Data Breach

Thieves steal 35.5M customers’ data from Vans sneakers maker

But what kind of info was actually compromised? None of your business

Cyber-crime19 Jan 2024 | 8

FTC secures first databroker settlement banning sale of sensitive location data

Infosec in brief Also, iOS spyware abused Apple's own ECC, breach victim says it can't figure out what hackers took, and some critical vulns

Security15 Jan 2024 | 3

BreachForums boss busted for bond blunders – including using a VPN

Fitzpatrick faces potentially decades in prison later this month, so may as well get some foreign Netflix in beforehand

Cyber-crime05 Jan 2024 | 2

Copy that? Xerox confirms 'security incident' at subsidiary

Company’s removal from ransomware gang’s leak blog could mean negotiations underway

Cyber-crime03 Jan 2024 |

Data loss prevention isn't rocket science, but NASA hasn't made it work in Microsoft 365

Privacy review finds breach response plan is a mess, training could be better, but protection regime mostly holds up

Public Sector21 Dec 2023 | 13

Millions of Xfinity customers' info, hashed passwords feared stolen in cyberattack

35M-plus Comcast user IDs accessed by intruder via Citrix Bleed

Cyber-crime19 Dec 2023 | 29

Mr Cooper cyberattack laid bare: 14.7M people's info stolen, costs hit $25M

Mortgage lender says no evidence of identity theft (yet) after SSNs, DoBs, addresses, more swiped

Cyber-crime18 Dec 2023 | 14

Nearly a million non-profit donors' details left exposed in unsecured database

Trusted by major charities, DonorView publicly exposed children’s names and addresses, among other data

Cyber-crime13 Dec 2023 | 22

Britain's Ministry of Defence fined £350K over Afghan interpreter BCC email blunder

UK GDPR penalty slashed from £1M after department agrees to improve processes

Public Sector13 Dec 2023 | 16

Discord in the ranks: Lone Airman behind top-secret info leak on chat platform

Poor cybersecurity hygiene in the military? Surely not!

Cyber-crime12 Dec 2023 | 21

Northern Ireland cops count human cost of August data breach

Officers potentially targeted by dissidents can't afford to relocate for their safety, while others seek support to change their names

Security12 Dec 2023 | 16

2.5M patients infected with data loss in Norton Healthcare ransomware outbreak

AlphV lays claims to the intrusion

Security11 Dec 2023 | 6

23andMe responds to breach with new suit-limiting user terms

Security in brief Also: 'well-known Bay Area tech' firm's laptops stolen and check out some critical vulns

Security11 Dec 2023 | 15

Yet another UK public sector data blab, this time info of pregnant women, cancer patients

NHS Trust admits highly sensitive data left online for nearly three years

Public Sector07 Dec 2023 | 10

BlackCat ransomware crims threaten to directly extort victim's customers

Accounting software firm Tipalti says it’s investigating alleged break-in of its systems

Cyber-crime05 Dec 2023 | 4

Hershey phishes! Crooks snarf chocolate lovers' creds

Stealing Kit Kat maker's data?! Give me a break

Security04 Dec 2023 | 48

Regulator says stranger entered hospital, treated a patient, took a document ... then vanished

Scottish health group to tweak security checks, access authorization to avoid a repeat

Security01 Dec 2023 | 98

Admin of $19M marketplace that sold social security numbers gets 8 years in jail

24 million Americans thought to have had their personal data stolen and sold for pennies

Cyber-crime30 Nov 2023 | 12

Okta data breach dilemma dwarfs earlier estimates

All customer support users told their info was accessed after analysis oversight

Security29 Nov 2023 | 14

British Library begins contacting customers as Rhysida leaks data dump

CRM databases were accessed and library users are advised to change passwords

Cyber-crime29 Nov 2023 | 5

Ukraine cyber spies claim Putin's planes are in peril as sanctions bite

Aeroflot fleet still has a smoking section, but not for tobacco

Public Sector28 Nov 2023 | 112

US nuke reactor lab hit by 'gay furry hackers' demanding cat-human mutants

Staff records swiped, leaked by gang who probably read one too many comics, sorry, graphic novels

Cyber-crime22 Nov 2023 | 99

Sumo Logic wrestles with security breach, pins down customer data

Compromised AWS account led to fears that user info could have been exposed to cybercriminals

Cyber-crime21 Nov 2023 |

Third-party data breach affecting Canadian government could involve data from 1999

Any govt staffers who used relocation services over past 24 years could be at risk

Cyber-crime21 Nov 2023 | 5

Capita scores £239M contract to manage mega public sector pension scheme

Cabinet Office clearly over Capita's breach in March that saw pension data exposed to criminals

Public Sector21 Nov 2023 | 33

Samsung UK discloses year-long breach, leaked customer data

Updated Chaebol already the subject of suits for a pair of past indiscretions

Security17 Nov 2023 | 4

Royal Mail cybersecurity still a bit of a mess, infosec bods claim

Infosec in brief Also: Most Mainers are MOVEit victims, NY radiology firm fined for not updating kit, and some critical vulnerabilities

Security13 Nov 2023 | 8

Home of the world's longest pleasure pier joins public sector leak club

Southend-on-Sea Council unwittingly exposed sensitive records of more than 2,000 staff for five months

Public Sector06 Nov 2023 | 26

Finance orgs have 30 days to confess cyber sins under incoming FTC rules

Follows similar efforts from the SEC and DHS in recent months

Cyber-crime31 Oct 2023 |

LockBit alleges it boarded Boeing, stole 'sensitive data'

Security In Brief ALSO: CISA begs for a consistent budget, Las Vegas school breach; Nigeria arrests six cyber princes, the week's critical vulnerabilities

Security30 Oct 2023 | 3

Hunters International leaks pre-op plastic surgery pics in negotiation no-no

No honor among thieves as group denies Hive ransomware links

Cyber-crime25 Oct 2023 | 6

Casio keyed up after data loss hits customers in 149 countries

Crooks broke into the ClassPad server and swiped online learning database

Cyber-crime19 Oct 2023 | 12

Ex-Navy IT manager gets 5 years in slammer for 2018 database heist

Seafaring cybercrim's wife faces similar sentence next month

Security19 Oct 2023 | 2

D-Link clears up 'exaggerations' around data breach

Who knew 3 million actually means 700 in cybercrime forum lingo?

Cyber-crime18 Oct 2023 | 5

Equifax scores £11.1M slap on wrist over 2017 mega breach

Not quite a pound for every one of the 13.8 million affected UK citizens, and it could have been more

Cybersecurity Month13 Oct 2023 | 11

Datacenter cabling biz Volex confirms digital break-in

All sites operational, no 'material' financial impact expected but stock markets still worried

Cyber-crime09 Oct 2023 |

Chinese smart TV boxes infected with malware in PEACHPIT ad fraud campaign

Infosec in brief PLUS: Sony admits to MoveITbreach; Blackbaud fined again, Qakbot's sorta back from the dead; and more

Security09 Oct 2023 | 7

Lorenz ransomware crew bungles blackmail blueprint by leaking two years of contacts

Data leakers become data leakees

Cyber-crime05 Oct 2023 | 10

North Korea's Lazarus Group upgrades its main malware

LightningCan evades infosec tools in new and interesting ways

Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2023 | 4

Now MOVEit maker Progress patches holes in WS_FTP

Infosec in brief Plus: Johnson Controls hit by IT 'incident', Exim and Chrome security updates, and more

Patches01 Oct 2023 | 9

MOVEit breach delivers bundle of 3.4 million baby records

Progress Software vulnerability ID'd in enormous burglary at Ontario's BORN

Cyber-crime26 Sep 2023 | 7

Data breach reveals distressing info: People who order pineapple on pizza

Pizza Hut Australia says 190,000 customers' info – including order history – has been accessed

Security21 Sep 2023 | 98

The Clorox Company admits cyberattack causing 'widescale disruption'

Back to 'manual' order processing for $7B household cleaning biz, financial impact will be 'material'

Cyber-crime19 Sep 2023 | 8

Rollbar might be good at tracking bugs, uninvited guests not so much

Company noticed data warehouse break-in via compromised account a month later

Cyber-crime14 Sep 2023 | 2

Airbus suffers data leak turbulence to cybercrooks' delight

Ransomware group nicked info from employee of airline, say researchers

Cyber-crime13 Sep 2023 | 1

Capita class action: 2,000 folks affected by data theft sign up

Pensioners, employees and medical pros among those aiming to be compensated for data exposure

Cyber-crime13 Sep 2023 | 13

Coffee Meets Bagel outage caused by cybercriminals deleting data and files

Did you potentially miss the love match of your life in week-long blackout? Nope, nobody could access it

Cyber-crime06 Sep 2023 | 3

Meatbag mishaps more menacing than malware? CISOs think so

Company boards, on the other hand, aren't letting cybersecurity disturb their sleep as much

Research06 Sep 2023 | 6

Northern Ireland's top cop quits after security breach, disciplinary controversy

Simon Byrne faced backlash over FoI blunder, plus claims officers were 'punished' to appease Sinn Féin

Security05 Sep 2023 | 2

Attackers accessed UK military data through high-security fencing firm's Windows 7 rig

Irony, not barbed wire, cuts the deepest

Cyber-crime04 Sep 2023 | 70

Apple opens annual applications for free hackable iPhones

Infosec in brief ALSO: Brazilian stalkerware database ripped by the short hairs, a fast fashion breach, and this week's critical vulns

Security04 Sep 2023 | 1

More UK cops' names and photos exposed in supplier breach

All 47,000 Met Police officers and staff reportedly accessed in break-in

Cyber-crime29 Aug 2023 | 36

Health, payment info for 1.2M people feared stolen from Purfoods in IT attack

Meal delivery biz leaves bitter taste

Cyber-crime28 Aug 2023 | 9

Whiffy malware stinks after tracking location via Wi-FI

Infosec in Brief ALSO: Euro chip maker breached, crims plan to undermine cyber insurance, and this week's critical vulnerabilities

Security28 Aug 2023 | 12

Leak of 75k employee records was insiders' fault, claims Tesla

Identity Access Management? What's that?

Security21 Aug 2023 | 7

Japan's digital minister surrenders salary to say sorry for data leaks

The My Number card mess remains unsolved as trust in e-government remains muted

Security17 Aug 2023 | 15