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“Have I Been Pwned” breach site partners with… the FBI!
2021-06-02 18:55

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Canada Post Says 950,000 Customers Hit by Breach at Supplier
2021-05-28 13:35

Canada Post, the primary postal operator in Canada, has informed 44 of its large business customers that some information was compromised as a result of a malware attack at a supplier. The impacted supplier is Commport Communications, an electronic data interchange provider that Canada Post uses to manage shipping manifest data for large parcel business customers.

Canada Post hit by data breach after supplier ransomware attack
2021-05-27 18:08

Canada Post has informed 44 of its large commercial customers that a ransomware attack on a third-party service provider exposed shipping information for their customers. Yesterday, Canada Post disclosed that a third-party supplier named Commport Communications suffered a ransomware attack where threat actors accessed data stored in their systems.

Japanese Ministries Confirm Impact from Fujitsu Data Breach
2021-05-27 17:59

Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism this week confirmed impact from a data breach at service provider Fujitsu Limited. Earlier this week, the Japanese multinational provider of IT services and products confirmed it suffered a cyberattack resulting in unauthorized access to ProjectWEB, a tool that allows organizations to share data within and outside their environments.

Domino's India discloses data breach after hackers sell data online
2021-05-25 18:37

Domino's India has disclosed a data breach after a threat actor hacked their systems and sold their stolen data on a hacking forum. In April 2021, a threat actor created a new topic on a hacking forum where they claimed to be selling 13 TB of stolen data, including details for 18 crores orders and 1 million credit cards, from Domino's India.

Audio maker Bose discloses data breach after ransomware attack
2021-05-24 23:47

Bose Corporation has disclosed a data breach following a ransomware attack that hit the company's systems in early March. The audio maker hired external security experts to restore impacted systems after the attack and forensic experts to determine if any of its data was accessed or exfiltrated by the attackers.

Air India admits to data breach impacting 4.5m customers, sat on the news for five weeks
2021-05-24 05:58

India's flag carrier, Air India, has admitted it fell foul of the data breach at aviation information services provider SITA, and that its disclosure comes five weeks after it was notified of the situation. A new statement [PDF] from the airline says that personal data describing around 4.5 million of its customers leaked when SITA revealed it had been breached in March 2021.

Air India data breach impacts 4.5 million customers
2021-05-21 18:48

Air India disclosed a data breach after personal information belonging to roughly 4.5 million of its customers was leaked two months following the hack of Passenger Service System provider SITA in February 2021. "This is to inform that SITA PSS our data processor of the passenger service system had recently been subjected to a cybersecurity attack leading to personal data leak of certain passengers," Air India said in a breach notification sent over the weekend.

E-commerce giant suffers major data breach in Codecov incident
2021-05-21 09:26

E-commerce platform Mercari has disclosed a major data breach incident that occurred due to exposure from the Codecov supply-chain attack. Today, e-commerce giant Mercari has disclosed major impact from the Codecov supply-chain attack on its customer data.

Student health insurance carrier Guard.me suffers a data breach
2021-05-18 00:57

Me is one of the world's largest insurance carriers specializing in providing health insurance to students while traveling or studying abroad in another country. Me discovered suspicious activity on their website that led them to take down their website.