DOJ-Collected Information Exposed in Data Breach Affecting 340,000 

April 9, 2024 at 07:54AM Economic analysis and litigation support firm GMA notified 340,000 individuals of a data breach compromising personal and Medicare information. The incident, detected in May 2023, took eight months to investigate. The compromised data, obtained by the US Department of Justice, includes personal details and medical information. GMA is providing credit … Read more

Prudential Financial Data Breach Impacts 36,000

April 2, 2024 at 07:09AM Prudential Financial recently revealed a data breach impacting 36,000 individuals, involving unauthorized access to personal information such as names, addresses, and license numbers. The breach, attributed to the Alphv/BlackCat ransomware group, occurred on February 4, 2024. Prudential is offering credit monitoring and has reinforced security measures. No identity theft or … Read more

AT&T Confirms 73M Customers Affected in Data Leak

April 1, 2024 at 04:09PM AT&T denies unauthorized access but admits data set on Dark Web including sensitive customer information is genuine. Based on the meeting notes, the key takeaway is that AT&T denies unauthorized access but acknowledges that a data set containing sensitive customer information has been released on the Dark Web, affirming its … Read more

OWASP discloses data breach caused by wiki misconfiguration

April 1, 2024 at 03:29PM The OWASP Foundation has reported a data breach involving the exposure of some members’ resumes due to misconfiguration of its old Wiki web server. Tens of thousands of members were affected, with personal information like names, emails, and addresses exposed. OWASP took steps to address the breach and will notify … Read more

AT&T confirms data for 73 million customers leaked on hacker forum

March 30, 2024 at 12:58PM AT&T confirmed being affected by a data breach involving 73 million customers, after initially denying the leaked data originated from them. The data includes sensitive information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and in some cases, social security numbers and birth dates. AT&T has reset passcodes for 7.6 million impacted … Read more

Vans claims cyber crooks didn’t run off with its customers’ financial info

March 24, 2024 at 06:15AM Clothing and footwear company VF Corporation informed 35.5 million customers of a potential identity theft risk due to a security breach last year. The breach did not involve credit card or bank account details, but personal information may have been exposed. VF denies data theft related to financial information and … Read more

Cyber baddies leak 70M+ files online, claim they’re from AT&T

March 18, 2024 at 12:51PM Over 70 million records stolen from AT&T in 2021 were recently dumped on a cybercrime forum. The files contain personal information such as names, Social Security Numbers, and addresses. Despite initial denials, an underground source confirmed the legitimacy of the data. This breach follows a previous admission of a hack … Read more

AT&T says leaked data of 70 million people is not from its systems

March 17, 2024 at 07:24PM AT&T denied that the leaked data impacting 71 million people originated from its systems, following a hacker’s attempt to sell the data. Another hacker later leaked the data for free, containing personal information like names, addresses, and encrypted social security numbers. The source of the data remains a mystery, posing … Read more

Acer confirms Philippines employee data leaked on hacking forum

March 12, 2024 at 03:37PM Acer Philippines confirmed a data breach by a third-party vendor, leading to leaked employee data on a hacking forum. The company stated no direct breach of its systems and reassured no customer data was affected. Acer is working with cybersecurity experts and law enforcement in response to the incident. Multiple … Read more

Code injected into Tornado Cash on January 1 puts user funds at risk

February 27, 2024 at 09:29AM Malicious JavaScript code in a Tornado Cash governance proposal has leaked deposit notes to a private server for almost two months, compromising fund transaction privacy and security. Security researcher Gas404 discovered the code and urged stakeholders to veto the proposal. The compromised protocol introduced the code and Tornado Cash urges … Read more