Krebs on Security

AUGUST 16, 2022

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. “We ask you to remove this post containing Banorte data.

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Krebs on Security

DECEMBER 2, 2020

For at least the third time in its existence, OGUsers — a forum overrun with people looking to buy, sell and trade access to compromised social media accounts — has been hacked. An offer by the apparent hackers of OGUsers, offering to remove account information from the eventual database leak in exchange for payment.

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Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

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?

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 6, 2020

A group of thieves thought to be responsible for collecting millions in fraudulent small business loans and unemployment insurance benefits from COVID-19 economic relief efforts gathered personal data on people and businesses they were impersonating by leveraging several compromised accounts at a little-known U.S.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2024

The academic medical center of the University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, suffered a data breach that impacted 56953 patients. Michigan Medicine notified patients of the data breach. The threat actors accessed the employee email accounts on May 23 and May 29.

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The Hacker News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined 251 million (around $263 million) for a 2018 data breach that impacted millions of users in the bloc, in what's the latest financial hit the company has taken for flouting stringent privacy laws.

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Malwarebytes

JUNE 1, 2024

Live Nation Entertainment has confirmed what everyone has been speculating on for the last week : Ticketmaster has suffered a data breach. The third party it refers to is likely Snowflake, a cloud company used by thousands of companies to store, manage, and analyze large volumes of data. It didn’t mention which customers.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 10, 2024

An attacker snuck in by creating two new user accounts. Fidelity Investments assures customers their investments were not affected.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2024

US-based financial services company Fidelity Investments warns 77,000 individuals of a data breach that exposed their personal information. The data breach occurred on August 17, 2024 and was discovered two days later, on August 19, 2024.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Atrium Health disclosed a data breach affecting 585,000 individuals to the HHS, potentially linked to the use of online tracking tools. Healthcare company Atrium Health disclosed a data breach that impacted 585,000 individuals. Impacts vary depending on users’ browsers, cookies, and third-party account activity.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 7, 2024

238,000 Comcast customers were impacted by the FBCS data breach following the February ransomware attack, Comcast reports. Telecommunications giant Comcast is notifying approximately 238,000 customers impacted by the Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) data breach. reads the notice of data breach.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach that impacted one of its business applications in August compromising customers’ personal information. Car rental company Avis notified customers impacted in an Augus data breach. ” reads the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted individuals.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 17, 2024

Background check service National Public Data confirms a data breach that exploded millions of social security numbers and other sensitive information. The organization recommends the impacted individuals closely monitor their financial accounts and report any unauthorized activity to their financial institution.

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2024

Healthcare firm HealthEquity disclosed a data breach caused by a partner’s compromised account that exposed protected health information. Healthcare fintech firm HealthEquity disclosed a data breach after a partner’s compromised account was used to access its systems. million accounts.

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Joseph Steinberg

JULY 7, 2022

A mischievous hacker, or group of hackers, took over Disneyland’s official Instagram and Facebook accounts earlier today, and, apparently, defaced them both with a series of profane and racist posts. Walt Disney Company has confirmed the breach, which appears to have occurred around 7 AM US Eastern time.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 15, 2024

Cisco Duo warns that a data breach involving one of its telephony suppliers exposed multifactor authentication (MFA) messages sent by the company via SMS and VOIP to its customers. The security breach occurred on April 1, 2024, the threat actors used a Provider employee’s credentials that illicitly obtained through a phishing attack.

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Krebs on Security

AUGUST 19, 2024

According to the breach tracking service Constella Intelligence , the passwords included in the source code archive are identical to credentials exposed in previous data breaches that involved email accounts belonging to NPD’s founder, an actor and retired sheriff’s deputy from Florida named Salvatore “Sal” Verini.

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Malwarebytes

JULY 19, 2024

The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) tracked 1,041,312,601 data breach victims in Q2 2024, an increase of 1,170% over Q2 2023 (81,958,874 victims). Because both of these breaches were announced/updated in the second quarter of 2024 they have a huge impact on the numbers. Nope, that headline’s not a typo.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Money transfer company MoneyGram has notified its customers of a data breach in which it says certain customers had their personal information taken between September 20 and 22, 2024. Protecting yourself after a data breach There are some actions you can take if you are, or suspect you may have been, the victim of a data breach.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2024

Fintech firms Wise and Affirm confirmed they were both impacted by the recent data breach suffered by Evolve Bank. Fintech companies Wise and Affirm have confirmed that they were both affected by the recent data breach at Evolve Bank. Evolve has not yet reveal which Wise data has been compromised by the security incident.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2024

Ticketmaster owner Live Nation confirmed the Ticketmaster data breach that compromised the data of 560 million customers. TB of data, including full details of 560 million customers, for $500,000. Stolen data includes names, emails, addresses, phone numbers, ticket sales, and order details.

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Security Affairs

MAY 19, 2024

WebTPA, a third-party administrator that provides healthcare management and administrative services, disclosed a data breach. The US company disclosed a data breach that impacted almost 2.5 The exposed data may vary for each individual. million people. According to the report sent by the WebTPA to the U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 8, 2024

MoneyGram disclosed a data breach following a cyberattack in September, during which threat actors stole customer data. ” reads the notice of data breach published by MoneyGram. MoneyGram holds a huge trove of sensitive customer data, for this reason, it is a prime target for cyber criminals.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 12, 2024

disclosed today that a new data breach has exposed phone call and text message records for roughly 110 million people — nearly all of its customers. Earlier this year, AT&T reset passwords for millions of customers after the company finally acknowledged a data breach from 2018 involving approximately 7.6

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Security Affairs

MAY 16, 2024

The Spanish bank Santander disclosed a data breach at a third-party provider that impacted customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay. The Spanish financial institution Santander revealed a data breach involving a third-party provider that affected customers in Chile, Spain, and Uruguay. ” continues the statement.

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Bleeping Computer

JULY 12, 2024

AT&T is warning of a massive data breach where threat actors stole the call logs for approximately 109 million customers, or nearly all of its mobile customers, from an online database on the company's Snowflake account. [.]

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 10, 2024

A non-profit that benefits millions of people has fallen victim to a data breach and a DDoS attack. It is often used for academic research and data analysis. Cybercriminals managed to breach the site and steal a user authentication database containing 31 million records. Check the vendor’s advice. Take your time.

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Security Affairs

JULY 7, 2024

Alabama’s education superintendent disclosed a data breach following a hacking attempt on the Alabama State Department of Education. The Alabama State Department of Education announced it had thwarted a ransomware attack on June 17, however, threat actors accessed some data and disrupted services before the attack was stopped.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library best known for its Wayback Machine, has disclosed a major data breach affecting over 31 million users.

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Malwarebytes

AUGUST 27, 2024

The Texas Dow Employees Credit Union (TDECU) has filed a data breach notification , reporting that the data of 500,474 people has been accessed in an external system breach. Protecting yourself after a data breach There are some actions you can take if you are, or suspect you may have been, the victim of a data breach.

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Security Affairs

MAY 22, 2024

The digital imaging products manufacturer OmniVision disclosed a data breach after the 2023 ransomware attack. ” reads the data Breach Notification. As proof of the data breach, the extortion group published data samples, including passport images, NDAs, contracts, and other documents.

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Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the HHS confirmed that it prioritized and opened investigations of Change Healthcare and UnitedHealth Group, focused on whether a breach of protected health information (PHI) occurred and on the entities’ compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Rules.

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SecureWorld News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In 2016, Uber faced a cybersecurity crisis that ended up reshaping the conversation around data breaches and accountability. Hackers accessed a massive amount of sensitive data, including the names, email addresses, and phone numbers of 57 million riders and drivers, plus driver's license numbers for about 600,000 drivers.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Community Clinic of Maui experienced a data breach impacting over 120,000 people following a LockBit ransomware attack. LockBit breached the Community Healthcare Clinic of Maui as they are still rebuilding from the devastating fire last year. .’ ” reads the notice of breach published by Malama.

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Troy Hunt

JULY 21, 2021

When the Ashley Madison data breach occurred in 2015, it made headline news around the world. Let's start with a poll: At your place of work, does your employer have the right to access the contents of your corporate email account if necessary? Have an affair." There are, of course, many nuances to the discussion.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 2, 2024

million current customers, and the leaked data is “from 2019 or earlier” Based on our preliminary analysis, the data set appears to be from 2019 or earlier, impacting approximately 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and approximately 65.4 million former account holders. We are reaching out to all 7.6M

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 12, 2024

US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal suffered a data breach impacting 58,000 customers, attackers gained unauthorized access to a server via GitLab flaw. US Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal disclosed a data breach after threat actors gained unauthorized access to a company server by exploiting a GitLab vulnerability.

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