Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini July 30, 2019
Capital One data breach: hacker accessed details of 106M customers before its arrest

Capital One, one of the largest U.S. –card issuer and financial corporation suffered a data breach that exposed personal information from more than 100 million credit applications. A hacker that goes online with the handle “erratic” breached the systems at Capital One and gained access to personal information from 106 million Capital One credit applications. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2019
Stock trading service Robinhood stored passwords in plaintext for some users

Stock trading service Robinhood announced that the passwords of a number of users were stored in plaintext, the company is informing impacted ones. Stock trading service Robinhood admitted to have stored passwords of a number of users in plain text, the company is informing impacted ones via email. “When you set a password for your […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2019
Hackers published a list of allegedly phished Discord login credentials

Last week, hackers published a list of Discord credentials (email addresses/passwords) that were allegedly phished from the users of the gaming chat platform. Last week, a group of hackers published a list of Discord login credentials (email addresses and passwords) that were allegedly phished from the users of the gaming chat platform. Fortunately, the list […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2019
WSJ says Equifax to Pay $700 million settlement for 2017 breach

The Wall Street Journal revealed that Equifax will pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over the 2017 data breach. According to The Wall Street Journal, Equifax will pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over the 2017 data breach. The security breach suffered by Equifax in 2017 exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 20, 2019
0v1ru$ hackers breach FSB contractor SyTech and expose Russian intel projects

SyTech, a contractor for the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) has been hacked, attackers stole data about internal projects. Attackers have hacked SyTech, a contractor for the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB), and exfiltrated data about internal projects. According to the Russian media, SyTech has been working with FSB […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 19, 2019
Slack resetting passwords for roughly 1% of its users

Slack is resetting passwords for accounts belonging to users that have not secured them after the data breach suffered by the company in 2015. Slack announced it is resetting passwords for accounts belonging to users that have not secured them after the data breach suffered by the company in 2015. “In response to new information […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2019
Sprint revealed that hackers compromised some customer accounts via Samsung site

US telecommunications company Sprint revealed that hackers compromised an unknown number of customer accounts via the Samsung.com “add a line” website. The mobile network operator Sprint disclosed a security breach, the company revealed that hackers compromised an unknown number of customer accounts via the Samsung.com “add a line” website. “On June 22, Sprint was informed of unauthorized […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 16, 2019
Mysterious hackers steal data of over 70% of Bulgarians

Hackers stole data of millions of Bulgarians, and sent it to local media, According to the media the source could be the National Revenue Agency. Hackers have exfiltrated data from a Bulgarian government system, likely the National Revenue Agency (NRA), and have shared it with the local media. The hackers have stolen the personal details […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2019
Hackers stole $32 million from Bitpoint cryptocurrency exchange

BITPoint Japan-based cryptocurrency announced that hackers have stolen more than $32 million (3.5 billion yen) worth of cryptocurrency due to a cyber attack. BITPoint Japan-based cryptocurrency was victim of a cyber attack, the Remixpoint’s subsidiary announced that hackers have stolen more than $32 million (3.5 billion yen) worth of cryptocurrency. BITPoint discovered the security breach […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2019
UK ICO proposes a $123 million fine for Marriott 2014 data breach

The UK’s data privacy regulator plans to fine giant hotel chain Marriott International with a ÂŁ99 million ($123 million) under GDPR over 2014 data breach. The company replied that it will fight against the fine, it could reply to the UK ICO’s proposal before the final determination. The UK’s data privacy regulator announced that the giant hotel […]