Security News

Nissan North America data breach impacts over 53,000 employees
2024-05-15 19:32

Nissan North America (Nissan) suffered a data breach last year when a threat actor targeted the company's external VPN and shut down systems to receive a ransom. [...]

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.

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.

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.

UK confirms Ministry of Defence payroll data exposed in data breach
2024-05-07 19:41

The UK Government confirmed today that a threat actor recently breached the country's Ministry of Defence and gained access to part of the Armed Forces payment network.The attacked system contained personal data belonging to active and reserve personnel as well as some recently retired veterans.

2024 Data Breach Investigations Report: Most breaches involve a non-malicious human element
2024-05-02 05:30

The exploitation of vulnerabilities as an initial point of entry almost tripled from the previous year, accounting for 14% of all breaches, according to Verizon's 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, which analyzed a record-high 30,458 security incidents and 10,626 confirmed breaches in 2023. "This year's DBIR findings reflect the evolving landscape that today's CISO's must navigate - balancing the need to address vulnerabilities quicker than ever before while investing in the continued employee education as it relates to ransomware and cybersecurity hygiene," said Craig Robinson, Research VP, Security Services at IDC. "The breadth and depth of the incidents examined in this report provides a window into how breaches are occurring, and despite the low-level of complexity are still proving to be incredibly costly for enterprises."

Panda Restaurants discloses data breach after corporate systems hack
2024-05-01 17:35

Panda Restaurant Group, the parent company of Panda Express, Panda Inn, and Hibachi-San, disclosed a data breach after attackers compromised its corporate systems in March and stole the personal information of an undisclosed number of individuals. The company discovered a data security breach on March 10, 2024, which affected some of its corporate systems but left in-store systems, operations, and guest experience unaffected.

Collection agency FBCS warns data breach impacts 1.9 million people
2024-04-29 14:23

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions is warning 1,955,385 impacted individuals in the United States that the company suffered a data breach after discovering unauthorized access to specific systems in its network. According to a data breach notification sample the firm shared with the authorities late last week, on February 26, 2024, it discovered that unauthorized actors had breached its network since February 14, 2024.