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Japan-based systems integrator NTT Communications has disclosed a recent data breach that it said impacted hundreds of customers. NTT Communications did not clarify what kind of data may have been accessed, nor did it mention how attackers were able to move laterally on the network.

Minted, an online marketplace of crowdsourced art and graphic designs, this week confirmed that it was the victim of a data breach earlier this month. Information on a security incident affecting Minted became public several weeks ago, when a hacking group referred to as Shiny Hunters started advertising user records stolen in multiple fresh data breaches, including information exfiltrated from Minted.

NTT Communications, a subsidiary of Japanese tech giant NTT Corp, on Thursday disclosed a data breach impacting hundreds of customers. In a post on its Japanese-language website, NTT Com, a provider of information and communications technology solutions, said it detected unauthorized access to some systems on May 7 and over the following week it determined that some files may have been stolen.

One of these, the popular Kroger's Home Chef service, recently served up a side of data breach along with its perfectly measured ingredients. According to a notice posted on the Home Chef website, the company "Recently learned of a data security incident impacting select customer information." That info includes email addresses, names, phone numbers, encrypted passwords and the last four digits of credit-card numbers.

Some Florida residents who have made unemployment claims may have had personal data stolen, officials said Thursday. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity has notified 98 people who were part of a data breach associated with unemployment claims, agency spokeswoman Paige Landrum said in an email.

Subscription meal kit service Home Chef has confirmed that it recently suffered a data breach impacting customer information. Earlier this month, a group of hackers referred to as 'Shiny Hunters' started advertising on the dark web data stolen in several fresh data breaches, including information claimed to have been stolen from Home Chef.

British low-cost airline group EasyJet has revealed on Tuesday that it "Has been the target of an attack from a highly sophisticated source" and that it has suffered a data breach. The result? Email address and travel details of approximately 9 million customers and credit card details of 2,208 customers were accessed.

British low-cost airline EasyJet today admitted that the company has fallen victim to a cyber-attack, which it labeled "Highly sophisticated," exposing email addresses and travel details of around 9 million of its customers. In an official statement released today, EasyJet confirmed that of the 9 million affected users, a small subset of customers, i.e., 2,208 customers, have also had their credit card details stolen, though no passport details were accessed.

British low-cost airline EasyJet today admitted that the company has fallen victim to a cyber-attack, which it labeled "Highly sophisticated," exposing email addresses and travel details of around 9 million of its customers. In an official statement released today, EasyJet confirmed that of the 9 million affected users, a small subset of customers, i.e., 2,208 customers, have also had their credit card details stolen, though no passport details were accessed.

While DoS attacks use differing tactics, they most commonly involve sending junk network traffic to overwhelm and crash systems. Cyber espionage attacks meanwhile have seen a downward spiral, dropping from making up 13.5 percent of breaches in 2018 to a mere 3.2 percent of data breaches in 2019.