Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini August 05, 2022
Twitter confirms zero-day used to access data of 5.4 million accounts

Twitter confirmed that the recent data breach that exposed data of 5.4 million accounts was caused by the exploitation of a zero-day flaw. At the end of July, a threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. The threat actor offered […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 31, 2022
Threat actor claims to have hacked European manufacturer of missiles MBDA

Threat actors that go online with the moniker Adrastea claim to have hacked the multinational manufacturer of missiles MBDA. MBDA is a European multinational developer and manufacturer of missiles that was the result of the merger of the main French, British and Italian missile systems companies (Aérospatiale–Matra, BAE Systems, and Finmeccanica (now Leonardo). The name MBDA comes from the initialism of the names missile companies: Matra, BAe Dynamics and Alenia. A threat actor […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2022
Lockbit ransomware gang claims to have breached the Italian Revenue Agency

The ransomware group Lockbit claims to have stolen 78 GB of files from the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate). The ransomware gang Lockbit claims to have hacked the Italian Revenue Agency (Agenzia delle Entrate) and added the government agency to the list of victims reported on its dark web leak site. “The Revenue Agency, operational since 1 January […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2022
A database containing data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts available for sale

Threat actor leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter users that were obtained by exploiting a now patched flaw in the popular platform. A threat actor has leaked data of 5.4 million Twitter accounts that were obtained by exploiting a now-fixed vulnerability in the popular social media platform. The threat actor is now offering for sale […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2022
Graff paid a $7.5M ransom and sued its insurance firm for refusing to cover this payment

The high-end British jeweler Graff paid a £6 million ransom after the ransomware attack it suffered in 2021. In September 2021, the Conti ransomware gang hit high society jeweler Graff and threatens to release private details of world leaders, actors and tycoons The customers of the company are the richest people on the globe, including […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 06, 2022
Marriott International suffered a new data breach, attackers stole 20GB of data

Hotel chain Marriott International suffered a new data breach, a threat actor has stolen 20GB from the company. Hotel chain Marriott International confirmed it has suffered a new data breach after a threat actor stole 20GB of files from one of its properties. The attacker compromised the network at the BWI Airport Marriott Maryland  (BWIA), […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 04, 2022
Data of a billion Chinese residents available for sale on a cybercrime forum

Threat actors claim to have breached a database belonging to Shanghai police and stole the data of a billion Chinese residents. Unknown threat actors claimed to have obtained data of a billion Chinese residents after breaching a database of the Shanghai police. If the incident will be confirmed, this data breach is the largest one […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2022
RansomHouse gang claims to have stolen 450GB of data from chip maker giant AMD

The RansomHouse gang claims to have breached the Chipmaker giant AMD and stole 450 GB of data from the company in 2021. The RansomHouse extortion gang claims to have stolen 450 GB of data from the chipmaker giant AMD in 2021 and threatens to leak it or sell it if the company will not pay […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2022
Flagstar Bank discloses a data breach that impacted 1.5 Million individuals

US Flagstar Bank disclosed a data breach that exposed files containing the personal information of 1.5 million individuals. US-based Flagstar Bank disclosed a data breach that impacted roughly 1.5 million individuals, but the company did not share details about the attack. The security breach took place in early December 2021, and the investigation that was […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 10, 2022
Vice Society ransomware gang adds the Italian City of Palermo to its data leak site

The Vice Society group has claimed responsibility for the ransomware attack that hit the Italian city of Palermo forcing the IT admins to shut down its infrastructure. The Vice Society ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the recent cyber attack that hit the city of Palermo in the South of Italy. In response to the […]