Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2021

US wireless carrier UScellular discloses data breach, personal information of customers may have been exposed and their phone numbers ported. US wireless carrier UScellular discloses a data breach that exposed personal information of its customers. ” reads the USCellular data breach notification.

Data breaches 140

Data breaches Wireless Retail Accountability 140

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The LockBit ransomware claims to have hacked accountancy firm Xeinadin threatens to leak the alleged stolen data. The LockBit ransomware claims responsibility for hacking the Xeinadin accountancy firm and threatens to disclose the alleged stolen data. tb of customer data is alleged. Account balances.

Accountability 124

Accountability Ransomware Data breaches Hacking 124

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

UScellular, one of the largest wireless carriers in the US, has disclosed a data breach after the hack suffered in December 2021. UScellular has disclosed a data breach after the attack that compromised the company’s billing system in December 2021. ” reads the data breach notification letter.

Data breaches 111

Data breaches Wireless Accountability Retail 111

Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2021

The ‘Cost of a Data Breach’ report commissioned by IBM Security states that the cost of a data breach exceeded $4.2 The study highlights the significant impact of the ongoing pandemic on the cost of data breaches and the effort to contain them. ” states IBM Security.

Data breaches 138

Data breaches Healthcare Ransomware Hacking 138

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

is an American commission-free stock trading and investing platform, it had 18 million accounts as of March 2021, with over $80 billion in assets. The company disclosed a data breach, a threat actor gained access to the personal information of approximately 7 million customers. Robinhood Markets , Inc.

Data breaches 114

Data breaches Accountability Account Security Banking 114

Security Affairs

JANUARY 11, 2021

American technology company Ubiquiti Networks is disclosed a data breach and is notifying its customers via email. American technology vendor Ubiquiti Networks suffered a data breach and is sending out notification emails to its customers asking them to change their passwords and enable 2FA for their accounts.

Data breaches 114

Data breaches Passwords Accountability IoT 114

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

McLaren Health Care (McLaren) experienced a data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of approximately 2.2 McLaren Health Care (McLaren) disclosed a data breach that occurred between late July and August. The security breach exposed the sensitive personal information of 2,192,515 people.

Data breaches 108

Data breaches Identity Theft Insurance Ransomware 108

Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2023

Zacks Investment Research (Zacks) disclosed a data breach, the security may have exposed the data of 820K customers. Zacks Investment Research (Zacks) disclosed a data breach, the security incident may have affected the personal information of its 820,000 customers.

Data breaches 85

Data breaches Passwords Accountability Hacking 85

Security Affairs

JUNE 12, 2021

Volkswagen America discloses a data breach at a third-party vendor that exposed the personal details of more than 3.3 Volkswagen America discloses a data breach suffered by a third-party vendor used by the car vendor for sales and marketing purposes. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data leak). million of its customers.

Data breaches 124

Data breaches Marketing Insurance Hacking 124

Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

The American multinational investment bank and financial services firm Morgan Stanley discloses a data breach caused by the hack of an Accellion FTA server of a third-party vendor. The security breach was first reported by BleepingComputer that also shared a copy of the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted customers.

Data breaches 121

Data breaches Hacking Banking Financial Services 121

Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2021

Colonial Pipeline discloses a data breach of the personal information of thousands of individuals after the ransomware attack that took place in May 2021. Colonial Pipeline has started notifying more than 5000 people that had their personal information compromised after a ransomware attack that took place in May.

Data breaches 107

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Government 107

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

International ticketing services company See Tickets disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ payment card details. Ticketing service company See Tickets disclosed a data breach, and threat actors might have accessed customers’ payment card details. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

Data breaches 87

Data breaches Banking Malware Hacking 87

Security Affairs

MARCH 10, 2023

CPNI is information related to the telecommunications services purchased by the customers, including the number of lines for each account or the wireless plan to which customers are subscribed. ” reads a data breach communication sent by the company to the impacted customers. ” continues the notice. .

Data breaches 89

Data breaches Hacking Wireless Telecommunications 89

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Data breaches can be devastating for organizations, these are 3 of the worst incidents that could have been prevented. Data breaches can be devastating for organizations and even entire countries. Eliminating the risk of a data breach is nearly impossible, but some things can be done to reduce it significantly.

Data breaches 94

Data breaches Passwords Social Engineering Encryption 94

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now includes credentials for 441K accounts that were stolen by RedLine malware. The Have I Been Pwned data breach notification service now allows victims of the RedLine malware to check if their credentials have been stolen. Pierluigi Paganini.

Accountability 132

Accountability Malware Data breaches Passwords 132

Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2021

Air India disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 4.5 Air India has disclosed a data breach that impacted 4.5 million of its customers, exposed data includes the personal information of customers registered between August. ” reads the data breach notification sent to the customers.

Data breaches 120

Data breaches Passwords Hacking Cyber Attacks 120

Security Affairs

AUGUST 8, 2022

Communications company Twilio discloses a data breach after threat actors have stolen employee credentials in an SMS phishing attack. Communications company Twilio discloses a data breach, threat actors had access to the data of some of its customers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach).

Data breaches 88

Data breaches Social Engineering Phishing Accountability 88

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

Hospitality chain McMenamins disclosed a data breach after a recent ransomware attack. Hospitality chain McMenamins discloses a data breach after a ransomware attack that took place on December 12. According to the company, threat actors have stolen data of individuals employed between July 1, 2010, and December 12, 2021.

Data breaches 101

Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Banking 101

Security Affairs

APRIL 6, 2022

Block disclosed a data breach related to the Cash App investing app and is notifying 8.2 The data breach involved a former employee that downloaded some unspecified reports of its Cash App Investing app that contained some U.S. customer information. customer information. million current and former customers.

Data breaches 112

Data breaches Cryptocurrency Accountability Banking 112

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Twitter confirmed that the recent leak of members’ profile information resulted from the 2021 data breach disclosed in August 2022. Twitter confirmed that the recent data leak of millions of profiles resulted from the 2021 data breach that the company disclosed in August 2022.

Data breaches 94

Data breaches Accountability Media Hacking 94

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Utah-based radiology medical center Utah Imaging Associates discloses a data breach that impacted 583,643 former and current patients. Utah Imaging Associates (UIA) discloses a security breach, on September 4, 2021 the company claims to have detected and blocked a cyber attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 88

Data breaches Identity Theft Healthcare Insurance 88

Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

The Broward Health public health system disclosed a massive data breach that has impacted more than 1.3 The Broward Health public health system has suffered a data breach that impacted 1,357,879 individuals. Broward Health discovered the intrusion on October 19, 2021.” million individuals. Pierluigi Paganini.

Data breaches 83

Data breaches Healthcare Identity Theft Insurance 83

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Costco Wholesale Corporation discloses a data breach, threat actors had access to customers’ payment card information. Retail giant Costco Wholesale Corporation notified its customers of a data breach that might have exposed their payment card information. Don’t use your cards at Costco in Inglewood !

Retail 96

Retail Data breaches eCommerce Hacking 96

Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2022

disclosed a data breach that impacted more than 300,000 individuals. SuperCare Health disclosed a security breach that has led to the exposure of personal information belonging to its patients, patients/members of its partner organizations and others. ” reads the data security notice published by the company.

Data breaches 76

Data breaches Healthcare Insurance Cybersecurity 76

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) was hit by a cyber attack, threat actors stole personal information from its email system. US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has disclosed a data breach after threat actors hacked their email system. ” concludes the notice.

Data breaches 91

Data breaches Identity Theft Cyber Attacks Hacking 91

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.

Retail 96

Retail Data breaches Ransomware Identity Theft 96

Security Affairs

AUGUST 5, 2022

Twitter confirmed that the recent data breach that exposed data of 5.4 million accounts was caused by the exploitation of a zero-day flaw. At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform.

Accountability 104

Accountability Data breaches Authentication Media 104

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2021

Mint Mobile discloses a data breach, an unauthorized attacker gained access to subscribers’ account information and ported phone numbers. BleepingComputer reported that Mint Mobile has disclosed a data breach that exposed subscribers’ account information and ported phone numbers to another carrier.

Mobile 138

Mobile Data breaches Telecommunications Passwords 138

Security Affairs

MARCH 25, 2021

Researchers discovered the availability in the DarK Web of 30M of records of Americans affected by the Astoria Company data breach. Collected data si shared with a number of partner sites (such as insurance or loan agencies), that pay per lead referral. DATABASE SALE ON DARKWEB MARKETS. ” reported Night Lion. .

Data breaches 106

Data breaches Insurance Banking Marketing 106

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2021

We will update the community as soon as additional information is available. — Twitch (@Twitch) October 6, 2021. The company confirmed that the data was exposed online due to a misconfiguration of one of its servers. OBS users who have connected their Twitch account should also not need to take any action.

Data breaches 89

Data breaches Mobile Software Accountability 89

Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2022

A vulnerability in the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Box allowed threat actors to take over accounts. A vulnerability in the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA) for Box allowed attackers to take over accounts without having access to the victim’s phone, Varonis researchers reported.

Accountability 114

Accountability Authentication Passwords Data breaches 114

Security Affairs

AUGUST 29, 2022

Threat actors behind the Twilio hack also gained access to the accounts of 93 individual users of its Authy two-factor authentication (2FA) service. Early August, the communications company Twilio discloses a data breach , threat actors had access to the data of some of its customers.

Accountability 91

Accountability Authentication Phishing Data breaches 91

Daniel Miessler

MAY 19, 2020

TOPIC: In this episode, Daniel takes a look at the 2020 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Verizon’s Breach Report is one of the best infosec reports out there, and I’m always excited when I hear it’s been released. Within hacking, web applications accounted for over 95% of breaches.

Data breaches 130

Data breaches Phishing Malware Hacking 130

Security Boulevard

MAY 3, 2021

roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, April 2021. The UK Security Service MI5 said 10,000 staff from every UK government department and from important UK industries have been lured by fake LinkedIn profiles.

Ransomware 124

Ransomware Passwords Scams Government 124

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The FBI reported that US citizens have lost more than $68 million to SIM swapping attacks in 2021, the number of complaints since 2018 and associated losses have increased almost fivefold. In 2021, IC3 received 1,611 SIM swapping complaints with adjusted losses of more than $68 million.”

Mobile 91

Mobile Cryptocurrency Authentication Accountability 91

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against several organizations over email account hacking. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced sanctions against eight entities belonging to three companies over email account hacking due to cybersecurity failures. Pierluigi Paganini.

Accountability 82

Accountability Hacking Financial Services Cybersecurity 82

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The massive data breach suffered by Twitter that exposed emails and phone numbers of its customers may have impacted more than five million users. At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform.

Data breaches 101

Data breaches Accountability Media Hacking 101