Security Affairs

MAY 1, 2024

Panda Restaurant is offering impacted individuals a complimentary <<12/24>>-month membership of CyEx’s Identity Defense Total – 3 Bureau credit monitoring and identity protection services.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 28, 2023

It will inevitably result in them facing a host of adverse effects, such as account takeovers (ATO), business email compromises (BEC), identity theft, and financial fraud. Ironically, this display of generosity among cybercriminals is far from a cause for celebration for victims globally.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2023

The portal allows law enforcement agencies to request data relating to users (IP, phones, DMs, device info) or request the removal of posts and the ban of accounts. The threat actor is offering access for $700, and it appears it can have more than one existing account for the portal. ” Gal told Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The company did not share details about the attack or its scope, but a few weeks later the Akira ransomware group claimed to have stolen 100 GB of information from the company. Stolen data included corporate files and personal information Nissan refused to pay the ransom and the cybercrime group published the alleged stolen files.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Below are the recommendations included in the notice of Data Security Incident published by the company: You should always remain vigilant for incidents of fraud and identity theft by reviewing credit card account statements and by monitoring your credit report for suspicious or unusual activity. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The City is also providing impacted individuals with guidance on how to better protect against fraudulent activities, such as identity theft and fraud. ” states the letter. . ” states the letter. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, City of Tucson).

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The team discovered that the now-closed database contained details such as: Names Emails Phone numbers Scanned copies of receipts, checks, contracts, and IDs The team believes that malicious actors could employ this type of data for identity theft, phishing attacks, or even commit financial fraud.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 18, 2021

The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center has released its annual report, the 2020 Internet Crime Report , which includes data from 791,790 complaints of suspected cybercrimes. In 2020, the IC3 received 19,369 Business Email Compromise (BEC)/Email Account Compromise (EAC) complaints, these crimes caused $1.8 billion in losses.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 3, 2024

For the tool to function, the operator must input a list of compromised email accounts to be scanned. It’s noteworthy that most of the victim accounts identified were predominantly from the U.K. This approach was used to deceive individuals into sharing sensitive information with malicious actors.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The man is currently being held in the Netherlands, he was charged for his alleged role the international cybercrime operation known as Raccoon Infostealer. FBI identified more than 50 million unique credentials and forms of identification (email addresses, bank accounts, cryptocurrency addresses, credit card numbers, etc.)

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The company told them that threat actors gained access to full names, residence addresses, contract information, lease-purchase details, and IBAN (International Bank Account Number). Toyota Financial Services warns its German customers to remain vigilant and contact their bank to take additional security precautions.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

According to our records, deferred compensation plan information may have included your first and last name, address, business email address, date of birth, Social Security number, and other account information.”

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Security Affairs

JUNE 15, 2022

Credit card details related to an account balance of up to 5,000 has an average price of $120, which is exactly 50% of the price for the same item observed in 2021. The huge interest in cryptocurrency is keeping high the price of crypto accounts. Kraken verified account info is worth 250, while in 2021 the price was $810, while a Cex.io

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Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

“The information varied by individual and account, but may have included full name, email address, mailing address, phone number, social security number, date of birth, AT&T account number and AT&T passcode.” ” reads the data breach notification.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The company recommends impacted individuals to remain vigilant and monitor their bank account activity. “In addition, we are offering identity theft protection services through IDX, a data breach and recovery services expert. . ” continues the notice.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Based on that analysis, we have determined that certain of your information was included in those files.” ” The company is not aware of any abuses of the exposed personal information, however, recommends users remain vigilant for fraud and identity theft. based organizations account for 83.9

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Compromised data include names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, bank account numbers, credit cards, passwords, license plates, citizen service numbers or passport data. The group demanded a Bitcoin payment from the affected companies and threatened to publish the stolen information online or destroy their infrastructure.

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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. SecurityAffairs – American Express, cybercrime).

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Security Affairs

MAY 6, 2024

The virtual currency exchange received criminal proceeds from various illegal activities, including computer intrusions, ransomware attacks, identity theft, corruption, and drug distribution. Vinnik set up numerous such shell companies and financial accounts across the globe to allow BTC-e to conduct its business.”

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Cryptocurrency Computers and Electronics Identity Theft Hacking 99

Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2024

District Court in Seattle to three years in prison and more than $5 million in restitution for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Raoult and two other co-conspirators were charged with having hacked into protected computers of corporate entities and for the theft of stolen proprietary information.

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Identity Theft Hacking Cryptocurrency Advertising 107

Security Affairs

JANUARY 25, 2021

The availability of COVID-19 patient data in the cybercrime underground was spotted by the RTL Nieuws reporter Daniel Verlaan. The cybercrime team of the Central Netherlands police immediately started an investigation. Some accounts offer to look up the details of a specific person. The police immediately tracked them down. .

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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.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2023

The data breach notification letter sent to potentially impacted individuals states that personal information was exposed, including names, driver’s license numbers, Non-Driver Identification Card Number, and other types of personal identifiers. Brands pointed out that they have no evidence of identity theft or fraud involving exposed data.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

. “The State also implemented security measures recommended by Progress Software, engaged the services of outside legal counsel, engaged external cybersecurity experts to investigate the nature and scope of the incident, and conducted an extensive investigation to determine what information was involved.” million PH Tech 1.7

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2019

The suspects have received sentences ranging from four years and three months to eight years and two months i n prison on wire fraud conspiracy , computer fraud and abuse, and aggravated identity theft charges. SecurityAffairs – Romanian men, cybercrime). Attorney Byung J. BJay ” Pak. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2023

On December 30, 2022, Wabtec started notifying impacted individuals and encouraged t them remain vigilant against incidents of identity theft and fraud by reviewing their financial account statements and credit reports for any anomalies. ” concludes Wabtec.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The leaked information includes a staggering amount of sensitive personal details, making users susceptible to identity theft, sophisticated phishing schemes, targeted cyberattacks, and unauthorized access to personal and sensitive accounts.

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Security Affairs

MAY 29, 2023

The company is offering the impacted individuals 12 months of free identity theft protection and credit monitoring service through IDX. Any questionable charges should be promptly reported to the company with which you maintain the account.”

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 30, 2021

“He is charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and multiple counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, and aggravated identity theft. SecurityAffairs – hacking, cybercrime). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2023

However, we have confirmed that certain employee-related records and personal information (along with information of some former employees, family members and a limited number of other individuals) were among the data extracted.” ” continues the letter.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 4, 2022

“We have also begun implementation of additional minimum-security requirements for devices that are not managed by Broward Health Information Technology that access our network, which will become effective in January 2022.” ” continues the letter. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Kvashuk used email accounts associated with other Microsoft employees for his fraudulent activity. The man was involved in the testing of Microsoft’s online retail sales platform and abused testing access to steal “currency stored value” (CSV) such as digital gift cards. “A former Microsoft software engineer was sentenced today in U.S.

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Identity Theft Retail Engineering Software 107

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Ivan Yermakov worked for the Russian Military Unit 26165 and was indicted by the US DoJ in October 2018, along six other defendants working for the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate ( GRU ), for hacking, wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. Ermakov, Rumiantcev, Irzak and Sladkov are still at large.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Ambitious information security experts serve as a critical part of cyber risk management. The corporation is responsible for structuring IT and information security activities to protect its data resources, such as hardware, software, and procedures. This blog was written by an independent guest blogger. Support Staff.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

In July 2017, Aloba and his co-conspirators compromised the email account of a court employee and used it to send the phishing emails to coworkers. The compromised email accounts then were used to send the roughly 2 million phishing emails.” ” reads the press release published by the DoJ. ” continues the DoJ.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 10, 2024

Image by Cybernews While the data is no longer publicly available, in the hands of a malicious actor, the exposed data could have been misused for identity theft, fraud, and targeted cybercrimes. The massive scale of the leak amplifies the potential impact.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Ransomware Revenue Down As More Victims Refuse to Pay Energy giant Schneider Electric hit by Cactus ransomware attack Hundreds Of Network Operators’ Credentials Found Circulating In Dark Web Fla.

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