Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2023
New England Biolabs leak sensitive data

On September 18th, the Cybernews research team discovered two publicly hosted environment files (.env) attributed to New England Biolabs. Leaving environment files open to the public is one of the simplest mistakes that web admins can make, but it can have disastrous consequences. Despite leaving some of its sensitive credentials exposed, New England Biolabs seems […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2023
City of Philadelphia suffers a data breach

The City of Philadelphia discloses a data breach that resulted from a cyber attack that took place on May 24 and that compromised City email accounts. The City of Philadelphia announced it is investigating a data breach after attackers that threat actors broke some of City email accounts containing personal and protected health information. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2023
A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal

A threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal used by law enforcement agencies to request data relating to users under investigation. Cyber security researcher Alon Gal, co-founder & CTO of Hudson Rock, first reported that a threat actor is selling access to Facebook and Instagram’s Police Portal. The portal allows law […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 21, 2023
Threat actors breached Okta support system and stole customers’ data

Okta revealed that threat actors breached its support case management system and stole sensitive data that can be used in future attacks. Okta says that threat actors broke into its support case management system and stole authentication data, including cookies and session tokens, that can be abused in future attacks to impersonate valide users. Okta […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2023
Californian IT company DNA Micro leaks private mobile phone data

Hundreds of thousands of clients who opted-in for a screen warranty were exposed when DNA Micro leaked data from its systems. The Cybernews research team found that DNA Micro, a California-based IT company, exposed the sensitive data of more than 820,000 customers due to a misconfiguration in its systems. The victims most affected by the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2023
D-Link confirms data breach, but downplayed the impact

Taiwanese manufacturer D-Link confirmed a data breach after a threat actor offered for sale on BreachForums stolen data. The global networking equipment and technology company D-Link confirmed a data breach after a threat actor earlier this month offered for sale on the BreachForums platform the stolen data. The company became aware of the a claim of data […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2023
The Alphv ransomware gang stole 5TB of data from the Morrison Community Hospital

The Alphv ransomware group added the Morrison Community Hospital to its dark web leak site. Threat actors continue to target hospitals. The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware group claims to have hacked the Morrison Community Hospital and added it to its dark web Tor leak site. The group claims to have stolen 5TB of patients’ and employee’s information, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2023
Air Europa data breach exposed customers’ credit cards

Airline Air Europa disclosed a data breach and warned customers to cancel their credit cards after threat actors accessed their card information. Air Europa is a Spanish airline and a subsidiary of the Globalia Corporation. It operates as a full-service carrier, providing passenger and cargo services to various destinations, both domestic and international. Air Europa […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2023
Flagstar Bank suffered a data breach once again

Flagstar Bank announced a data breach suffered by a third-party service provider exposed the personal information of over 800,000 US customers. Flagstar Bank is warning 837,390 US customers that their personal information was exposed after threat actors breached the third-party service provider Fiserv. Flagstar Bank is an American commercial bank headquartered in Troy, Michigan, it is a […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2023
Ransomware attack on MGM Resorts costs $110 Million

Hospitality and entertainment company MGM Resorts announced that the costs of the recent ransomware attack costs exceeded $110 million. In September the hospitality and entertainment company MGM Resorts was hit by a ransomware attack that shut down its systems at MGM Hotels and Casinos. The incident affected hotel reservation systems in the United States and […]