data breach

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 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 08, 2019
UK ICO fines British Airways £183 Million under GDPR over 2018 security breach

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined British Airways with £183 million for failing to protect its customers’ data during last year’s security breach. The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined British Airways with £183 million for failing to protect the personal information of roughly 500,000 customers during 2018 security breach. “Following an extensive investigation the ICO […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 07, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 221 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Bulgarian IT expert arrested after disclosing a flaw in kindergarten software Germany and the Netherlands agreded to build TEN, the first ever joint military internet Germany and the Netherlands […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2019
US-based Cloud Solution Provider PCM Inc. hacked

Hackers breached the infrastructure of PCM Inc., one of the major U.S.-based cloud solution provider, and accessed to email and file sharing systems for some of its clients. Hackers breached the infrastructure of PCM Inc., one of the major U.S.-based cloud solution provider. According to the popular investigator Brian Krebs, the attackers gained access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 21, 2019
Credit Union Giant Desjardins suffered a massive data breach

Desjardins credit union announced a data breach that exposed personal banking information of 2.9 million customers. The nation’s largest credit union, one of the largest in the world, confirmed it suffered a data leak that exposed personal banking information of 2.9 Million customers. The security breach occurred in December, but law enforcement only revealed it […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2019
Oregon Department of Human Services data breach impacted 645,000 clients

Oregon Department of Human Services announced it was a victim of a data breach in January, roughly 645,000 potentially impacted. Oregon Department of Human Services officials confirmed that the organization has suffered a data breach that has exposed personal details and health information of 645,000 clients. The incident happened in January and the Oregon Department […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 19, 2019
Eatstreet, the online food ordering service disclosed a security breach

Eatstreet, the online food ordering service, disclosed a security breach that exposed customer payment card data and details of partners EatStreet, an online and mobile food ordering service, disclosed a security breach that exposed customer payment card data and details of delivery and restaurant partners Attackers breached the company network on May 3 stole data […]