Adam Levin

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Barnes & Noble has confirmed a data breach following a cyberattack that took many of their services offline. . The bookseller sent an email to customers notifying them that their personal information had been exposed, but that their financial information had not been compromised. .

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Bleeping Computer

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

AI service Cutout.Pro has suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of 20 million members, including email addresses, hashed and salted passwords, IP addresses, and names. [.]

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 24, 2022

The streaming media platform Plex is urging its users to reset passwords after threat actors gained access to its database. The company disclosed a data breach after threat actors have access to a limited subset of data stored in a compromised database. Exposed data includes emails, usernames, and encrypted passwords.

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Adam Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The personal information of over 10.6 MGM Resorts confirmed the leaked data as being the result of a data breach that occurred last year. We are confident that no financial, payment card or password data was involved in this matter.”. million customers of MGM Resorts has been published online.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The nonprofit organization Freecycle Network (Freecycle.org) confirmed that it has suffered a data breach that impacted more than 7 million users. The security breach was discovered on August 30, exposed data includes usernames, User IDs, email addresses and passwords.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 12, 2023

Information privacy and information security are two different things. Related: Tapping hidden pools of security talent Information privacy is the ability to control who (or what) can view or access information that is collected about you or your customers. They take all this private information, and then they sell it.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Samsung Electronics disclosed a data breach that exposed customer personal information to an unauthorized individual. Samsung Electronics suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of some of its customers to an unauthorized individual. “What information was involved?

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 2, 2024

Malwarebytes VP of Consumer Privacy, Oren Arar, describes the AT&T breach as “especially risky” because much of the type of data that’s been exposed. While AT&T has made this determination, it is not yet known whether the data in those fields originated from AT&T or one of its vendors.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Mobile virtual network operator Mint Mobile suffered a new data breach, threat actors had access to customers’ personal information. Mint Mobile experienced a recent data breach, exposing customers’ personal information to unauthorized access by threat actors.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2024

Unemployment agency France Travail (Pôle Emploi) recently suffered a data breach that could impact 43 million people. On August 2023, the French government employment agency Pôle emploi suffered a data breach and notified 10 million individuals impacted by the security breach.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

DarkBeam left an Elasticsearch and Kibana interface unprotected, exposing records from previously reported and non-reported data breaches. DarkBeam has apparently been collecting information to alert its customers in case of a data breach. Sample of leaked data. Sample of leaked data. billion records.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 5, 2024

In a subsequent update, American Express explained that it was not a service provider, but a merchant processor that suffered the breach. The account information of some card holders may have fallen into the wrong hands. The accessed information includes account numbers, names, and card expiration dates. Change your password.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

New revelations have shed light on the extensive fallout of the 23andMe data breach, which exposed the personal information of a staggering 6.9 This significant update comes almost two months after the genetic testing company initially reported a breach affecting 14,000 individuals. million users. An additional 1.4

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2020

T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ network information (CPNI), including phone numbers and calls records. T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach exposing customers’ account’s information. ” reads the statement published by the company.

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Identity IQ

MARCH 11, 2021

On average there are three data breaches a day, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. So, that means your personal information might be at risk. Use Strong Secure Passwords . Weak passwords are one of the easiest ways for hackers to access your private accounts. Avoid common substitutions such as a “!”

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Malwarebytes

JANUARY 15, 2024

As is often the case these days, it turns out that the cyberincident was very likely a ransomware attack that included a data breach. Ransomware operators typically steal data from the compromised systems to use as extra leverage against the victim. Change your password. Check the vendor’s advice.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to sensitive personal and financial data. Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is warning customers it has suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive personal and financial data. Affected customers have now been informed.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 17, 2023

Risk Level 3 Data breaches are a significant concern here in the digital age. With technology advancing rapidly, hackers have been using various methods to gain sensitive information from unsuspecting individuals, organizations, and you. million victims were impacted by a data breach in 2022 alone.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Australian telecommunications provider Tangerine disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 230,000 individuals. Tangerine suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of roughly 230,000 individuals. ” reads the statement published by the company. ”continues the statement.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 19, 2024

American global apparel and footwear company VF Corp revealed that the December data breach impacted 35.5 Now the company confirmed attackers stole corporate and personal information impacting 35.5 VF immediately began taking measures to remediate the attack and launched an investigation into the security breach.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 2, 2024

After weeks of denial, AT&T has finally acknowledged a massive data breach impacting 73 million current and former customer accounts. The telecom giant had initially claimed that a large trove of personal data leaked on the Dark Web did not originate from their systems. million former account holders."

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Millions of Neiman Marcus customers have had their personal and financial information exposed in a data breach. million customers of Neiman Marcus Group stores, specifically Neiman Marcus and Last Call, are being notified about the data breach by email. What information was stolen? Attribution.

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Identity IQ

JANUARY 16, 2023

LifeLock Data Breach Compromises Thousands! Recently, thousands of Norton LifeLock customer accounts were compromised in a data breach. Credential stuffing is a type of data breach where hackers use previously stolen lists of information, such as usernames and passwords, to gain unauthorized access to accounts.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2023

On November 30, 2022, password manager LastPass informed customers of a cybersecurity incident following unusual activity within a third-party cloud storage service. While LastPass claims that users’ passwords remain safely encrypted, it admitted that certain elements of customers’ information have been exposed.

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Approachable Cyber Threats

APRIL 17, 2023

Category Awareness, Guides Risk Level Data breaches are a significant concern here in the digital age. With technology advancing rapidly, hackers have been using various methods to gain sensitive information from unsuspecting individuals, organizations, and you. million victims were impacted by a data breach in 2022 alone.

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Malwarebytes

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Some T-Mobile customers logged into their accounts on Wednesday to find another customer’s billing and account information showing on their online dashboards. T-Mobile denied there was an attack, but confirmed there had been a data leak. “There was no cyberattack or breach at T-Mobile. Change your password.

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Troy Hunt

MARCH 10, 2021

Pwned Passwords is a repository of 613M passwords exposed in previous data breaches, which makes them very poor choices for future use. They're totally free and they have a really cool anonymity API that ensures no useful information about the password being searched for is ever exposed.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

GoDaddy suffered a data breach that impacted up to 1.2 GoDaddy discloses a data breach that impacted up to 1.2 million of its customers, threat actors breached the company’s Managed WordPress hosting environment. ” said Demetrius Comes, GoDaddy’s Chief Information Security Officer.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to a database of its users. The organization focuses on developing global standards for information and communications technology (ICT) and telecommunications, such as: GSM , TETRA , 3G , 4G , 5G , DECT.

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Malwarebytes

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Scammers often try to take advantage of data breaches. They know that the breached company is likely to be contacting victims, and that the victims will be looking out for emails from the company. Users are also advised to rotate database passwords and enable multi-factor authentication (MFA).

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Password management company LastPass, which was hit by two data breaches last year , has revealed that data exfiltrated during the first intrusion, discovered in August, was used to target the personal home computer of one of its devops engineers and launch a second successful cyberatttack, detected in November.

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ZoneAlarm

APRIL 18, 2023

Kodi, the popular media player software, has recently confirmed a data breach that has impacted around 400,000 users. The breach exposed users’ personal information such as usernames, email addresses, and passwords, as well as their private messages.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 22, 2023

With the ever-present threat of data breaches, organizations need to adopt best practices to help prevent breaches and to respond to them when they occur to limit any damage. And breaches will occur – because bad guys make a living by figuring out ways to circumvent security best practices.

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SecureBlitz

MARCH 1, 2024

Today, we will show you tips for digital marketers to avoid and prevent data breaches. You might have a dedicated cybersecurity team to keep your company safe, but that doesn’t mean that, as a digital marketer, you shouldn’t do your best to keep sensitive business information out of harm’s way.

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Malwarebytes

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

At Malwarebytes we’ve been telling people for years not to reuse passwords, and that a password manager is a secure way of remembering all the passwords you need for your online accounts. But we also know that a password manager can be overwhelming, especially when you’re just getting started. Encryption.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Australian retail giant Woolworths disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 2.2 Bad news for the customers of the MyDeal online marketplace, the Australian retail giant Woolworths disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 2.2 Also, no customer account passwords were accessed. million of them.

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 16, 2022

CafePress waited seven months to publicly disclose a 2019 breach, and only did so after it had been reported in the news. In February 2019, a threat actor was able to access millions of email addresses and passwords. The passwords are said to have been protected by “weak encryption”, an absolute security no-no.

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