Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2024
Highly sensitive files mysteriously disappeared from EUROPOL headquarters

Serious security breach hits EU police agency A batch of highly sensitive files containing the personal information of top Europol executives mysteriously disappeared last summer The website Politico reported that the Europol has suffered a serious security breach, a batch of sensitive files of top law enforcement officials, including Europol Executive Director Catherine De Bolle, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 02, 2024
PandaBuy data breach allegedly impacted over 1.3 million customers

Threat actors claimed the hack of the PandaBuy online shopping platform and leaked data belonging to more than 1.3 million customers. At least two threat actors claimed the hack of the PandaBuy online shopping platform and leaked data of more than 1.3 million customers on a cybercrime forum. The member of the BreachForums ‘Sanggiero’ announced […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 01, 2024
OWASP discloses a data breach

The OWASP Foundation disclosed a data breach that impacted some members due to a misconfiguration of an old Wiki web server. The OWASP Foundation has disclosed a data breach that impacted some of its members. The OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on improving the security of software. It […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2024
AT&T confirmed that a data breach impacted 73 million customers

AT&T confirmed that a data breach impacted 73 million current and former customers after its data were leaked on a cybercrime forum. In March 2024, more than 70,000,000 records from an unspecified division of AT&T were leaked onto Breached forum, vx-underground researchers reported. The researchers confirmed that the leaked data is legitimate, however, it is […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2024
American fast-fashion firm Hot Topic hit by credential stuffing attacks

Hot Topic suffered credential stuffing attacks that exposed customers’ personal information and partial payment data. Hot Topic, Inc. is an American fast-fashion company specializing in counterculture-related clothing and accessories, as well as licensed music. The company was the victim of credential stuffing attacks against its website and mobile application on November 18-19 and November 25, 2023. The attackers detected suspicious login activity […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 27, 2024
INC Ransom stole 3TB of data from the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland

The INC Ransom extortion group hacked the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland and is threatening to leak three terabytes of alleged stolen data. The INC Ransom extortion gang added the National Health Service (NHS) of Scotland to the list of victims on its Tor leak site. The cybercrime group claims to have stolen three terabytes of […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 18, 2024
Email accounts of the International Monetary Fund compromised

Threat actors compromised at least 11 International Monetary Fund (IMF) email accounts earlier this year, the organization revealed. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) disclosed a security breach, threat actors compromsed 11 email accounts earlier this year. The agency discovered the incident on February 16, 2024, and immediately launched an investigation with the help of cybersecurity […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2024
Threat actors leaked 70,000,000+ records allegedly stolen from AT&T

Researchers at vx-underground first noticed that more than 70,000,000 records from AT&T were leaked on the Breached hacking forum. More than 70,000,000 records from an unspecified division of AT&T were leaked onto Breached, vx-underground researchers reported. The researchers confirmed that the leaked data is legitimate, however, it is still unclear if the information was stolen […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 16, 2024
France Travail data breach impacted 43 Million people

Unemployment agency France Travail (PĂ´le Emploi) recently suffered a data breach that could impact 43 million people. On August 2023, the French government employment agency PĂ´le emploi suffered a data breach and notified 10 million individuals impacted by the security breach. The press release published by the agency states that its information systems are not […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2024
Nissan Oceania data breach impacted roughly 100,000 people

The ransomware attack that hit the systems of Nissan Oceania in December 2023 impacted roughly 100,000 individuals. Nissan Oceania, the regional division of the multinational carmaker, announced in December 2023 that it had suffered a cyber attack and launched an investigation into the incident. Nissan immediately notified the Australian Cyber Security Centre and the New […]