Krebs on Security

APRIL 16, 2024

For nearly a dozen years, residents of South Carolina have been kept in the dark by state and federal investigators over who was responsible for hacking into the state’s revenue department in 2012 and stealing tax and bank account information for 3.6 said investigators determined the breach began on Aug. million people.

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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. ” reads the notice of data breach. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 30, 2019

Foxit Software, the company behind the Foxit PDF reader app, disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ information, including passwords. Foxit Software, the PDF software provider behind the Foxit PDF reader app disclosed a security breach that took place recently exposing customers’ information.

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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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Security Affairs

JUNE 20, 2019

Oregon Department of Human Services announced it was a victim of a data breach in January, roughly 645,000 potentially impacted. Oregon Department of Human Services officials confirmed that the organization has suffered a data breach that has exposed personal details and health information of 645,000 clients.

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Security Affairs

JULY 30, 2019

While Capital One incident is making the headlines, another incident may have severe consequences, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) also suffered a data breach. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. .

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 23, 2019

Mastercard disclosed a data breach that impacted customer data from the company’s Priceless Specials loyalty program. The American multinational financial services corporation noti f ied the data breach to the German and Belgian Data Protection Authorities. SecurityAffairs – MasterCard, hacking).

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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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SecureWorld News

MAY 24, 2021

Breach fatigue is a real concern for cybersecurity leaders who are trying to communicate that security is everyone's responsibility. After so many data breaches in the news, many end-users begin to wonder if it really matters when their personal information or user credentials are taken. After all, how bad could it really be?

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 26, 2023

The end result of these types of cyber attacks are often highly public and damaging data breaches. 1 in 4 Americans reported that they would stop doing business with a company following a data breach, and 67% of consumers reported a loss of trust in an organization following a breach. What Are Data Breaches?

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Lab test provider LifeLabs has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information for up to 15 million Canadians. LifeLabs notified its customers via letter, exposed data includes names, contact information, health card numbers, and for approximately 85,000 customers their lab test results. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

” The security breach affected an unclassified email system at the State Department, the news of the hack came to light after Politico obtained a “Sensitive but Unclassified” notice about the incident. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. “Sens. .

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Breach fatigue is a real concern for cybersecurity leaders who are trying to communicate that security is everyone's responsibility. After so many data breaches in the news, many end-users begin to wonder if it really matters when their personal information or user credentials are taken. After all, how bad could it really be?

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Security Affairs

MAY 9, 2019

US DoJ indicted a member of sophisticated China-based hacking group for series of computer intrusions. The group is also responsible for the 2015 Health Insurer Anthem data breach. The group targeted at least four US companies between February 2014 and January 2015, court documents only named Anthem as one of the victims.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2020

Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. Indian jobseekers personal details that was offered for free in the hacking underground. An anonymous entity told Cyble researchers that the data were stored on an unprotected elastic search instance that is no longer accessible.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The way in which you respond to a data breach has a significant impact on how severe its consequences are. The number of data breaches that were tracked in the U.S. Most data breach laws deal with personal data, which is essentially any information that can be associated with a particular person.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 23, 2019

EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees. EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees. ” concludes the notice.

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Security Affairs

JULY 16, 2019

.” The information exposed in the data breach includes the phone number, device type, device ID, monthly recurring charges, subscriber ID, account number, account creation date, eligibility, first and last name, billing address, and add-on services. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Millions of voter records are available for sale on the Dark Web, experts discovered over 35 million US voter records for sale in a hacking forum. Millions of voter records are available for sale on the Dark Web , experts from Anomali and Intel 471 discovered 35 million US voter records for sale in a hacking forum. ” concludes.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between Oct 4 and Oct 14, unknown attackers were able to access their online accounts. In response to the security breach, the United States subsidiary of HSBC blocked access to online accounts to prevent abuses. Security Affairs – HSBC bank, data breach).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2019

On September 30th, 2019, the financial institution began sending out data breach notifications to the impacted, the notice informed them that the former employee potentially used the data for fraudulent activities, including identity theft and financial frauds. ” reads the data br each notification.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The data breach was the inevitable result of Wawa’s inadequate data security measures and cavalier approach to data security,” said one suit, filed by the law firm Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith, of Haverford. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 17, 2023

Every year, up to 10% of Americans fall for a scam, which often leads to the exposure of their personal data, according to Legaljobs. Identity theft also affects around 1.4 Staying safe on the internet means knowing what privacy data is and how to help protect your personal information. Why Is Data Privacy Important?

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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. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2020

” Experts pointed out that exposed data could lead to identity theft and multiple fraud scheme. Journalists are a privileged target for nation-state actors that could use exposed data to launch spear-phishing attacks. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2018

The restaurant chain Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen suffered a payment card breach, hackers hacked the company network between Nov. Once again here we are to discuss of a data breach suffered by a restaurant chain this time the victim is Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen. 2, 2018 and stole customer payment card data.

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eSecurity Planet

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Within the hacking community, doxing is an intimidation tactic to unmask the otherwise anonymous details of another user. More niche examples of doxing include: Breach Doxing : the unintentional dropping of documents via a data breach or leak. A Brief History of Doxing. Hopefully, no pwnage is found!

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 20, 2019

” The company is not aware of any unauthorized use of credit cards as a result of the payment card breach. .” ” The company is not aware of any unauthorized use of credit cards as a result of the payment card breach. ” ~ Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

What happened to the data? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, US citizen records). Don’t click on anything suspicious, whether it’s an email, a text message, or any link therein.

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Security Affairs

JULY 15, 2020

If you believe your information was contained in LPM’s unsecured database, we recommend you set up identity theft monitoring and be on the lookout for suspicious emails, which could be phishing attempts. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, passports).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The exposed data could be used by threat actors to carry out tax scam and frauds. “Affected individuals could be at risk of identity theft and should monitor their accounts closely. Fraudsters could pose as tax officials, for example, to steal money or request additional information to aid in identity theft.”

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

As a result, all 143 million US victims are at greater risk of identity theft, and will remain at risk for years to come. And those who suffer identify theft will have problems for months, if not years, as they work to clean up their name and credit rating. The company's incident response after the breach was similarly damaging.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 5, 2020

What happened to the data? Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Snewpit). The Snewpit team responded within minutes and secured the files containing user records on the same day.

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Herjavec Group

AUGUST 26, 2021

1834 — French Telegraph System — A pair of thieves hack the French Telegraph System and steal financial market information, effectively conducting the world’s first cyberattack. 1870 — Switchboard Hack — A teenager hired as a switchboard operator is able to disconnect and redirect calls and use the line for personal usage. .

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Rutter’s customers should also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission and a police report in case of fraud or identity theft. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – Real estate app leaking, hacking). You can reach him via email or find him on Twitter giggling at jokes posted by parody accounts. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 27, 2020

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, email addresses). Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) for as many of your online accounts as possible. Pierluigi Paganini.

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