February 12, 2024 at 02:32AM
French citizens’ data has been exposed in a significant security breach involving two healthcare payment services. Over 33 million customers’ data was stolen, with personal information compromised. A warning has been issued about potential phishing attacks. Juniper experienced a leak of its customers’ device information, while Cisco warns of serious vulnerabilities in its Expressway Series devices. In Canada, the government plans to ban the use of the Flipper Zero due to concerns about car theft. Additionally, a Florida man has been sentenced for dark web ID theft while already in prison for related offenses.
From the provided meeting notes, the key takeaways are:
1. A massive security breach at two third-party healthcare payment servicers in France has led to the exposure of data belonging to more than 33 million customers, with no banking info, medical data, or contact information compromised.
2. French officials are warning that the stolen data could be used in phishing attacks or social engineering schemes.
3. Networking company Juniper had a support portal flaw that allowed searches on the name of any customer and the production of a list of devices they had acquired and registered with Juniper.
4. Cisco has warned of serious cross-site request forgery vulnerabilities in its Expressway Series devices and has made patches available to address the issue.
5. Canadian public safety officials are pursing avenues to ban the Flipper Zero device out of fear it could be used to help criminals steal cars.
6. Damien Dennis, while already serving time in prison for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft, has pled guilty to additional aggravated ID theft charges in Georgia, which has led to an extension of his sentence and a fine.
These are the main highlights gleaned from the meeting notes. Let me know if you need further information on any of these topics.