Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2020
Nedbank client data compromised in security breach at third-party provider

Nedbank bank announced on Thursday that a security breach at a third-party supplier has compromised the details of as many as 1.7 million of its clients. Nedbank bank disclosed on Thursday a security breach at a third-party supplier that has compromised the details of as many as 1.7 million of its clients. The bank revealed that […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 14, 2020
PoS malware infected systems at 71 locations operated by US store chain Rutter’s

US store chain Rutter disclosed a security breach, 71 locations were infected with a point-of-sale (POS) malware used to steal customers’ credit card information. The Rutter’s, a U.S. convenience store, fast food restaurant, and gas station chain owner, has disclosed a security breach. The company confirmed that attackers gained access to its stores’ network system […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 12, 2020
440M records found online in unprotected database belonging to Estée Lauder

A security expert discovered that the Cosmetic firm EstĂ©e Lauder exposed 440 million records online in a database that was left unsecured. The security expert Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unsecured database belonging to the Cosmetic firm EstĂ©e Lauder that contained 440,336,852 records. EstĂ©e Lauder is an American multinational manufacturer and marketer of prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products, it […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2020
Netanyahu’s party Elector app exposes data on over 6.5M Israelis

A misconfiguration in the Elector election day app developed by Likud, the Netanyahu’s party might have exposed data on over 6.5 million Israelis. A misconfiguration in an election day app developed by the Netanyahu’s party Likud, might have exposed personal details of over 6.5 million Israelis. The incident was reported by the Verizon Media developer […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 10, 2020
1.2 million CPR numbers for Danish citizen leaked through tax service

A glitch in the TastSelv Borger tax service has sent over one million Danish CPR numbers to the US companies Google and Adobe. The Danish Agency for Development and Simplification has discovered the data leak that involved the TastSelv Borger service, which is managed by the US company DXC Technology. The TastSelv service allows everyone […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 08, 2020
Group-IB detects Half a Million Indian Banks’ Cards on Joker’s Stash Cardshop

Group-IB experts detected a database containing over 460,000 payment card records uploaded to Joker’s Stash cardshops, most of records were from the Indian banks. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company that specializes in preventing cyberattacks, has detected a database containing over 460,000 payment card records uploaded to one of the most popular darknet cardshops (Joker’s Stash) […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2020
Japanese defense contractors Pasco and Kobe Steel disclose security breaches

Japanese defense contractors Pasco and Kobe Steel have disclosed security breaches that they have suffered back in 2016 and 2018. Pasco is Japan’s largest geospatial provider and Kobe Steel is one of the major steel manufacturers. Just last week, Japan’s Ministry of Defense announced in addition to Mitsubishi Electric and the NEC defense business division […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 05, 2020
Google mistakenly shared private videos of some users with others in 2019

Google has accidentally shared private videos of some users that were stored on its servers with other, the tech giant notified impacted users. Google admitted a new privacy incident, it has accidentally shared private videos saved on its servers with other users. At the time it is not clear the number of impacted users, anyway, […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 31, 2020
Hackers penetrated NEC defense business division in 2016

Japanese electronics and IT giant NEC confirmed a security breach suffered by its defense business division in December 2016. The IT giant NEC confirmed that the company defense business division has suffered a security breach back in December 2016. The Japanese firm confirmed the unauthorized access to its internal network after Japanese newspapers disclosed the security […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 27, 2020
Did H&M spy on its German employees? Privacy watchdog opens an investigation

A German privacy watchdog is investigating into clothing retailer H&M because it was allegedly spying on its customer service representatives in Germany. Hamburg’s data protection commissioner has launched an investigation into Swedish clothing retailer H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) amid evidence that the company was spying on its customer service representatives in Germany. According to the […]