Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2021
Hackers breached a data server of the University Medical Center

The University Medical Center hospital discloses a data breach after threat actors published online images of stolen personal information as proof of the hack. The University Medical Center hospital, in Nevada, discloses a security breach, the hackers compromised its data servers and published online the pictures of the allegedly stolen personal information. Early this week, […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2021
Freshly scraped LinkedIn data of 88,000 US business owners shared online

About a week after scraped data from more than 700 million LinkedIn profiles were put for sale online, it seems that threat actors have no intention of stopping their abuse of the social media platform’s scrape-friendly systems.  Hours ago, a 68MB JSON database containing LinkedIn data recently collected from 88,000 US business owners was shared on […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2021
New LinkedIn breach exposes data of 700 Million users

A new massive LinkedIn breach made the headlines, the leak reportedly exposes the data of 700M users, more than 92% of the total 756M users. A new massive LinkedIn breach made the headlines, a database containing data of 700M users, more than 92% of the total 756M users, is available for sale on forums on […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2021
Mercedes-Benz data breach impacted roughly 1000 individuals

Mercedes-Benz USA disclosed a data breach that impacted 1.6 million customers, exposed data includes financial data and social security numbers (SSNs). Mercedes-Benz USA disclosed on Friday a data breach that impacted some of its customers and potential vehicle buyers. The incident exposed approximately 1.6 million unique records containing customers’ info, including customer names, addresses, emails, phone […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 26, 2021
New ransomware group Hive leaks Altus group sample files

On June 14th, Altus Group, a commercial real estate software solutions firm, disclosed a security breach, now Hive ransomware gang leaked its files. On June 14th, Altus Group, a commercial real estate software solutions company, has announced that its data was breached. A week later, they reported “no evidence of impact”. Now, we have information […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2021
US supermarket chain Wegmans discloses data breach

The supermarket chain Wegmans US Wegmans discloses a data breach, customers information was exposed on the Internet due to a misconfiguration issue. Wegmans Food Markets disclosed a data breach, the supermarket chain notified customers that some of their information was exposed as a result of the accidental availability online of two of its databases due […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 18, 2021
Cruise operator Carnival discloses a security breach

Carnival Corp. said that the data breach it has suffered in March might have impacted its customers and employees. Carnival Corp. this week confirmed that the data breach that took place in March might have exposed personal information about customers and employees of Carnival Cruise Line, Holland America Line, and Princess Cruises. Carnival Corporation & plc […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2021
Over a billion records belonging to CVS Health exposed online

Researchers discovered an unprotected database belonging to CVS Health that was exposed online containing over a billion records. This week WebsitePlanet along with the researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unsecured database, belonging to the US healthcare and pharmaceutical giant CVS Health, that was exposed online. The database was accessible to everyone without any type of authentication. “On […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2021
Cosmolog Kozmetik Data Breach: Hundreds of Thousands of Customers impacted

The securWizCase experts found a major breach that affected the popular online retailer Cosmolog Kozmetik.   WizCase’s security team, led by Ata Hakçıl, has found a major breach in popular online retailer Cosmolog Kozmetik’s database. This breach exposed users’ names, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers, order details, and more.  Hundreds of thousands of users were […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 12, 2021
McDonald’s discloses data breach in US, Taiwan and South Korea

McDonald’s fast-food chain disclosed a data breach, hackers have stolen information belonging to customers and employees from the US, South Korea, and Taiwan. McDonald’s, the world’s largest restaurant chain by revenue, has disclosed a data breach that impacted customers and employees from the US, South Korea, and Taiwan. The hackers compromised the system of the […]