Vendor News

Becker’s Health IT reports: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden is urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Microsoft, saying weak security practices at the tech company helped enable a 2024 ransomware attack on St. Louis-based Ascension hospitals, Bloomberg reported Sept. 10. In a letter sent Sept. 10 to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, Sen. Wyden accused Microsoft of “gross […]

Cybersecurity company Zscaler has disclosed that it suffered a data breach after threat actors gained access to its Salesforce instance and stole customer information, including the contents of support cases. Bleeping Computer reports: This warning follows the compromise of Salesloft Drift, an AI chat agent that integrates with Salesforce, in which attackers stole OAuth and refresh tokens, […]

Another Salesloft Drift-related breach has been disclosed. Seucrity Affairs reports: Zscaler discloses a data breach that is linked to the recent Salesloft Drift attack. The cybersecurity vendor confirmed it was affected by a campaign targeting Salesloft Drift, a marketing SaaS integrated with Salesforce. Threat actors stole OAuth tokens from the company, the incident impacted multiple Salesforce […]

A provider of criminal background checks in the U.K. is dealing with a breach at a third-party developer. The Register reports: A leading UK provider of criminal record checks for employers is handling a data breach stemming from a third-party development company. Access Personal Checking Services (APCS) has written to customers to notify them that […]

FOX 5 in Atlanta reports: A cyberattack that shut down Georgia’s SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) call center may not have been an isolated incident. Officials with the United States Department of Agriculture tell FOX 5 that similar attacks have happened in six other states recently. The backstory: On July 28, the Georgia Department of […]