Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2018
The popular online survey software Typeform suffered a security breach

Typeform, the popular online survey platform, has suffered a data breach that exposed partial data of some users, no payment card data was stolen. Typeform, the popular online survey platform, is the last victim of a data breach. Typeform software is widely adopted by businesses worldwide to easily arrange surveys, it allows easy creation of […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2018
Adidas warns US consumers of a potential security breach

The sportswear company Adidas announced that it has launched an investigation after learning of a potential security breach that could impact millions of its US customers. Adidas published a security alert to warn that hackers may have stolen customer data from its US website. The German sportswear company confirmed that attackers may have had unauthorized access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2018
Ticketmaster suffered a data breach and blamed a third-party provider over the incident

The entertainment ticketing service Ticketmaster announced it has suffered a data breach that exposed personal and payment customer information. Hackers accessed name, address, email address, telephone number, payment details and Ticketmaster login details of company customers. According to the company, attackers installed a malicious code on customer support product hosted by Inbenta Technologies, an external […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 27, 2018
FastBooking Hotel booking software firm suffered a data breach

A security breach suffered by the Hotel booking software provider FastBooking has affected hundreds of hotels worldwide. The Hotel booking software provider FastBooking is the last victim of a data breach, the incident exposed personal details and payment card data of guests from affected hotels. FastBooking offers hotel booking platform to more than 4,000 hotels in 100 […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2018
Flight tracking service Flightradar24 suffered a data breach

The popular flight tracking service Flightradar24 has discovered a data breach that affected one of its servers. The company notified the incident to its users via email and asked them to change their passwords, affected users’ passwords have been reset. FlightRadar24 promptly reported the incident to the Swedish Data Protection Authority in order to comply with the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2018
Hackers Steal $31 Million from South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb

Just weeks after Korean exchange Coinrail was hacked, the Bithumb crypto exchange was hacked, crooks stole over $30 million in cryptocurrency. It has happened again, for the second time in a year, the cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has been hacked. The South Korean cryptocurrency exchange confirmed that hackers stole 35 billion won ($31.6 million) worth of cryptocurrency […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2018
Security Affairs newsletter Round 167 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! ·      Crooks used a KilllDisk wiper in an […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 13, 2018
Dixons Carphone data breach, 5.9 million payment cards exposed

Retailer Dixons Carphone has disclosed a security breach that involved 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. Dixons Carphone discovered an “unauthorised access” to certain data held by the company, it promptly launched an investigation and hired an external firm to shed the light on the case. The company immediately reported the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2018
HR Software company PageUp victim of a Data Breach, experts fear a domino effect

HR Software Firm PageUp is the last victim of a data breach, the company has 2.6 million active users across over 190 countries. Another day another data breach makes the headlines, this time the victim is the HR Software Firm PageUp. PageUp is an Australian company with 2.6 million active users across over 190 countries. The company […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 05, 2018
MyHeritage data breach – 92.3 million user credential exposed

A security researcher discovered email addresses and hashed passwords of roughly 92.3 million Myheritage users stored on a private server outside the company. The huge trove of data was contained in a file named “,” according to the experts the information is authentic and comes from Myheritage. “Today, June 4, 2018 at approximately 1pm EST, MyHeritage’s Chief […]