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BlackCat claims it is behind Fidelity National Financial ransomware shakedown
Americans who hoped to close on home sales this week may have had their hopes dashed by an attack on Fidelity National Financial. The Register reports: Fortune 500 insurance biz Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a “cybersecurity incident.” The announcement came in the form of an 8-K filing […]
Enterprise software provider Tmax leaks 2TB of data
All too often, attempts at responsible disclosure are ignored or otherwise fail to get data locked down. When those who discover data leaks repeatedly try to get data owners to secure their data but are ignored, they may decide to reveal the leak publicly even though the data are still unsecured. Today’s example is brought […]
How Hackers Are Using AI To Steal Your Bank Account Password
GO Banking reports: Information theft is far from a novel issue. Since the internet exploded in the early 2000s, hackers have taken advantage of security loopholes to infiltrate devices and siphon vital information that puts your finances and safety at risk. But a recent study released in August highlights a chilling new way hackers use AI to […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving 2023! This is our first Thanksgiving at The Data Breach Times and we are taking the day off to spend with our families and loved ones. When we give thanks this year, we will also be giving thanks for our readers and those who have helped us create this website and develop it. […]
Sophos: Ransomware is crippling retail organizations
Seen on Back End News: Retail organizations faced a growing threat from ransomware attacks, with fewer managing to stop the encryption of their data. Sophos, a cybersecurity leader, revealed that only a quarter of retailers prevented data encryption during attacks in the last year, marking a decline from previous years. This trend indicated a struggle […]
Gang Of 5 Employees Stole The Customer Data At Late Night In Office
GB Hackers provides one of this week’s examples of the insider threat: The sequence of events sounds like it was taken straight from a movie script. Five software programmers were working late into the night, chatting on their phones while they worked. During the wee hours of October 9, between 1:00 am and 4:00 am, […]
Detailed data on employees of U.S. national security lab leak online
CyberScoop reports: A cybercrime group that has engaged in politically motivated attacks breached a human resources application belonging to Idaho National Laboratory, claiming in a post to Telegram on Sunday that it had obtained detailed information on employees working at the nuclear research lab. The hacking group SiegedSec said it had accessed “hundreds of thousands of user, […]
More than half of Black Friday shoppers wary of breached online retailers
Insurance Business reports some findings for U.K. consumers. Would the findings be in the same in the U.S., we wonder? A survey conducted by QBE Insurance has revealed a cautious stance among Black Friday shoppers towards online retailers that have experienced data breaches. The study found that 54% of consumers participating in Black Friday sales would avoid […]