Category: Data loss

July 24, 2024

A threat actor known by their alias ‘emo’ has posted the entire BreachForums v1 database, generated through late 2022, on Telegram, reportedly with the aim of allowing users to fix the holes in their OPSEC (operational security). As reported by […]

July 8, 2024

It’s been a week of bad cyber security revelations for OpenAI, after news emerged that the startup failed to report a 2023 breach of its systems to anybody outside the organization, and that its ChatGPT app for macOS was coded […]

July 2, 2024

The number of financial institutions caught up in the ransomware attack on Evolve Bank & Trust continues to rise as fintech businesses Wise and Affirm both confirm they have been materially affected. News of Evolve being compromised by extortionists broke […]

June 26, 2024

American healthcare provider Geisinger fears highly personal data on more than a million of its patients has been stolen – and claimed a former employee at a Microsoft subsidiary is the likely culprit. Geisinger on Monday announced the results of […]

June 24, 2024

There were data breaches galore in the US last week with various major incidents reported to state attorneys general, some in good time, some not. We’ve got our top picks here for you, starting with the US’s most legendary denim […]

June 20, 2024

Security pros are warning of a new infostealer being distributed using different methods across the internet. Fickle Stealer does the usual tactics – steals sensitive files, system information, files stored in the browser, cryptocurrency wallet information, and more – but […]

June 12, 2024

The data protection watchdogs of the UK and Canada are teaming up to hunt down the facts behind last year’s 23andMe data breach. The two-dog wolfpack of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada […]

June 12, 2024

BlackBerry-owned cybersecurity shop Cylance says the data allegedly belonging to it and being sold on a crime forum doesn’t endanger customers, yet it won’t say where the information was stored originally. Saying very little about where the data came from, […]

June 10, 2024

Auction house to the wealthy Christie’s says 45,798 people were affected by its recent cyberattack and resulting data theft. That’s according to public filings made with US state attorneys general on Friday, which also included template letters that are being […]

May 30, 2024

The BBC has emailed more than 25,000 current and former employees on one of its pension schemes after an unauthorized party broke into a database and stole their personal data. Names, national insurance numbers, dates of birth, sexes, and home […]

May 8, 2024

The UK Ministry of Defense disclosed a data breach impacting a third-party payroll system that exposed data of approximately 272,000 armed forces personnel and veterans. The Ministry of Defence revealed that a malign actor gained access to part of the […]

April 29, 2024

Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest not-for-profit providers of health care and coverage in the United States, is dealing with the fallout from a significant data breach that has affected more than 13 million individuals. The company revealed details of […]

April 29, 2024

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services disclosed a data breach that impacted thousands of patients. Patients’ personal and health information was exposed after a phishing attack impacted over two dozen employees. Los Angeles County Department of Health Services […]

April 8, 2024

Home Depot has confirmed that a third-party company accidentally exposed some of its employees’ personal details after a criminal copy-pasted the data online. In a statement to The Register, Home Depot spokesperson Beth Marlowe said: “A third-party SaaS vendor inadvertently […]

April 4, 2024

City of Hope is a renowned cancer research and treatment center located in Duarte, California, United States. It is recognized for its comprehensive cancer care, innovative research, and compassionate patient support services. City of Hope suffered a data breach, the […]

March 29, 2024

Identified on April 17, the attack impacted systems associated with Point32Health’s Harvard Pilgrim Health Care brand, including systems serving Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Commercial and Medicare Advantage Stride plans and “used to service members, accounts, brokers, and providers”. “The investigation […]

March 25, 2024

If your Windows domain controllers have been crashing since a security update was installed earlier this month, there’s no longer any need to speculate why: Microsoft has admitted it introduced a memory leak in its March patches and fixed the […]

March 20, 2024

Data loss is a problem stemming from the interaction between humans and machines, and ‘careless users’ are much more likely to cause those incidents than compromised or misconfigured systems, according to Proofpoint. While organizations are investing in ​Data Loss Prevention […]

March 19, 2024

Mintlify helps developers generate code documentation. It requires access to the source code, such as GitHub repositories, to analyze it, understand its purpose, and create descriptions. In an incident notice on its website, the San Francisco-based company says that 91 […]

March 18, 2024

According to the company, it discovered that multiple work computers within its environment were infected with malware and disconnected them from the network. Furthermore, Fujitsu said in an incident notification written in Japanse, the investigation into the attack has revealed […]