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The national Dutch police (Politie) says that a state actor was likely behind the data breach it detected last week. [...]
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) federal agency announced earlier this month that health and personal information of more than three million health plan beneficiaries was exposed...
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The Walt Disney Company is reportedly ditching Slack after a July data breach exposed over 1TB of confidential messages and files posted to the company's internal communication channels. [...]
Dell has confirmed to BleepingComputer that they are investigating recent claims that it suffered a data breach after a threat actor leaked the data for over 10,000 employees. [...]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached a $13 million settlement with AT&T to resolve a probe into whether the telecom giant failed to protect customer data after a vendor's cloud...
DNA testing giant 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit over a data breach that exposed the personal information of 6.4 million customers in 2023. [...]
Fortinet, a leading cybersecurity company, has confirmed a data breach after a threat actor, using the alias "Fortibitch," claimed to have stolen 440GB of data from its Microsoft SharePoint server hosted on Azure. Fortinet provides secure networking products like firewalls, routers, and VPNs, alongside services like SIEM, EDR/XDR, and consulting. The breach was first reported on a hacking forum, where the attacker shared credentials to an S3 bucket allegedly containing the stolen files. While the threat actor attempted to extort Fortinet, the company refused to pay the ransom.Fortinet has acknowledged that a limited amount of customer data was stolen from a third-party cloud-based file drive. However, the company did not disclose the exact number of customers affected or the type of compromised data. Fortinet later updated its website, clarifying that less than 0.3% of its customer base was impacted and that no malicious activity had been directed toward these customers as a result of the breach. Additionally, Fortinet assured that the incident did not involve ransomware, data encryption, or unauthorized access to its corporate network.
Payment gateway provider Slim CD has disclosed a data breach that compromised credit card and personal data belonging to almost 1.7 million individuals. [...]
American car rental giant Avis disclosed a data breach after attackers breached one of its business applications last month and stole customer personal information. [...]