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Banco Santander warns of a data breach exposing customer info
2024-05-15 14:11

Banco Santander S.A. announced it suffered a data breach impacting customers after an unauthorized actor accessed a database hosted by one of its third-party service providers. [...]

Helsinki suffers data breach after hackers exploit unpatched flaw
2024-05-13 15:17

The City of Helsinki is investigating a data breach in its education division, which it discovered in late April 2024, impacting tens of thousands of students, guardians, and personnel."Considering the number of users in the city's services now and in previous years, in the worst case, this data breach affects over 80,000 students and their guardians."

Largest non-bank lender in Australia warns of a data breach
2024-05-12 14:16

Firstmac Limited is warning customers that it suffered a data breach a day after the new Embargo cyber-extortion group leaked over 500GB of data allegedly stolen from the firm. Yesterday, Have I Been Pwned creator Troy Hunt published on X a sample of the notification letter sent to Firstmac customers, informing them of a severe data breach.

Europol confirms web portal breach, says no operational data stolen
2024-05-11 12:36

Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only documents containing classified data."No operational information is processed on this EPE application. No core systems of Europol are affected and therefore, no operational data from Europol has been compromised."

Dell API abused to steal 49 million customer records in data breach
2024-05-10 19:30

The threat actor behind the recent Dell data breach revealed they scraped information of 49 million customer records using an partner portal API they accessed as a fake company. Yesterday, BleepingComputer reported that Dell had begun to send notifications warning customers that their personal data was stolen in a data breach.

'Four horsemen of cyber' look back on 2008 DoD IT breach that led to US Cyber Command
2024-05-10 13:00

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Dell warns of data breach, 49 million customers allegedly affected
2024-05-09 15:21

Dell is warning customers of a data breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen information for approximately 49 million customers.The computer maker began emailing data breach notifications to customers yesterday, stating that a Dell portal containing customer information related to purchases was breached.

Zscaler swats claims of a significant breach
2024-05-09 13:17

On Wednesday, a threat actor named "InteIBroker" put up for sale "Access to one of the largest cyber security companies" and immediately ignited speculation about which company it might be. Some six hours Zscaler confirmed that they discovered an isolated test environment on a single server that was exposed to the internet, but did not contain customer data.

Zscaler takes "test environment" offline after rumors of a breach
2024-05-08 23:30

Zscaler says that they discovered an exposed "Test environment" that was taken offline for analysis after rumors circulated that a threat actor was selling access to the company's systems. A Zscaler employee also shared on Mastodon that the company investigated the rumors and that they are "Completely inaccurate and unfounded."

City of Wichita breach claimed by LockBit ransomware gang
2024-05-08 16:16

The LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a disruptive cyberattack on the City of Wichita, which has forced the City's authorities to shut down IT systems used for online bill payment, including court fines, water bills, and public transportation. Earlier today, the LockBit ransomware group added Wichita to its extortion portal, threatening to publish all stolen files on the site by May 15, 2024, unless the City pays the ransom.