Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2020
Facial recognition firm Clearview AI reveals intruders stole its client list

Bad news for the controversial facial recognition startup Clearview AI, hackers gained “unauthorized access” to a list of all of its customers.  The controversial facial-recognition company that contracts with law-enforcement agencies announced that attackers have gained unauthorized access to its entire client list. The company already informed its customers of the security breach.  The startup came under […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 27, 2020
SQL Dump from popular Indian BGR tech site leaked online

Hackers share SQL databases from unsecured AWS buckets, including the archive belonging to the BGR tech news site in India. Hackers are sharing SQL databases from unsecured Amazon S3 buckets, one of them belongs to the BGR tech news site in India. BGR, aka Boy Genius Report, is a popular technology-influenced website that covers topics […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2020
Samsung leaked data of a few UK Customers

The South Korean multinational conglomerate Samsung announced that customers’ personal information was leaked online due to a “technical error” Samsung announced that customers’ personal information was exposed online through its website due to a “technical error.” The glitch only affected the U.K. website (http://samsung.com/UK) for a total of 150 impacted customers. “People who logged on were […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 25, 2020
Decathlon Spain data leak exposed Spanish employees’ data & more

Experts discovered a leaking, active database with over 123 million records belonging to Decathlon Spain (and possibly Decathlon UK as well). Experts from vpnMentor have uncovered a leaking, active database containing over 123 million records belonging to the sporting goods retailer Decathlon Spain (and possibly Decathlon UK as well). The unsecure archive is greater than […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 24, 2020
Slickwraps discloses data leak that impacted 850,000 user accounts

Slickwraps has disclosed a data breach that impacted over 850,000 user accounts, data were accidentally exposed due to security vulnerabilities. Slickwraps is an online store that offers for sale skins mobile devices, laptops, smartphones, tablets, and gaming consoles. The data leak was disclosed last week, on February 21 the company that customer records were accidentally exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 21, 2020
DOD DISA US agency discloses a security breach

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) US agency in charge of secure IT and communication for the White House has disclosed a data breach. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the DoD agency that is in charge of the security of IT and telecommunications for the White House and military troops has suffered a cyber […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 20, 2020
Personal details of 10.6M MGM Resorts guests leaked online

The personal information of 10.6 million guests who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels was stolen by hackers this summer and posted a hacking forum this week. ZDNet revealed in exclusive that the personal details of more than 10.6 million users who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels have been published on a hacking forum this week. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 15, 2020
NextMotion plastic surgery tech firm data leak

Photos and personal information belonging to patients of the NextMotion plastic surgery tech firm have been exposed online through an unsecured S3 bucket. Hundreds of thousands of documents containing photos and personal information belonging to patients of the plastic surgery technology company NextMotion have been exposed online through an unsecured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 […]

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 […]