Pierluigi Paganini
November 08, 2018
Records associated with 689,272 plaintext records Amex India customers were exposed online via unsecured MongoDB server. Personal details of nearly 700,000 American Express (Amex India) India customers were exposed online via an unsecured MongoDB server. The huge trove of data was discovered by Bob Diachenko from cybersecurity firm Hacken, most of the records were encrypted, but […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 07, 2018
HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between Oct 4 and Oct 14, unknown attackers were able to access their online accounts. HSBC Bank USA notified customers of a data breach that has happened between October 4 and October 14, unknown attackers were able to access online accounts of the financial institution. Exposed info […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 04, 2018
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Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2018
Austal, a top Australia defence firm reports also working with the United States Navy has suffered a serious security breach. Austal, a top Australia defence firm reports working with the US Navy has suffered a serious security breach, hackers accessed to personnel files and that it was the subject of an extortion attempt. Austal reported the data breach to the Australian Securities […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2018
According to the New York Times, FIFA has suffered the second hack in a year, new documents are set to be published on Friday by Football Leaks. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, aka FIFA, is a governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer. FIFA reveals it was the victim of a new successful phishing campaign that resulted in the exposed […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 31, 2018
The hotel chain Radisson Hotel Group suffered a security breach that exposed personal information of the members of its loyalty scheme. The hotel chain Radisson Hotel Group suffered a security breach that exposed personal information (name, address (including country of residence), email address, and in some cases, company name, phone number, Radisson Rewards member number, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 30, 2018
A Girl Scouts of America branch in California suffered a security breach, hackers accessed data of 2,800 girls and their families. Hackers breached the Orange County, Calif. branch of the Girl Scouts of America, potentially exposing personal information for 2,800 members and their families. According to the Girl Scouts of Orange County, an unknown threat […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2018
The data breach suffered by the British Airways airline is worse than initially thought, according to IAG firm that wons the airline further 185,000 customers may have had impacted in the incident. The data breach suffered by the British Airways airline is worse than initially thought, according to IAG firm that owns the airline, further 185,000 customers may have […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2018
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, had suffered a major data leak affecting up to 9.4 million passengers. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, admitted having suffered a major data leak affecting up to 9.4 million passengers. Exposed data includes passport numbers, identity card numbers, email addresses, and […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 21, 2018
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced hackers breached into a computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov. Hackers breached into a computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov, according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, attackers accessed to the sensitive personal data of some 75,000 people. After experts discovered the intrusion, the system was shut down and […]
