-sector employer, the Post reported.

Someone has got to start working on how to protect our data and our privacy.

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