Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 7, 2024

These 15 cyber attacks or data breaches impacted large swaths of users across the United States and changed what was possible in cybersecurity.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

In 2023, upon discovering the cyber attack, the Anna Jaques Hospital took the impacted systems down and launched an investigation into the security breach. The hospital has 83 beds and a team of over 1,200 employees, including 200 physicians.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Tip 1: Educating and Training the Workforce Regularly Human error remains one of the leading causes of data breaches. According to the Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report , 68% of cybersecurity breaches are caused by human error. Many cyber attacks exploit vulnerabilities in outdated software.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 27, 2025

UK telecommunications firm TalkTalk disclosed a data breach after a threat actor announced the hack on a cybercrime forum. UK telecommunications company TalkTalk confirmed a data breach after a threat actor claimed responsibility for the cyber attack on a cybercrime forum and offered for sale alleged customer data.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Just within 3 weeks of confirmation, Singapore Telecommunication LTD aka SingTel has confirmed another data breach after Optus Cyber Attack. It has issued a press update saying its Australian company Dialog Pty faced a digital attack last week leaking details of only 20 clients.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Rather than merely cataloguing breaches, we look into the anatomy of significant cyber attacks, associated vulnerabilities that led to such events, and relevant controls. We’ve chronicled key developments month […] The post Major cyber attacks and data breaches of 2024 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Tech Republic Security

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Australia saw a record surge in cyber attacks in 2024, with data breaches escalating. Experts warn of rising risks as hackers may exploit AI-driven tactics.

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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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Tech Republic Security

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Implementing multi-factor authentication, supplier risk-management frameworks, and staff security training could help to reduce data breaches.

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Security Affairs

JULY 24, 2024

A cyber attack against Michigan Medicine resulted in the compromise of the personal and health information of approximately 57,000 patients. The academic medical center of the University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine, suffered a data breach that impacted 56953 patients.

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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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JUNE 6, 2023

According to a report published by Japanese news resource Nikkei, it has been revealed that the North Korean government is actively engaging in cyber attacks on the digital infrastructure of its adversaries. These cyber attacks have proven to be a lucrative source of income for the reclusive nation.

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Tech Republic Security

OCTOBER 15, 2024

were breached by cyber attackers in the last 12 months, a report has found. Almost all businesses in the U.K.

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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.

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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 Boulevard

JULY 31, 2024

Every month, we witness a significant rise in data breaches. Over the past six months, India has experienced a surge in cyber-attacks, with 388 data breaches, 107 data leaks, and. The post Data Breaches for the Month July 2024 appeared first on Strobes Security.

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2024

CISA adds Windows and Qualcomm bugs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Three new Ivanti CSA zero-day actively exploited in attacks Ukrainian national pleads guilty in U.S. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

A cyber attack hit the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the federal and national law enforcement agency of Canada. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the federal and national law enforcement agency of Canada, confirmed that it was the target of a cyber attack.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 31, 2021

In this blog, we’ll review the details of the most recent breach against the Microsoft Exchange Server. However, this blog’s point is that these forms of cyber attacks will continue and could likely accelerate. Trying to react after the fact is not the way to do business.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The City of Philadelphia discloses a data breach that resulted from a cyber attack that took place on May 24 and that compromised City email accounts. The incident was discovered on May 24, but further investigation revealed that threat actors have had access to the compromised email accounts at least since March 2023.

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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

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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CyberSecurity Insiders

JANUARY 4, 2022

A Cyber Attack that took place on UK’s Defence Academy early last year was brought to light by Air Marshall Edward Stringer through an interview given to Sky News. The Former Director of the academy stated that the attack went unnoticed by the media as it was not given priority as its consequences were not severe.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Joe Biden and his administration seems be on a forward thinking gear for quantum technology linked cyber attacks leading to data breaches. On December 21st,2022, the Senate passed a bipartisan bill to prevent data breaches emerging from quantum computing. isn’t it? .

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eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 7, 2025

Our cybersecurity expert explores the security risks in the automotive industry, from remote hacks to data breaches, and explains the cyber attacks Mazda vehicles may be vulnerable to. The post Mazda Connect Systems Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks appeared first on eSecurity Planet.

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Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

This month has been a challenging month for organizations worldwide as several high-profile data breaches occur and become headlines. The post Data Breaches for the Month August 2024 appeared first on Strobes Security. The post Data Breaches for the Month August 2024 appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 9, 2021

Massive data base breaches today generally follow a distinctive pattern: hack into a client -facing application; manipulate an API; follow the data flow to gain access to an overly permissive database or S3 bucket (cloud storage). A classic example of this type of intrusion is the Capital One data breach.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

According to a Monday Twitter update posted by Uber, Lapsus$ ransomware spreading gang is suspected to be behind the cyber attack on its repositories, email and cloud systems and internal slack communication servers. And the data breach could have taken place after the credential steal.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Now, reports are in that the database of the Pennsylvania based digital services provider was hit by a cyber attack leading to a data breach, thus leaking details to hackers. The post Data Breach leads to Comcast Customer Data Leak appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. The security breach resulted from a cyber attack exploiting a vulnerability in the MOVEit managed file transfer (MFT).-

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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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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. Related: Third-party audits can hold valuable intel. It’s a maddening situation that occurs far more often than it should.

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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

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

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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