Data Breach

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 £99 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 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2019
Maryland Department of Labor discloses a data breach

The Maryland Department of Labor announced it has suffered a data breach announced that exposed personally identifiable information.  The Maryland Department of Labor suffered a data breach, hackers accessed databases containing personally identifiable information (PII). The security breach was discovered earlier this year, hackers also accessed data stored in the Literacy Works Information System and […]

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 03, 2019
Chinese smart home solutions vendor Orvibo leaks two billion user logs

Experts found a Chinese smart home solutions vendor that has been leaking billions of logs from devices managed via its cloud platform. Experts at vpnMentor discovered a massive data leak in Orvibo’s user database. The research team, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, has found an open database managed by Orvibo Smart Home vendor. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 220 – 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! Expert released PoC for Outlook for Android flaw addressed by Microsoft Hundreds of million computers potentially exposed to hack due to a flaw in PC-Doctor component NASA hacked! An […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2019
Attunity data leak: Netflix, Ford, TD Bank data exposed by Open AWS Buckets

Attunity data integration and big data management firm exposed a significant amount of sensitive data through unprotected Amazon S3 buckets. Data integration and big data management firm Attunity exposed a significant amount of sensitive data through unprotected Amazon S3 buckets. The company, owned by Qlik, provides solutions to over 2,000 enterprises and half of the […]

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 25, 2019
SocialEngineered forum hacked and data leaked online

SocialEngineered.net is a forum dedicated to social engineering discussions, it has been compromised data of its users was leaked on a hacker forum. SocialEngineered.net, the forum dedicated to social engineering topics, announced it has suffered a data breach two weeks ago. Hackers accessed data from tens of thousands of members and leaked them online on […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 23, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 219 – 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! Bella Thorne published her private nude photos before a hacker that was threatening her Linux worm spreading via Exim servers hit Azure customers New Echobot Botnet targets Oracle, VMware […]