Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini July 12, 2017
More than 14 Million Verizon Customers’ records exposed by a third party firm

Data belonging to 14 million U.S.-based Verizon customers have been exposed on an unprotected AWS Server by a partner of the telecommunications company. The notorious security expert Chris Vickery, UpGuard director of cyber risk research. as made another disconcerting discovery, more than 14 million US customers’ personal details have been exposed after the third-party vendor NICE left the sensitive […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2017
US Food Payment Kiosk Vendor Avanti Markets Hacked, Biometric data stolen

US payment kiosk vendor Avanti Markets that installs its self-service payment devices in corporate breakrooms across America suffered a security breach. The US payment kiosk vendor Avanti Markets that installs its self-service payment devices in thousands of corporate breakrooms across America suffered a security breach. According to the popular investigator Brian Krebs who first reported the news, the systems of the company were infected […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 10, 2017
Reliance Jio systems allegedly hacked. It should be the biggest breach of personal data ever in India

Data allegedly stolen from the Reliance Jio systems were available online, It should be the biggest breach of personal data ever in India. The week starts with the news of another clamorous data breach, personal details of some 120 Million customers of the Indian company Reliance Jio were exposed. If it will be confirmed, the incident is […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2017
Hard Rock and Loews hotel chains notified guests of security breaches

Hard Rock and Loews hotel chains notified guests of security breaches, the incidents are linked to hack of the SynXis platform provided by the Sabre firm. It has happened again, the Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos franchise is alerting guests about a possible data breach. Customers have to monitor their bank account for suspicious activity […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2017
Bithumb, the fourth largest Bitcoin exchange has been hacked

Bithumb, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin and Ether crypto currencies exchanges, has been hacked. Over $1 Million worth Bitcoin and Ether stolen. Bithumb, one of the world’s largest Bitcoin and Ether crypto currencies exchanges, has been hacked. The hackers have stolen more than $1 Million in crypto currencies from the accounts of several users of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 05, 2017
Why AA didn’t inform customers after a massive data leak

A backup containing sensitive information on more than 100,000 AA customers was exposed online, but the company didn’t disclose the incident. UK car insurance company AA is being heavily criticized over its handling of a data breach that exposed customer email addresses and partial credit card number in April. A server misconfiguration is the root cause […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2017
Google employees affected by the Sabre data breach

Google has notified some employees that they may have been hit by the data breach suffered by travel technology firm Sabre. In May, the Travel Tech Giant Sabre confirmed in a SEC filing it was “investigating an incident involving unauthorized access to payment information contained in a subset of hotel reservations processed through the Sabre Hospitality Solutions SynXis […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2017
8tracks data leak exposed 18 million user accounts

The Music streaming service 8tracks suffered a major data leak, 18 million user accounts have been exposed and is available online. Music streaming service 8tracks has been affected by a major data leak that exposed ‘millions’ of customer details. The leak seems to have been caused by a staffer that erroneously exposed 18 million user accounts. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2017
UK.gov accidental data leak. Users’ details left publicly accessible on a third-party site

UK.gov leaves data dashboard users’ details on publicly accessible on a third-party system. Users are urge to reset their password. Are you a user of the UK Government website UK.gov? Change your password now! Users of the government’s data dashboard have been notified that their information was accidentally made public so they urge to change their […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2017
Anthem agreed to pay $115m to settle a class-action suit brought on by the 2015 data breach

Anthem, the largest US healthcare insurance company, has agreed to pay $115m to settle a class-action suit brought on by the 2015 data breach. Anthem, the largest US healthcare insurance company, has agreed to pay $115m to settle a class-action suit brought on by the 2015 data breach. The attack on Anthem exposed 78.8 million records and according […]