Security News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cooler Master hit by data breach exposing customer information
2024-05-29 21:09

Computer hardware manufacturer Cooler Master has suffered a data breach after a threat actor breached the company's website and claimed to steal the Fanzone member information of 500,000 customers. Yesterday, a threat actor by the alias 'Ghostr' contacted BleepingComputer and claimed to have stolen 103 GB of data from Cooler Master on May 18th, 2024.

First American December data breach impacts 44,000 people
2024-05-28 22:22

First American Financial Corporation, the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, revealed Tuesday that a December cyberattack led to a breach impacting 44,000 individuals. As the financial services company shared in a statement published on December 21 providing very few details regarding the nature of the incident, First American was forced to take some of its systems offline today to contain the impact of a cyberattack.

Sav-Rx discloses data breach impacting 2.8 million Americans
2024-05-27 14:47

Prescription management company Sav-Rx is warning over 2.8 million people in the United States that it suffered a data breach, stating that their personal data was stolen in a 2023 cyberattack. According to the data breach notification, their investigation took almost eight months and was completed on April 30, 2024, with the help of third-party experts.