Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2020
Did H&M spy on its German employees? Privacy watchdog opens an investigation

A German privacy watchdog is investigating into clothing retailer H&M because it was allegedly spying on its customer service representatives in Germany. Hamburg’s data protection commissioner has launched an investigation into Swedish clothing retailer H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) amid evidence that the company was spying on its customer service representatives in Germany. According to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2020
Mozilla banned hundreds of malicious Firefox add-ons over the last weeks

Mozilla is intensifying the efforts to protect its users, in the last couple of weeks, the security staff has banned 200 malicious Firefox add-ons. Over the past two weeks, Mozilla has reviewed and banned 197 Firefox add-ons because they were executing malicious code. The malicious Firefox add-ons were found stealing user data and for this […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2020
THSuite data leak exposes cannabis users information

Experts found online an unsecured database owned by THSuite and used by point-of-sale systems in medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries. Data leak continues to be a frequent issue suffered by companies, news of the day is the discovery of an unsecured database owned by THSuite and used by point-of-sale systems in medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2020
250 Million Microsoft customer support records and PII exposed online

An expert discovered that over 250 million Microsoft customer support records might have been exposed along with some personally identifiable information. The popular researcher Bob Diachenko found an unprotected database containing over 250 million customer support records along with some personally identifiable information. The unprotected archive was containing support requests submitted to the tech giant […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 21, 2020
US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach

The US-based children’s clothing maker Hanna Andersson has disclosed a data breach that affected its customers. The US-based children’s clothing maker and online retailer Hanna Andersson discloses a data breach, attackers planted an e-skimmer on its e-commerce platform. Like other Magecart attacks, crooks compromised the online store and injected a JavaScript code into checkout pages to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2020
Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT

Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate information. Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data. According to the company, attackers did not obtain sensitive information about defense contracts. The breach was detected almost eight months ago, on June 28, 2019, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2020
P&N Bank data breach may have impacted 100,000 West Australians

P&N Bank discloses data breach, customer account information, balances exposed The Australian P&N Bank is notifying its customers a data breach that has exposed personally identifiable information (PII) and sensitive account data. P&N Bank, a division of Police & Nurses Limited and operating in Western Australia, suffered a data breach and is reporting the incident […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 15, 2020
Hacker offers for sale 49 million user records from US data broker LimeLeads

49 million user records from US data broker LimeLeads were available for sale on a hacking forum. 49 million user records from US data broker LimeLeads were available for sale on a hacking forum, the data were exposed on an Elasticsearch server. Exposed LimeLeads data contains full name, title, user email, employer/company name, company address, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2020
56.25 million US residents records collected by CheckPeople exposed on a Chinese server

A database containing the personal details of 56.25 million US residents that allegedly belongs to CheckPeople.com website was exposed online. A database containing the personal details of 56.25 million US residents that allegedly belongs to the CheckPeople.com website was exposed online on a server having a Chinese IP address. The huge trove of data includes […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2020
Medical info of 49,351 patients exposed in Alomere Health hospital breach

Minnesota-based Alomere Health discloses a data leak that exposed personal and medical information of 49,351 patients. Personal and medical information of 49,351 patients of Minnesota-based Alomere Health might have been exposed following the compromise of two employees’ email accounts. Alomere Health is a general medical and surgical hospital in Alexandria, MN, with 127 beds. It is accredited […]