Data Breach Today reports: Extortionists tied to numerous attacks against high-profile brands have begun naming fresh victims and leaking supposedly stolen data. See Also: Securing Manufacturing’s Transition to the Cloud On Friday, individuals claiming to be part of the cybercrime collectives Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters and Lapsus$ launched a channel on social platform Telegram, posted partially redacted […]
There is a settlement in litigation stemming from a breach reported last year that affected more than three dozen Cencora/Lash Group clients, and more than 1.4 million patients at last public count. The HIPAA Journal now reports: Cencora & The Lash Group have agreed to pay $40 million to settle class action data breach litigation […]
TechNadu reports: A vendor that serves the Los Angeles Unified School District, Kokomo24/7, has notified authorities about a network file exposure on its internal systems and data storage environment. Investigators determined that the suspicious activity discovered on December 11, 2024, allowed cybercriminals to access sensitive personal information. Since Kokomo24/7 is a vendor for the Los Angeles Unified […]
SecurityWeek reports: French telecommunications company Bouygues Telecom was recently targeted in a cyberattack that resulted in the personal information of millions of customers getting compromised. Bouygues is one of France’s largest telecom companies. According to its website, it has nearly 27 million mobile service customers. The company discovered the cyberattack on August 4 and an […]
As reported by Mid-Hudson News: The company that administers employee healthcare benefits for Ulster County government employees has been hit with a data breach and the workers were only recently notified of the breach of Alera Group’s computer systems, which occurred in August 2024. Alera was unable to confirm the level of the breach until […]
TechZine reports: KLM has informed customers about a data breach at an external customer service partner, in which contact information and Flying Blue data were stolen. The airline emphasizes that “sensitive” data such as passwords and travel dates have not been affected. Customer communications indicate that travelers who have previously contacted customer service are vulnerable […]
TechRadar Pro reports: Jewelry powerhouse Pandora has confirmed suffering a cyberattack which saw it lose sensitive customer information. The company revealed the news in a data breach notification letter sent to affected customers which said, “We are writing to inform you that Pandora has experienced a cyber security attack, where some customer information was accessed […]
Google’s Intelligence Threat Group (GITG) has been tracking various threat actor groups under tracking labels such as UNC 6040, UNC 6240, and UNC 3944. The first two overlap with threat actors known as ShinyHunters, while the third overlaps with Scattered Spider. The ShinyHunters group has been linked to attacks on customers of Salesforce. Google itself […]
CP24 reports: The City of Hamilton will be on the hook for the more than $18 million it has cost to recover from a ransomware attack after their insurance claim was denied. In an update presented to a city committee on Wednesday, staff said that its insurer denied the claim for reimbursement of costs related […]
DataBreaches.net reports how an exposed back server exposed the chat messages, files, and information on almost 1 million servers. Even though the services, both owned by Stefan Chekanov, advertised that they used encryption, none of the data was encrypted. Some of the findings: DataBreaches.net provides a few examples from Allstate, Florida Psychiatric Society, and Senator […]
