Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

Brands, the company that owns the KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands, disclosed a data breach after the January ransomware attack. Brands pointed out that they have no evidence of identity theft or fraud involving exposed data. ” reads the data breach notification letter. Brands) The post Yum!

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Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2021

Insurance giant CNA notifies customers of a data breach after the Phoenix CryptoLocker ransomware attack suffered in March. US insurance giant CNA is notifying customers of a data breach after the ransomware attack that it suffered in March. Therefore, we have no reason to suspect your information has or will be misused.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2023

ITx began notifying potentially affected data owners on April 11, 2023.” ” reads the data breach notification issued by the company. The company notified law enforcement regarding the security breach and is offering free credit monitoring services for one year, through Experian, to the impacted individuals.

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Security Affairs

MAY 14, 2024

On September 13, 2023, the healthcare organization disclosed a data breach and in December 2023, it announced that the incident impacted 252,890 individuals. Potentially compromised information includes name, date of birth, address, Social Security number, medical information, and health insurance information.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Data Breach: WizCase team uncovered a massive data leak containing private information about Turkish Citizens through a misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket. Police report containing accident details, as well as involved parties phone numbers, driver’s license information, name-surname, and national identifier.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2021

American clothing brand and retailer Guess discloses a data breach after the February ransomware attack and is notifying the affected customers. In February, American fashion brand Guess was hit by a ransomware attack, now the company is disclosing a data breach and is notifying affected customers. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2020

In April the information technologies services giant Cognizant Technology suffered a ransomware attack, now it has confirmed also a data breach. In April the information technologies services giant Cognizant Technology was hit by Maze Ransomware operators. ” reads the notice of data breach.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

The US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson has disclosed a data breach that affected its customers. The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 16, 2024

The university was notified by an undisclosed third party, who provided information to help the team find and identify the malware. Together, CWRU and the FBI were able to identify that an IP address with which the malware was communicating had also been used to access the alumni email account of a man called Phillip Durachinsky.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental disclosed a data breach that impacted more than 8.9 Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental suffered a data breach that impacted 8,923,662 patients. ” reads the data breach notification. individuals appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The Lake Charles Memorial Health System (LCMHS) disclosed a data breach that affected almost 270,000 patients at its medical centers. ” reads the data breach notification published by LCMHS. ” According to the portal for breaches of healthcare organizations, the incident impacted 269,752 individuals.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

US store chain Rutter disclosed a security breach, 71 locations were infected with a point-of-sale (POS) malware used to steal customers’ credit card information. convenience store, fast food restaurant, and gas station chain owner, has disclosed a security breach. The Rutter’s , a U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2023

Satellite TV giant Dish Network disclosed a data breach after the February ransomware attack and started notifying impacted individuals. “We have since determined that the extracted data includes some of your personal information.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In August, another threat actor going by the alias ‘ Lucius ’ posted a thread on Breach Forums promoting a 1.8 terabyte data leak impacting an unnamed “India internal law enforcement organization.” This data set contained an even more extensive array of PII data than pwn0001 ‘s.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after some of its customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after it became aware that some of its customers were allegedly victims of SIM swap attacks. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security team discovered a PoS malware on its payment processing systems. Wawa operates more than 860 convenience retail stores, this breach is potentially one of the biggest card incidents in 2019. ” concludes the note.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

” Credential stuffing attacks involve botnets to try stolen login credentials usually obtained through phishing attacks and data breaches. The exposed data could expose users to multiple malicious activities, including identity theft & fraud, scams, phishing and malware attacks, and of course account abuse.

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Security Affairs

JULY 14, 2020

Auctions platform LiveAuctioneers admitted to have suffered a data breach that likely impacted approximately 3.4 Auctions platform LiveAuctioneers disclosed a a data breach that might have impacted approximately 3.4 ” reads the data breach notification published by the company. million users.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

rail and locomotive company Wabtec Corporation disclosed a data breach after it was hit with Lockbit ransomware attack. At the time, the ransomware gang fixed the deadline on August 20, 2022 and after the failure of an extortion attempt it published the link to the stolen data. ” concludes Wabtec.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Prominent influencers impacted by the data leak are: Carlota Weber Mazuecos Freddy Cousin Brown Marion Caravano Irsa Saleem Danielle Metz. Data included in the S3 bucket could be used by threat actors to carry out multiple malicious activities, including phishing attacks, fraud and identity theft, stalking, and harassment.

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Identity Theft Data breaches Banking Phishing 120

Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2023

Tax Service agencies collect the personal and financial information of citizens, such data can be exploited by threat actors to carry out a broad range of fraudulent activities, including financial scams and identity theft.

Identity Theft 89

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Security Affairs

MARCH 28, 2021

CISA releases CHIRP, a tool to detect SolarWinds malicious activity Microsoft Defender can now protect servers against ProxyLogon attacks Swiss expert Till Kottmann indicted for conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft Abusing distance learning software to hack into student PCs Adobe addresses a critical vulnerability in ColdFusion product (..)

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2021

“CMG is not aware of any cases of identity theft, fraud, or financial losses to individuals stemming from this incident.” “CMG takes the protection of personal information seriously and is committed to answering any questions that your office may have.” SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As such, this information can sell for three times as much as Personally Identifiable Information (PII) on the dark web and can get used in much more nefarious ways. Identity theft takes on a whole new meaning when a bad actor gets ahold of your PHI. A Silent Sickness.

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Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2022

The company pointed out that threat actors may have accessed data of its customers, for this reason it is recommending them to be vigilant. The company highlight the risks of identity theft or phishing attacks in case their data have been compromised.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Storing personal information in logs should be avoided, as it elevates their sensitivity level. User security log. Source: Cybernews The information exposed in this data leak could have been exploited for fraud, identity theft, phishing attempts, or as a source of data for meticulously targeted cyberattacks.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

These documents could be used to conduct scams and identity theft. The price varies between $100 up to $120 depending on the volume of data and the source of the data. Dark Web Index 2022 also lists malware infections and DDoS attacks. Price USD (2021) Avg.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

The experts reported their findings to the company, but at the time of this writing, Clubhouse has yet to confirm the authenticity of the exposed data. Leak data could be abused by threat actors to carry out malicious activities, such as phishing/spear-phishing attacks, identity theft, and scams.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2021

Particularly determined attackers can combine information found in the leaked files with other data breaches in order to create detailed profiles of their potential victims.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2022

Personal data belonging to millions of customers of large businesses have been exposed due to a flaw in Onfido IDV. Millions of customers of large businesses have been left vulnerable to identity theft, thanks to a security flaw that exposes their personal data to illicit download.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

Due to the fact that it is extremely easy to access these types of files, it is possible that bad actors may have accessed the information in this bucket and may potentially use it for malicious purposes. What’s the impact? Having 30,000 passport and driver’s licenses can be a huge find for many bad actors online.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

What happened to the data? Because we were initially unable to identify the owner of the unsecured bucket, we contacted Amazon on July 27 to help them secure the database.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2021

Each data set would on its own provide valuable information for an attacker but combining all of them makes the threat much more formidable. Identity Theft and Fraud. The personal identifiable information (PII) exposed by the leak could be used in fraudulent authentication across other platforms.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Leaked data could expose users to several malicious activities, including scams, identity theft, blackmail and extortion, and of course attack takeover. An attacker could use these URLs to access a user’s profile on the dating site without the knowledge of the password.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2021

Experts pointed out that the availability of the BSN number (Dutch social security number) could expose citizens to financial fraud and identity theft. If you want to receive the weekly Security Affairs Newsletter for free subscribe here. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, COVID-19).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Moreover, the database contained physical addresses – paired with names, email addresses, and phone numbers, this information could be used for identity theft or harassment. The open instance also contained some information that could harm the company itself. Proper encryption is key.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Clicking on suspicious messages or any links therein is a risk that may result in your computer being infected with malware. Even if your email address has not been exposed in this or other breaches, securing your email account is key if you want to keep it from joining the 7 million daily leaked records statistics cited above.

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