Pierluigi Paganini
November 20, 2017
According to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), details for Aadhaar system were displayed on 210 government websites. The state government websites publicly displayed personal details such as names and addresses of Aadhaar users. The Aadhaar system is the world’s largest biometric ID system, with over 1.123 billion enrolled members as of 28 February 2017. The role of the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 19, 2017
Cash Converters suffered a data breach, its old webshop that was withdrawn on 22 September was hacked and attackers gained unauthorised access to customer data The High street pawnbroker Cash Converters, which sells small loans and second-hand jewellery, has announced it’s suffered a data breach that could put at risk some of its customers are. Customers were […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 13, 2017
The Hilton hotel chain is paying a $700,000 settlement after being accused of mishandling two separate credit card data breaches. The Hilton hotel chain is paying a $700,000 settlement to the states of New York and Vermont after being accused of mishandling two separate cyber attacks that exposed financial data of its customers. The credit card breaches […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 03, 2017
FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia announced the arrest of LeakTheAnalyst, the hacker who claimed to have breached its systems back in July. Late July a hacker who goes online with the moniker LeakTheAnalyst claimed to have breached FireEye systems. The hacker leaked details alleged stolen from a compromised system maintained by Adi Peretz, a Senior Analyst at Mandiant. The hacker leaked a […]
Pierluigi Paganini
November 02, 2017
46.2 Million Malaysian Mobile phone numbers leaked online, authorities confirmed data were stolen from government servers and databases at a dozen telcos. Millions of Malaysians have been affected by a major data breach, hackers have accessed 46.2 million cellphone accounts after they broke into government servers and databases at a dozen telcos in the country. Considering that the population […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 28, 2017
Basetools underground hacking forum was breached, hackers demand a $50K ransom to avoid sharing stolen data, including admin identity, with law enforcement. A hacker that goes online with the Twitter handle mat (@0xScripts) has breached a popular underground hacking forum and he is threatening to share the stolen archive to the law enforcement if the administrators […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 26, 2017
The celeb London Bridge Plastic Surgery clinic confirmed in a statement that it has been the victim of a cyber attack. The story I’m going to tell you shows the risks of cyber attacks to users’ privacy, a plastic surgery clinic frequented by celebrities suffered a security data breach. The clinic is the London Bridge Plastic […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 25, 2017
The Financial details of some of the world’s richest people are set to be published after the Offshore Legal Firm Appleby suffered a data security incident. A new financial data leak made the headlines, financial details of clients of an offshore a legal firm is set to be published. The news was reported on Wednesday by a British newspaper, […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2017
APNIC Deputy Director General Sanjaya confirmed that Whois data were accidentally exposed online included authentication details. The Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) is a non-profit organization that provides Internet addressing services in the Asia-Pacific region. The APNIC made the headlines because it was informed about a Whois-related security incident that led to the exposure of […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 24, 2017
According to the Whole Foods Market, crooks may have stolen payment cards at taprooms and full table-service restaurants at nearly 100 locations. At the end of September, the Amazon-owned grocery chain Whole Foods Market notified customers a security breach. According to the security breach notification issued by the company, cybercriminals were able to gain unauthorized access to […]
Artificial Intelligence / September 05, 2026
