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The Data Breach "Personal Stash" Ecosystem

Troy Hunt

That's the analogy I often use to describe the data breach "personal stash" ecosystem, but with one key difference: if you trade a baseball card then you no longer have the original card, but if you trade a data breach which is merely a digital file, it replicates.

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Inside the Massive Alleged AT&T Data Breach

Troy Hunt

I linked to the story from the beginning of this blog post and got a handful of willing respondents for whom I sent their data and asked two simple questions: Does this data look accurate? What I can't do is send you your breached data, or an indication of what fields you had exposed.

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Hackers target Roku: 15,000 accounts compromised in data breach

Graham Cluley

Streaming company Roku has revealed that over 15,000 customers' accounts were hacked using stolen login credentials from unrelated data breaches. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Data Breach Impacts LoanCare Customers

Heimadal Security

are being alerted by mortgage servicing company LoanCare that a data breach at its parent company, Fidelity National Financial, may have compromised their private information. million customers across the U.S.

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Insider Data Breach at Verizon Affects Over 63,000 Employees

Heimadal Security

An insider data breach at Verizon has compromised the personal information of more than 63,000 employees, nearly half of the company’s global workforce.

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Data Breach Strikes Hathway: 41.5M Data Exposed

Security Boulevard

Data breach incidents have increased since post covid. The increase in work-from-home for employees has led to multiple cyber attacks, data breaches, and financial fraud. A significant breach is observed in consumer data encryption during a ransomware attack. Data Exposed appeared first on Kratikal Blogs.

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Cactus Ransomware behind Schneider Electrics Data Breach

Heimadal Security

Cactus Ransomware claims responsibility for the January 17th Schneider Electric data breach. The platform holds data belonging to more than 2000 companies worldwide. For the moment, there`s no impact on […] The post Cactus Ransomware behind Schneider Electrics Data Breach appeared first on Heimdal Security Blog.