Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2023
Akira ransomware gang claims the theft of sensitive data from Nissan Australia

The Akira ransomware group announced it had breached the network of Nissan Australia, the Australian branch of the car maker giant. The Akira ransomware gang claimed to have breached Nissan Australia and to have stolen around 100GB of files from the carmaker giant. The company refused to pay the ransom and the ransomware gang threatened […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 21, 2023
Data leak exposes users of car-sharing service Blink Mobility

More than 22,000 users of Blink Mobility should take the necessary steps to protect themselves against the risk of identity theft. The Cybernews research team has discovered that their personal data was exposed in a leak. Los Angeles-based electric car-sharing provider Blink Mobility left a misconfigured MongoDB database open to the public. Its metadata was […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2023
BMW dealer at risk of takeover by cybercriminals

By neglecting to set a password, a BMW dealer in India has jeopardized the entire network of car dealerships in the country and put its clients at risk. The Cybernews research team has discovered that the Bengaluru branch of BMW Kun Exclusive, a BMW dealership in India, has exposed sensitive data to the public. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2023
Comcast’s Xfinity customer data exposed after CitrixBleed attack

Comcast’s Xfinity discloses a data breach after a cyber attack hit the company by exploiting the CitrixBleed vulnerability. Comcast’s Xfinity is notifying its customers about the compromise of their data in a cyberattack that involved the exploitation of the CitrixBleed flaw. CitrixBleed is a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-4966, in Citrix NetScaler ADC (Application Delivery […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 17, 2023
MongoDB investigates a cyberattack, customer data exposed

MongoDB on Saturday announced it is investigating a cyberattack that exposed customer account metadata and contact information. MongoDB on Saturday disclosed it is investigating a cyber attack against certain corporate systems. MongoDB is a US company that developed the popular open-source NoSQL database management system. The cyber attack was discovered on December 13, 2023, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2023
Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutch Cancer Center

The Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). Another healthcare organization suffered a ransomware attack, the Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch). The ransomware gang has added the organization to its dark web leak site and is threatening […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2023
Data of over a million users of the crypto exchange GokuMarket exposed

GokuMarket, a centralized crypto exchange owned by ByteX, left an open instance, revealing the details of virtually all of its users, the Cybernews research team has discovered. The leak comes after the team discovered an unprotected MongoDB instance, which stored information on GokuMarket crypto exchange users. Businesses employ MongoDB to organize and store large swaths […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 15, 2023
Idaho National Laboratory data breach impacted 45,047 individuals

The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) announced that it has suffered a data breach impacting more than 45,000 individuals. In November, the hacktivist group SiegedSec claimed responsibility for the hack of The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and leaked stolen human resources data. SiegedSec is a threat actor that last year carried out multiple attacks against U.S. organizations, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2023
Toyota Financial Services discloses a data breach

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) disclosed a data breach, threat actors had access to sensitive personal and financial data. Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is warning customers it has suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive personal and financial data. “Due to an attack on the systems, unauthorized persons gained access to personal data. Affected customers have now […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 09, 2023
Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack

Kentucky health system Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after it was a victim of a ransomware attack in May. Norton Healthcare disclosed a data breach after a ransomware attack that hit the organization on May 9, 2023. The security breach exposed personal information belonging to patients, employees, and dependents. The health system notified federal […]