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Inside the DemandScience by Pure Incubation Data Breach

Troy Hunt

Additionally, the threat actor with… pic.twitter.com/tqsyb8plPG — HackManac (@H4ckManac) February 28, 2024 When Jason found his email address and other info in this corpus, he had the same question so many others do when their data turns up in a place they've never heard of before - how? And the "why" part?

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The State of Data Breaches

Troy Hunt

I've been harbouring some thoughts about the state of data breaches over recent months, and I feel they've finally manifested themselves into a cohesive enough story to write down. Data Breach Victims are Making it Worse I'm talking about class actions.

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The Unattributable "Lead Hunter" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

That's me who's pwned again because my personal data has just turned up in yet another incident from a source I can't attribute. Less than 3 weeks ago I wrote about The Unattributable "db8151dd" Data Breach which, after posting that blog post and a sample of my own data, the community quickly attributed to Covve.

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African multinational telco giant MTN Group disclosed a data breach

Security Affairs

African multinational telecommunications company MTN Group disclosed a data breach that exposed subscribers’ personal information. “An unknown third-party has claimed to have accessed data linked to parts of our systems. Cell C has confirmed a data breach following a RansomHouse cyberattack that occurred last year.

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When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach Backfire

Krebs on Security

That same month, they also sold data on 1.4 But this history was either overlooked or ignored by Group-IB , the Singapore-based cybersecurity firm apparently hired by Banorte to help respond to the data breach. million customers of Mexican lending platform Yotepresto.

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Dark web threats and dark market predictions for 2025

SecureList

Review of last year’s predictions The number of services providing AV evasion for malware (cryptors) will increase We continuously monitor underground markets for the emergence of new “cryptors,” which are tools specifically designed to obfuscate the code within malware samples.

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How Website Localization Strengthens Cybersecurity in Global Markets

SecureWorld News

Notably, 2024 was unprecedentedly precarious with the second largest in history National Public Data breach and the biggest healthcare data breach to date with the massive attack on Change Healthcare. Religious and cultural taboos should be taken into account to prevent alienation of your audiences in the new market.

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