Security News

Xfinity discloses data breach after recent Citrix server hack
2023-12-19 00:03

Following an investigation into the impact of the security breach, Xfinity discovered on November 16 that the attackers also exfiltrated data belonging to an undisclosed number of customers from its systems. "After additional review of the affected systems and data, Xfinity concluded on December 6, 2023, that the customer information in scope included usernames and hashed passwords; for some customers, other information may also have been included, such as names, contact information, last four digits of social security numbers, dates of birth and/or secret questions and answers. However, the data analysis is continuing," the company said.

Mortgage giant Mr. Cooper data breach affects 14.7 million people
2023-12-18 13:40

Mr. Cooper is sending data breach notifications warning that a recent cyberattack has exposed the data of 14.7 million customers who have, or previously had, mortgages with the company.Mr. Cooper is a Dallas-based mortgage lending firm that employs approximately 9,000 people and has millions of customers.

MongoDB warns breach of internal systems exposed customer contact info
2023-12-18 02:25

Infosec in brief MongoDB on Saturday issued an alert warning of "a security incident involving unauthorized access to certain MongoDB corporate systems, which includes exposure of customer account metadata and contact information." At the time of posting, the NoSQL pioneer advised it was "Not aware of any exposure to the data that customers store in MongoDB Atlas." Atlas is the provider's multi-cloud database-as-a-service offering.

MongoDB Suffers Security Breach, Exposing Customer Data
2023-12-17 04:48

MongoDB on Saturday disclosed it's actively investigating a security incident that has led to unauthorized access to "certain" corporate systems, resulting in the exposure of customer account...

Delta Dental of California data breach exposed info of 7 million people
2023-12-15 14:53

Delta Dental of California and its affiliates are warning almost seven million patients that they suffered a data breach after personal data was exposed in a MOVEit Transfer software breach. Delta Dental of California is a dental insurance provider that covers 45 million people across 15 states and is part of the Delta Dental Plans Association.

Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7 million people
2023-12-15 14:53

Delta Dental of California is warning almost seven million patients that they suffered a data breach after personal data was exposed in a MOVEit Transfer software breach. Delta Dental is a dental insurance provider that covers 85 million people across 50 states, but this data breach notice concerns the California division of the company.

Crypto Hardware Wallet Ledger's Supply Chain Breach Results in $600,000 Theft
2023-12-15 13:01

Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger published a new version of its "@ledgerhq/connect-kit" npm module after unidentified threat actors pushed malicious code that led to the theft of more than...

U.S. nuclear research lab data breach impacts 45,000 people
2023-12-14 17:59

The research lab says in breach notification letters filed with the Maine Attorney General's Office this week that the attackers exfiltrated the data of 45,047 current and former employees, as well as their dependents and spouses. "The event did not impact INL's own network, or other networks or databases used by employees, lab customers or other contractors. The breach only impacted the cloud-based Oracle HCM test environment that resides off-site."INL said.

Northern Ireland cops count human cost of August data breach
2023-12-12 13:46

An official review of the Police Service of Northern Ireland's August data breach has revealed the full extent of the impact on staff. At the time of the data breach disclosure, the PSNI said no staff members were being relocated, but the review revealed that one officer decided to relocate themselves and their family out of concern for their safety.

Cold storage giant Americold discloses data breach after April malware attack
2023-12-11 17:50

Cold storage and logistics giant Americold has confirmed that over 129,000 employees and their dependents had their personal information stolen in an April attack, later claimed by Cactus ransomware.The April network breach led to an outage affecting the company's operations after Americold forced it to shut down its IT network to contain the breach and "Rebuild the impacted systems."