data breach

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2017
ASD revealed hacker stole 30GB of sensitive data on Australia’s military capabilities

The Australia’s foreign intelligence  Agency ASD has revealed military sensitive information has been stolen by hackers who breached a Department of Defence contractor. The Australia’s foreign intelligence agency, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), admitted a hacker has stolen over 30 GB of military documents. Stolen data includes details on fighter jets, military aircraft, and naval ships. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2017
Accenture – Embarrassing data leak business data in a public Amazon S3 bucket

The leading global professional services company Accenture exposed its business data in a public Amazon S3 bucket. Disconcerting! Another Tech giant has fallen victim of an embarrassing data leak, this time the leading global professional services company Accenture exposed its business data in a public Amazon S3 bucket. The incident exposed internal Accenture private keys, secret API data, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2017
Forrester, one of the most influential research and advisory firms was hacked

Forrester Research announced today that Forrester.com experienced a security breach this week, attackers were ultimately detected and shut out of the system Forrester, one of the most influential research and advisory firms in the world, revealed on Friday to have suffered a security breach the past week. The attackers broke into the infrastructure hosting the Forrester.com […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 07, 2017
Disqus data breach – 2012 incident Exposed details for 17.5 Million users

Disqus data breach – The blog comment hosting service for web sites and online communities Disqus has confirmed a data breach that occurred back in 2012. On Friday evening, the worldwide blog comment hosting service for web sites and online communities Disqus has confirmed a data breach that occurred back in 2012. In 2012, hackers have stolen details for at least 17.5 million Disqus user accounts. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2017
Yahoo hack – All 3 Billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in 2013 attack

The Yahoo hack occurred in 2013 is bigger than originally stated, Verizon confirmed that all 3 Billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in the attack. The Yahoo hack occurred in 2013, the biggest known data breach suffered by a tech company, is bigger than originally stated. Verizon Communications, which acquired Yahoo for $4.48 billion in June, […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2017
Amazon-owned grocery chain Whole Foods Market suffered payment card breach

News of the day is that another big company suffered a security breach, the victim is the Amazon-owned grocery chain Whole Foods Market. Whole Foods Market has around 500 stores in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, the company acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion in late August, it now notified customers a  credit […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2017
Deloitte targeted by a cyber attack that exposed clients’ secret emails

The accountancy firm Deloitte announced it is has been targeted by a sophisticated hack that compromised its global email server. Today the accountancy firm giant Deloitte revealed that is has been targeted by a sophisticated hack that compromised the confidential emails and plans of some of its blue-chip clients. According to The Guardian that first reported the incident, hackers may have accessed company […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2017
Passwords and much more for 540,000 SVR Tracking accounts leaked online

Login credentials for 540K records belonging to vehicle tracking device company SVR Tracking (aka Stolen Vehicle Records Tracking) have been leaked online. Another day, another data breach to report, login credentials of more than half a million records belonging to vehicle tracking device company SVR Tracking (aka Stolen Vehicle Records Tracking) have been leaked online. The incident […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2017
New Verizon data leak, the second one in a few months

Experts at Kromtech Security Research Center discovered a new Verizon leak exposed confidential and sensitive data on internal systems. It has happened again, security researchers with Kromtech Security Research Center discovered a new Verizon leak exposed confidential and sensitive data on internal systems. Leaked data includes server logs and credentials for internal systems, the huge trove of […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 22, 2017
SEC announces it was hacked, information may have been used for insider trading

The top U.S. markets regulator SEC announced a security breach, accessed data might have been used by crooks for insider trading. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that cyber criminals had previously breached its database of corporate announcements in 2016 and likely they have used it for insider trading. On Wednesday, the SEC Chairman […]