Security News

Multiple Airlines Impacted by Data Breach at Aviation IT Firm SITA
2021-03-05 14:42

SITA, a multinational company that specializes in air transport communications and IT, this week confirmed falling victim to a cyberattack that appears to have impacted multiple airlines around the world. SITA said on Thursday that the attack, which it described as "Highly sophisticated," affected certain passenger data stored on servers of SITA Passenger Service System Inc., which operates passenger processing systems for airlines.

Malaysia Air Downplays Frequent-Flyer Program Data Breach
2021-03-03 21:15

Malaysia Airlines sent out an email to frequent flyer program members assuring them that there's "No evidence" their personal data has been misused in the wake of a supply-chain attack via a third-party vendor. Malaysia Airlines' frequent flyer program, Enrich, was breached sometime around March 2010 - and remained exposed until June 2019, leaving thousands of members' personal data, including name, date of birth, gender, contact information, ID number, status and tier level unprotected, an email sent out to members from the company said.

Malaysia Airlines discloses a nine-year-long data breach
2021-03-02 18:13

Malaysia Airlines has suffered a data breach spanning nine yearsof data that exposed the personal information of members in its Enrich frequent flyer program. Starting yesterday, Malaysia Airlines began emailing members of their Enrich rewards program to disclose that they were affected by a data breach.

Oxfam Australia confirms data breach after stolen info sold online
2021-03-02 15:47

Oxfam Australia has confirmed a data breach after suffering a cyberattack and their donor databases put up for sale on a hacker forum in January. Last month, BleepingComputer was the first to report that a threat actor was selling a stolen Oxfam Australia database containing 1.7 million user records.

European e-ticketing platform Ticketcounter extorted in data breach
2021-03-01 22:35

A Dutch e-Ticketing platform has suffered a data breach after a user database containing 1.9 million unique email addresses was stolen from an unsecured staging server. Ticketcounter has confirmed the data breach to both BleepingComputer and Troy Hunt of Have I Been Pwned, who spoke to the company's owner after receiving the database.

T-Mobile discloses data breach after SIM swapping attacks
2021-02-26 20:18

American telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after an unknown number of customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. The FBI shared guidance on how to defend against SIM swapping following an increase in the number of SIM hijacking attacks targeting cryptocurrency adopters and investors.

VC giant Sequoia Capital discloses data breach after failed BEC attack
2021-02-25 14:36

American VC firm Sequoia Capital has disclosed a data breach following what looks like a failed business email compromise attack from January. Since its founding in 1972, the venture capital firm Sequoia has invested in a long list of high-profile companies.

VC giant Sequoia discloses data breach after failed BEC attack
2021-02-25 14:36

American VC firm Sequoia Capital has disclosed a data breach following what looks like a failed business email compromise attack from January. Since its founding in 1972, the venture capital firm Sequoia has invested in a long list of high-profile companies.

Kroger data breach highlights urgent need to replace legacy, end-of-life tools
2021-02-24 14:17

Kroger became the latest major company to announce a data breach, acknowledging in a statement that information from some current and former employees as well as customers of Kroger Health and Money Services were impacted by an attack on a third-party file transfer tool from Accellion. The company said it is in the process of contacting victims but confirmed that none of its IT systems or any grocery store systems or data were affected by the breach.

VC Giant Sequoia Capital Informs Investors of Data Breach
2021-02-23 12:14

Silicon Valley-based venture capital giant Sequoia Capital informed investors last week that their information may have been compromised in a data breach. Axios, which broke the news on Saturday, said investors were told that some of their personal and financial information may have been accessed after a Sequoia employee fell victim to an email phishing attack.