Security Affairs

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Meta has been fined 251M ($263M) for a 2018 data breach affecting millions in the EU, marking another penalty for violating privacy laws. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta 251 million ($263M) for a 2018 data breach impacting 29 million Facebook accounts.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

“After a thorough forensic investigation and manual document review, on November 5, 2024, the investigation determined certain files containing information was accessed by an unauthorized party.” While we conducted our investigation, out of anbundance of caution, on Janurary 24, 2024, Anna Jaques posted a notice on ther website.”

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Troy Hunt

JANUARY 16, 2019

Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". It's made up of many different individual data breaches from literally thousands of different sources. Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows.

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Krebs on Security

MAY 31, 2019

That measure, which went into effect in March 2019 and is considered among the toughest in the nation, requires financial companies to regularly audit and report on how they protect sensitive data, and provides for fines in cases where violations were reckless or willful. No authentication was needed to access the digitized records.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

“ Hello BreachForums Community , Today, I am selling the Cisco breach that recently happened (6/10/2024)” reads the message published by IntelBroker. “ Hello BreachForums Community , Today, I am selling the Cisco breach that recently happened (6/10/2024)” reads the message published by IntelBroker.

Cybercrime 131

Cybercrime Data breaches Technology Banking 131

Security Affairs

APRIL 1, 2024

The OWASP Foundation disclosed a data breach that impacted some members due to a misconfiguration of an old Wiki web server. The OWASP Foundation has disclosed a data breach that impacted some of its members. No joke, we did have a data breach in late March involving the resumes of our earliest members.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Poor cyber hygiene increases the risk of further data breaches and could undermine user trust. The breach may have exposed personal identification documents uploaded by users for Wayback Machine page removal requests, depending on the attacker’s Zendesk API access.

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Internet Internet Data breaches Authentication 127

Security Affairs

APRIL 10, 2024

Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin disclosed a data breach that impacted over 500,000 individuals. The organization disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack, the incident impacted 533,809 individuals. ” reads the data breach notification shared with the Maine Attorney General.

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Data breaches Ransomware Insurance Encryption 135

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. ” reads the notice of data breach published by MoneyGram.

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Data breaches Government Banking Hacking 125

Security Affairs

JUNE 19, 2024

.” Earlier this week IntelBroker announced on the BreachForums cybercrime forum that they were “selling the AMD.com data breach.” The allegedly stolen data includes information on future products, datasheets, employee and customer databases, property files, firmware, source code, and financial documentation.

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Data breaches Firmware Cybercrime Media 137

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.

Financial Services 139

Financial Services Data breaches Identity Theft Banking 139

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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Data breaches Retail Cyber Attacks Ransomware 130

Security Affairs

MAY 28, 2024

Dutch bank ABN Amro discloses data breach following a ransomware attack hit the third-party services provider AddComm. Dutch bank ABN Amro disclosed a data breach after third-party services provider AddComm suffered a ransomware attack. We are writing to customers whose data may be involved in this attack.”

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Data breaches Banking Ransomware Phishing 137

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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Data breaches Banking Retail Accountability 130

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A week after breaking the story about the 2013 data breach at Target, KrebsOnSecurity published Who’s Selling Cards from Target? . “I’m also godfather of his second son.” ” Dmitri Golubov, circa 2005. Image: U.S. Postal Investigative Service.

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Retail Advertising Cryptocurrency Marketing 258

Krebs on Security

JUNE 17, 2020

Central Intelligence Agency produced in the wake of a mammoth data breach in 2016 that led to Wikileaks publishing thousands of classified documents stolen from the agency’s offensive cyber operations division. A redacted portion of the CIA’s report on the Wikileaks breach. DIVIDED WE STAND, UNITED WE FALL.

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Data breaches Security Awareness Surveillance Media 338

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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Data breaches Ransomware Manufacturing Encryption 133

Security Affairs

MARCH 13, 2024

Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after employee data was leaked by a threat actor on a hacking forum. Acer Philippines confirmed that employee data was compromised in an attack targeting a third-party service provider. ‘ph1ns’ published a link to a database containing stolen data.

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Data breaches Computers and Electronics Hacking Cybercrime 138

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. driver’s licenses) Other identification documents (e.g. driver’s licenses) Other identification documents (e.g. Check the vendor’s advice.

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Data breaches Passwords Identity Theft Phishing 114

Security Affairs

JULY 9, 2024

Despite the announcement, data leaked data from the group belongs to the Arkansas-based financial organization Evolve Bank & Trust. The analysis of the data leaked by the LockBit group on its Tor leak site on June 26 confirmed the documents belong to the Evolve Bank & Trust. million individuals.

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Data breaches Banking Retail Ransomware 132

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Nintendo Everything also reported the leak of Pokémon game source code, unseen Pokémon art, design documents, and other development materials surfacing online. ” The company is not aware of any impact on Pokémon player data following the cyber attack. Game Freak has been hacked. It has multiple Gigabytes of info. .”

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Data breaches Hacking Cyber Attacks Media 121

Security Affairs

MAY 11, 2024

. “On or about December 24, 2023, the Ohio Lottery detected unauthorized access to our internal office network as a result of a cybersecurity incident that resulted in the exposure of the data we maintain. The incident did not impact the gaming network,” reads the notice of data breach sent to the impacted individuals.

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Data breaches Identity Theft Cybercrime Cyber Attacks 125

eSecurity Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In this video, we explore the alarming details surrounding the largest data breach ever, which has exposed an astonishing 2.9 billion records linked to the National Public Data (NPD) breach. billion records — nearly half the world’s population — have just been compromised in one of the largest data breaches in history.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The group claimed to have stolen 500GB of data including Finacial data, Organisation data, Users data and personal documents, NDA’s, Confidential data, and more. As proof of the data breach, the group published multiple screenshots, including pictures of passports and other documents.

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Ransomware Telecommunications Healthcare Insurance 125

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.

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Data breaches Telecommunications Banking Mobile 131

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. In June, the Lockbit ransomware gang took credit for the attack.

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Data breaches Ransomware Healthcare Cyber Attacks 134

Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The Canadian government discloses a data breach after threat actors hacked two of its contractors. “On October 19 th , 2023, Brookfield Global Relocation Services (BGRS) informed the Government of Canada of a breach involving Government of Canada information held by BGRS and SIRVA Canada systems.”

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Data breaches Government Hacking Backups 137

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

oil company Halliburton disclosed a data breach following the RansomHub ransomware gang attack that occurred in August. ” continues the document. In August, Halliburton, a major U.S. oil company, announced that a cyberattack hit its IT infrastructure, particularly impacting operations at its Houston offices.

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Data breaches Ransomware Hacking Risk 125

Security Affairs

DECEMBER 30, 2024

It provides a range of development resources, including SDKs (Software Development Kits), documentation, sample code, and learning materials for networking, security, and cloud infrastructure. Below is an update published on October 18, 2024: Based on our investigations, we are confident that there has been no breach of our systems.

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Data breaches Cybercrime Authentication Technology 123

Security Affairs

AUGUST 20, 2024

Toyota has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor leaked 240GB of data stolen from its infrastructure on a cybercrime forum. Toyota disclosed a data breach after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from its systems on a cybercrime forum, BleepingComputer reported.

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Data breaches Cybercrime Financial Services Hacking 117

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

New research indicates hospitals and other care facilities that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among certain patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity remediation efforts. They didn’t even succeed at first, but they kept trying.”

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Ransomware Computers and Electronics Healthcare Data breaches 363

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is investigating a data breach affecting system and employee security. This comes after an individual claimed in a January 5 post on a popular hacking forum to have accessed 42,000 documents from ICAO, including personal information (PII).

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Data breaches Information Security Hacking Marketing 99

Krebs on Security

JANUARY 7, 2021

The ongoing breach affecting thousands of organizations that relied on backdoored products by network software firm SolarWinds may have jeopardized the privacy of countless sealed court documents on file with the U.S. These sealed documents will not be uploaded to CM/ECF.

Computers and Electronics 363

Computers and Electronics Software Engineering Accountability 363

Troy Hunt

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I've been investing a heap of time into Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) lately, ranging from all the usual stuff (namely trawling through masses of data breaches) to all new stuff, in particular expanding and enhancing the public API. Or: How do I remove my data from data breaches?

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 19, 2023

T-Mobile today disclosed a data breach affecting tens of millions of customer accounts, its second major data exposure in as many years. Image: customink.com In a filing today with the U.S. .” OpenClassActions.com says the filing deadline is Jan. “If you reside in California, you will receive an estimated $100.00.

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Mobile Accountability Data breaches Identity Theft 340

Malwarebytes

JULY 12, 2024

In a new episode of Spy vs Spy , the mobile monitoring app mSpy has suffered a data breach that exposed information about millions of its customers. This is the third known mSpy data breach since the company began in around 2010.

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Data breaches Mobile Surveillance Advertising 118

Krebs on Security

AUGUST 15, 2024

The snippets of stolen data that USDoD offered as teasers showed rows of names, addresses, phone numbers, and Social Security Numbers (SSNs). Many media outlets mistakenly reported that the National Public data breach affects 2.9 billion people (that figure actually refers to the number of rows in the leaked data sets).

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