Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Giant office retail company Staples disclosed a data breach, threat actors accessed some of its customers’ order data. Staples, the office retail giant, disclosed a data breach, it notified its customers that their order data have been accessed by threat actors without authorization.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

A data breach broker is selling account databases containing a total of 34 million user records stolen from 17 companies. The threat actor is advertising the stolen data since October 28 on a hacker forum. Bleeping computer detailed for each company the information exposed in the data breach. million (8.1

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Threatpost

MAY 9, 2019

Two have been indicted in the 2015 massive data breach of health insurer Anthem, which compromised the data of at least 78 million customers.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 17, 2024

“The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the criminal hacking forums known as BreachForums and Raidforums,” reads a dedicated subdomain on the FBI’s IC3 portal. co and run by pompompurin) operated a similar hacking forum from March 2022 until March 2023. .

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2021

In 2015, a computer breach at big three credit bureau Experian exposed the Social Security numbers and other data on 15 million people who applied for financing from T-Mobile. WHO HACKED T-MOBILE? There’s also a database that includes credit card numbers with six digits of the cards obfuscated.”

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

One year ago in February, the major eBay hack was in progress, eventually resulting in over 233 million passwords being stolen. Fast forward to 2015, and we’ve had several trending cyber security issues appear in just these first few weeks. Below are 7 trending cyber security stories that you should read for February 2015.

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Adam Levin

AUGUST 27, 2018

Wireless company T-Mobile suffered a data breach affecting more than 2 million of its 77 million customers. The breach resulted in the compromise of names, phone numbers, email addresses, as well as general account information, but not, according to the company, financial information. Read more about the breach here.

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Security Affairs

MAY 23, 2020

Officials revealed that the Florida Unemployment System suffered a data breach that impacted some residents who have made unemployment claims. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity revealed that the Florida Unemployment System suffered a data breach that impacted some residents who have made unemployment claims.

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Security Affairs

MAY 24, 2020

The online education portal EduCBA discloses a data breach and is resetting customers’ passwords in response to the incident. Online education website EduCBA discloses a data breach, it has started notifying customers that in response to the incident it is resetting their passwords. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office fined US hotels group Marriott over the 2018 data breach that affected millions of customers worldwide. million) for multiple data breaches suffered by the company since 2018 that exposed the personal information of its customers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Marriott).

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2020

The world’s largest travel leisure company Carnival Corporation discloses a data breach that took place last year and which exposed the personal information of its customers. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest travel leisure company, discloses a data breach that took place in 2019. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2020

According to The Economic Times the company suffered a data breach. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, COVID-19). The post COVID-19 vaccine manufacturer suffers a data breach appeared first on Security Affairs. and the U.S.

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Security Affairs

MAY 25, 2020

Three hacking forums Nulled.ch, Sinfulsite.com, and suxx.to have been hacked and their databases have been leaked online. Researchers from intelligence firm Cyble made the headlines again, this time they have discovered online the databases of three hacking forums. SecurityAffairs – data breach, cyber crime forums).

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report: the global total cost of a data breach averaged $3.86 Every year, I write about the annual report published by the Ponemon Institute on the cost of a data breach, it is a very interesting study that explores the economic impact of a “data breach.”.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2020

The South African branch of consumer credit reporting agency Experian disclosed a data breach that impacted 24 million customers. The South African branch of consumer credit reporting agency Experian disclosed this week a data breach that impacted 24 million customers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, Experian).

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Two hackers have pleaded guilty to hacking Uber and LinkedIn’s Lynda.com service in 2016 and attempted to extort money from the two companies. Brandon Charles Glover and Vasile Mereacre are two hackers that have pleaded guilty to hacking Uber and LinkedIn’s Lynda.com service in 2016. In 2016, the company warned its 9.5

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 3, 2020

Havenly, a Denver-Based company, that realized an interior designer marketplace has disclosed a data breach that impacted 1.3 The US-based interior design web site Havenly has disclosed a data breach after the known threat actor ShinyHunters has leaked for free the databases of multiple companies on a hacker forum.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 31, 2020

Marriott disclosed a new security breach detected at the end of February 2020 that could impact up to 5.2 Marriott International discloses a data breach that exposed the personal information of roughly 5.2 ” reads the data breach notification published by the company. SecurityAffairs – Marriott, hacking).

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Security Affairs

MAY 21, 2020

Meal delivery service Home Chef has confirmed that it recently suffered a security breach that exposed its customer information. Meal delivery service Home Chef has disclosed a data breach that exposed its customer information. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

A school district in North Carolina disclosed a data breach after having unencrypted files stolen during a SunCrypt Ransomware attack. The Haywood County School district in North Carolina has suffered a data breach after having unencrypted files stolen during a SunCrypt Ransomware attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Troy Hunt

DECEMBER 21, 2017

In the first 4 parts of "Fixing Data Breaches", I highlighted education , data ownership and minimisation , the ease of disclosure and bug bounties as ways of addressing the problem. That was in November 2015, a mere 3 months after the Ashley Madison data breach. This is an incident where 4.8

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Security Affairs

APRIL 14, 2020

Quidd , an online marketplace for trading stickers, cards, toys, and other collectibles, discloses a data breach in has suffered in 2019. Quidd , the online marketplace for trading stickers, cards, toys, and other collectibles, discloses a data breach in has suffered in 2019, it is also recommending users to change their passwords.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2020

Virgin Media discloses a data breach that exposed the personal information of roughly 900,000 of its customers. Virgin Media discloses a data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 900,000 customers (names, home, and email addresses and phone numbers ). SecurityAffairs – hacking, Virgin Media).

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2020

The third-party company is owned by a former Team Leader, still Member of the JRD team at the time of the breach.” ” reads the data breach notification. “Known to the current Team Leader at the time of the breach. ( [link] ) Each backup copy included a full copy of the website, including all the data.”

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Security Affairs

MAY 5, 2020

GoDaddy has been notifying its customers of a data breach, threat actors might have compromised their web hosting account credentials. GoDaddy has been notifying its customers of a data breach, attackers might have compromised users’ web hosting account credentials. SecurityAffairs – GoDaddy, data breach).

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 31, 2019

The European airplane manufacturer Airbus announced to have suffered a data breach that exposed some employees’ data. “Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) detected a cyber incident on Airbus “Commercial Aircraft business” information systems, which resulted in unauthorised access to data.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The US education technology company Chegg discloses a security breach that took place in early April, the firm already sent notifications to its employees. The data breach notification sent on April 28 inform the employee of a security breach that impacted some of their personal information. Pierluigi Paganini.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

Here’s what happened: The school did not have proper website security in place and consequently was the target of a data breach that shut down its website. In 2015, the education sector was among the top three sectors breached , behind healthcare and retail. Hacking Your College Campus.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Nitro PDF suffered a massive data breach that impacts many major organizations, including Apple, Chase, Citibank, Google, and Microsoft. A massive data breach suffered by the Nitro PDF might have a severe impact on well-known organizations, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Chase, and Citibank. Nitro Software , Inc.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 24, 2020

General Electric (GE) s a data breach that exposed personally identifiable information of current and former employees, as well as beneficiaries. The technology giant General Electric (GE) disclosed a data breach that exposed personally identifiable information of current and former employees, as well as beneficiaries.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 13, 2020

Using unique passwords prevents a data breach at one site from affecting you at other websites you use. To check if your information has been exposed in this and other data leaks, you can search for your email using the Cyble’s “ Am I Breached” data breach monitoring service.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Over 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked in a new data breach that the gaming firm suffered on September 20. More than 500,000 Activision accounts may have compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by the gaming firm on September 20, reported the eSports site Dexerto. Yeah, it's legit guys.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 2, 2020

.” On Sunday, while the turmoil was continuing in the US, alleged members of the group (@PowerfulArmyGR, @namatikure) announced on Pastebin that the site was hacked and leaked the database of email and passwords. In other words, this is data that's already out there in other breaches, at least the email addresses are.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2020

. “On June 28, last year, a suspicious behavior was detected and investigated on a terminal in our company, and as a result of unauthorized access by a third party, data was transmitted to the outside,” reads a data breach notification published by the company. SecurityAffairs – data breach, hacking).

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Chinese smartphone vendor OnePlus has suffered a new data breach, according to a company’s notice hackers accessed customers’ order information. OnePlus disclosed a data breach, an “unauthorized party” accessed some customers’ order information, including names, contact numbers, emails, and shipping addresses.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

” reads the data breach notice issued by the company. According to the data breach notice send sent by email to the affected individuals, the attack took place on January 30 and February 7. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. SecurityAffairs – hacking, ra nsomware).

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The healthcare industry has poured vast resources into cybersecurity since 2015, when a surge of major breaches began. While the nature of these breaches has evolved over the last four years, the growth in total healthcare incidents has unfortunately continued unabated. In early 2015, health insurer A nthem Inc.

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