Security Affairs

MAY 13, 2024

Firstmac Limited disclosed a data breach after the new Embargo extortion group leaked over 500GB of data allegedly stolen from the company. Firstmac Limited, one of the largest non-bank lenders in Australia, disclosed a data breach. The company is notifying the impacted customers.

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Security Affairs

JULY 17, 2024

The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax, disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack. The world’s largest recreational boat and yacht retailer MarineMax disclosed a data breach that impacted over 123,000 individuals. ” reads a FORM 8-K filed with SEC.

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Heimadal Security

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Hackers targeted two French healthcare providers and generated the largest data breach in French history. The French Data Protection Agency (CNIL) said both Viamedis and Almerys data breaches exposed the data of 33 million people.

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Security Affairs

JULY 2, 2024

million individuals were affected by the data breach it suffered in February 2024. The insurance company Prudential Financial confirmed that the data breach it suffered in February 2024 affected over 2.5 Prudential Financial confirmed that more than 2.5 million individuals.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Texas Tech University reports a data breach affecting 1.4 million, exposing personal, health, and financial data from its health sciences centers. Texas Tech University disclosed a data breach that impacted over 1.4 million individuals following a cyber attack.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 16, 2022

You and your cybersecurity team do everything correctly to safeguard your infrastructure, yet the frightening alert still arrives that you’ve suffered a data breach. The inherent complexity of the supply chain for modern technology is a reason why so many cybercrime attempts have been successful.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 23, 2021

Oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) discloses a data breach resulting from the compromise of its Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) file sharing service. Energy giant Shell disclosed a data breach resulting from the compromise of an Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) used by the company. billion in 2020.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2021

Cyber attacks are a threat to businesses of all sizes and in all industries. With cybercrime rising by 600% during the pandemic, businesses are more vulnerable than ever to the financial and reputational repercussions of cyberattacks. By 2025, it is estimated that cybercrime will cost businesses worldwide $10.5

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The incident was disclosed after threat actors have advertised the sale of more than 60 GB of data on an underground cybercrime forum. The threat actors now claim to have breached the servers of Acer Taiwan on October 15th and have stolen internal data, including employee and product information. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2024

The cyber attack on the Ohio Lottery on Christmas Eve exposed the personal data of over 538,000 individuals. On Christmas Eve, a cyberattack targeting the Ohio Lottery resulted in the exposure of personal data belonging to 538,959 individuals. The organization is notifying the impacted people.

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Security Affairs

JULY 13, 2024

The American drugstore chain Rite Aid Corporation disclosed a data breach following the cyber attack that hit the company in June. The American drugstore chain giant Rite Aid suffered a data breach following a cyberattack in June conducted by the RansomHub ransomware group. 148 in the Fortune 500 in 2022.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 14, 2024

The ransomware attack that hit the systems of Nissan Oceania in December 2023 impacted roughly 100,000 individuals. Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced in December 2023 that it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 6, 2021

A suspicious wave of attacks resulted in the hack of four cybercrime forums Verified, Crdclub, Exploit, and Maza since January. Since January, a series of mysterious cyberattacks that resulted in the hack of popular Russian-language cybercrime forums. No other information looked to be compromised in the attack.”

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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. In May, the Community Clinic of Maui experienced a major IT outage that impacted thousands of patients following a cyber attack. In June, the Lockbit ransomware gang took credit for the attack.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Japanese watchmaker Seiko revealed that the attack that suffered earlier this year was carried out by the Black Cat ransomware gang. On August 10, 2023, the Japanese maker of watches Seiko disclosed a data breach following a cyber attack.

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Security Affairs

JULY 8, 2021

The American multinational investment bank and financial services firm Morgan Stanley discloses a data breach caused by the hack of an Accellion FTA server of a third-party vendor. The security breach was first reported by BleepingComputer that also shared a copy of the data breach notification letter sent to the impacted customers.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 21, 2020

” reads the data breach notification published by the company. “At this time, we strongly believe that the incident was the result of a ransomware attack and do not have any evidence that customer or employee data was accessed or exfiltrated, nor do we believe our clients’ networks were impacted.”

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 16, 2021

T-Mobile confirms a breach after threat actors claimed to have obtained records of 100 million of its customers and offered them for sale. T-Mobile has confirmed a data breach that exposed personal information from over 100 million of its US customers. SecurityAffairs – hacking, data breach). Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The charity organization Save the Children International revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack. The BianLian extortion group claims to have stolen 6,8 TB of documents, including International HR data, international personal data.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Pharmaceutical giant Cencora suffered a cyber attack and threat actors stole data from its infrastructure. Pharmaceutical giant Cencora disclosed a data breach after it was the victim of a cyberattack. Cencora, Inc.

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Security Affairs

MAY 27, 2022

The FBI warns organizations in the higher education sector of credentials sold on cybercrime forums that can allow threat actors to access their networks. Crooks obtain the information by conducting spear-phishing and ransomware attacks, or other means. ” reads the alert published by the FBI. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 10, 2023

Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, cyberattack ) The post The University of Manchester suffered a cyber attack and suspects a data breach appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 9, 2024

Frontier Communications is notifying over 750,000 individuals that their personal information was stolen in a recent cyber attack. The RansomHub group claimed to have stolen 5GB of data from the telecommunications giant. reads the Form 10-Q (quarterly report of financial performance) filed by the company with the SEC in May.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 10, 2021

” The company pointed out that the cyber attack had no impact on the safety or security of its customers’ cars or their personal data. The post Volvo Cars suffers a data breach. Is it a ransomware attack? Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released guidance on how to prevent data breaches resulting from ransomware attacks. The post US CISA releases guidance on how to prevent ransomware data breaches appeared first on Security Affairs. ” reads CISA’s guideline.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Chinese threat actors use Quad7 botnet in password-spray attacks FBI arrested former Disney World employee for hacking computer menus and mislabeling allergy info Sophos details five years of China-linked threat actors’ activity targeting network devices worldwide PTZOptics cameras zero-days actively exploited in the wild New LightSpy spyware (..)

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Digital Shadows

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Initial Access Broker (IAB) activity increased by 16% during the reporting period, heavily targeting US-based organizations due to perceived financial capability from cyber insurance. High-privileged accounts enhance attackers’ ability to access unauthorized data, potentially causing data breaches and operational disruptions.

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Security Affairs

JULY 19, 2024

In May, the company was forced to shut down its website and phone lines following a cyber attack, but it did not mention a ransomware attack. MediSecure has identified a cyber security incident impacting the personal and health information of individuals.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Utah-based radiology medical center Utah Imaging Associates discloses a data breach that impacted 583,643 former and current patients. Utah Imaging Associates (UIA) discloses a security breach, on September 4, 2021 the company claims to have detected and blocked a cyber attack. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 21, 2021

State Department was recently hit by a cyber attack, the Department of Defense Cyber Command might have suffered a serious breach. State Department was recently hit by a cyber attack appeared first on Security Affairs. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. The post U.S.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The City of Tucson, Arizona disclosed a data breach, the incident was discovered in May 2022 and impacted 123,500 individuals. The security breach was discovered at the end of May 2022 and concluded the investigation in September. ” reads the data breach notice.”On Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

Yesterday T-Mobile confirmed a data breach but announced that it was still investigating the extent of the security breach. The company announced to have started a “deep technical review of the situation across our systems to identify the nature of any data that was illegally accessed.” Pierluigi Paganini.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The July 2024 ransomware attack that hit the City of Columbus, Ohio, exposed the personal and financial data of 500,000 individuals. On July 18, 2024, the City of Columbus, Ohio, suffered a cyber attack that impacted the City’s services.

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SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Our investigations have identified that certain customer data has been accessed. The NCA continues to lead the UK's response to cybercrime, working to ensure that "cyber criminals cannot act with impunity." They've also reminded customers to always touch in and out when using contactless payment methods.

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SecureWorld News

AUGUST 12, 2020

Here is what we know about how the data breach started, how it was detected, and some expert opinion on this type of cyber attack strategy. How did the SANS data breach start? How did the SANS data breach evolve? They set up email forwarding rules most users never check for or utilize.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

CISA adds PTZOptics camera bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Canadian authorities arrested alleged Snowflake hacker Android flaw CVE-2024-43093 may be under limited, targeted exploitation July 2024 ransomware attack on the City of Columbus impacted 500,000 people Nigerian man Sentenced to 26+ years in real estate phishing scams Russian (..)

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Security Affairs

JUNE 11, 2023

The Play ransomware attack suffered by the IT services provider Xplain is worse than initially estimated, the incident also impacted the national railway company of Switzerland (FSS) and the canton of Aargau. The news of the FSS data leak was initially reported by the magazine NZZ am Sonntag and later confirmed by the Swiss railway company.

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