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UK and Canada's data chiefs join forces to investigate 23andMe mega-breach
2024-06-11 13:30

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Pure Storage confirms data breach after Snowflake account hack
2024-06-11 12:48

Pure Storage, a leading provider of cloud storage systems and services, confirmed on Monday that attackers breached its Snowflake workspace and gained access to what the company describes as telemetry information. "Following a thorough investigation, Pure Storage has confirmed and addressed a security incident involving a third party that had temporarily gained unauthorized access to a single Snowflake data analytics workspace," the storage company said.

Snowflake Breach Exposes 165 Customers' Data in Ongoing Extortion Campaign
2024-06-11 06:52

As many as 165 customers of Snowflake are said to have had their information potentially exposed as part of an ongoing campaign designed to facilitate data theft and extortion, indicating the...

Cylance confirms data breach linked to 'third-party' platform
2024-06-10 17:42

Cybersecurity company Cylance confirmed the legitimacy of data being sold on a hacking forum, stating that it is old data stolen from a "Third-party platform."The data allegedly includes a substantial amount of information, such as 34,000,000 customer and employee emails and personally identifiable information belonging to Cylance customers, partners, and employees.

23andMe data breach under investigation in UK and Canada
2024-06-10 15:00

Privacy authorities in Canada and the United Kingdom have launched a joint investigation to assess the scope of sensitive customer information exposed in last year's 23andMe data breach. The joint investigation will also examine if 23andMe alerted affected individuals and the privacy regulators as required by Canadian and UK privacy and data protection laws.

Christie's starts notifying clients of RansomHub data breach
2024-06-07 19:04

British auction house Christie's is notifying individuals whose data was stolen by the RansomHub ransomware gang in a recent network breach. While Christie's didn't name the attackers behind the May breach, the RansomHub gang added the auction house to its dark web leak portal, claiming it had breached its systems and stolen sensitive client data.

Frontier warns 750,000 of a data breach after extortion threats
2024-06-07 18:45

Frontier Communications is warning 750,000 customers that their information was exposed in a data breach after an April cyberattack claimed by the RansomHub ransomware operation. "On April 14, 2024, we detected unauthorized access to some of our internal IT systems," reads the data breach notification sent to impacted customers.

Frontier warns 750,000 of a data breach after extortion threats
2024-06-07 18:45

Frontier Communications is warning 750,000 customers that their information was exposed in a data breach after an April cyberattack claimed by the RansomHub ransomware operation."On April 14, 2024, we detected unauthorized access to some of our internal IT systems," reads the data breach notification sent to impacted customers.

Australian mining company discloses breach after BianLian leaks data
2024-06-04 22:10

Northern Minerals issued an announcement earlier today warning that it suffered a cybersecurity breach resulting in some of its stolen data being published on the dark web. The firm is publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker 'NTU,' so it is legally obliged to disclose any data breach incidents promptly.

Collection agency FBCS ups data breach tally to 3.2 million people
2024-06-03 23:11

Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions now says over 3.2 million people have been impacted by a data breach that occurred in February. In late April, the firm reported that roughly 1.9 million people in the U.S. had sensitive personal information compromised in a data breach incident on February 14, 2024.