Security News

Snowflake denies breach, blames data theft on poorly secured customer accounts
2024-06-01 20:27

Snowflake is disputing claims made by a threat actor who stole data belonging to Santander and Ticketmaster, and maintains that the theft of customer data was the result of stolen customer login credentials. "We are aware of recent reports related to a potential compromise of the Snowflake production environment," cloud company Snowflake said in an update of Friday's warning about identity-based attacks targeting its customers.

Ticketmaster confirms massive breach after stolen data for sale online
2024-05-31 21:43

Live Nation has confirmed that Ticketmaster suffered a data breach after its data was stolen from a third-party cloud database provider, which is believed to be Snowflake. While the breach has allegedly exposed the data of over 560 million Ticketmaster users, the company states that they do not believe that the breach will have a material impact on the overall business operations or its financial condition.

Live Nation finally confirms massive Ticketmaster data breach
2024-05-31 21:43

Live Nation has confirmed that Ticketmaster suffered a data breach after its data was stolen from a third-party cloud database provider, which is believed to be Snowflake."On May 20, 2024, Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. identified unauthorized activity within a third-party cloud database environment containing Company data and launched an investigation with industry-leading forensic investigators to understand what happened," Live Nation shared in a Friday night SEC filing.

ShinyHunters claims Santander breach, selling data for 30M customers
2024-05-31 15:47

A threat actor known as ShinyHunters is claiming to be selling a massive trove of Santander Bank data, including information for 30 million customers, employees, and bank account data, two weeks after the bank reported a data breach. ShinyHunters is known for selling and leaking data from numerous companies over the years, including this week's alleged massive Ticketmaster data breach impacting 560 million people.

25,000 individuals affected in BBC Pension Scheme data breach
2024-05-31 13:02

Personal information of current and former BBC employees has been exposed in a data breach that affected the broadcaster's in-house pension scheme."On the 21 May, the BBC's information security team alerted us to a data security incident, in which some files containing personal information of BBC Pension Scheme members records were copied from a cloud-based data storage service used by our administration team," the BBC Pension and Benefits Centre said.

Data of 560 million Ticketmaster customers for sale after alleged breach
2024-05-30 20:34

A threat actor known as ShinyHunters is selling what they claim is the personal and financial information of 560 million Ticketmaster customers on the recently revived BreachForums hacking forum for $500,000. Ticketmaster has yet to reply to multiple requests from BleepingComputer to confirm the threat actor's claims and provide more information on this alleged breach.

Everbridge warns of corporate systems breach exposing business data
2024-05-30 15:45

Everbridge, an American software company focused on crisis management and public warning solutions, notified customers that unknown attackers had accessed files containing business and user data in a recent corporate systems breach. They breached Everbridge's corporate systems using information collected in a previous phishing attack targeting some of its employees.

Cooler Master confirms customer info stolen in data breach
2024-05-30 15:01

Computer hardware manufacturer Cooler Master has confirmed that it suffered a data breach on May 19, allowing a threat actor to steal customer data. The threat actor also shared data samples, allowing BleepingComputer to confirm with numerous customers listed in the breach that their data was accurate and that they recently requested support or an RMA from Cooler Master.

Cooler Master confirms customer data stolen in data breach
2024-05-30 15:01

Computer hardware manufacturer Cooler Master has confirmed that it suffered a data breach on May 19, allowing a threat actor to steal customer data. The threat actor also shared data samples, allowing BleepingComputer to confirm with numerous customers listed in the breach that their data was accurate and that they recently requested support or an RMA from Cooler Master.

BBC suffers data breach impacting current, former employees
2024-05-30 14:02

The BBC has disclosed a data security incident that occurred on May 21, involving unauthorized access to files hosted on a cloud-based service, compromising the personal information of BBC Pension Scheme members. As per the reports, the incident impacted roughly 25,000 people, including current and former employees of Britain's national public service broadcaster.