data breach

Pierluigi Paganini November 18, 2015
JPMorgan hackers also hacked an anti-fraud corporation

According to the Federal indictment about the JPMorgan case, the cyber gang also hacked an anti-fraud corporation labeled as “Victim #12” to remain hidden. According to the Federal indictment about the JPMorgan case of 83 million stolen customer records, there is a firm labeled as “Victim #12,” that had been hacked to enable hackers to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2015
Three men charged for the attack on the JPMorgan Chase

U.S. Authorities have charged other three men in huge cyber fraud targeting JPMorgan, and at least another nine financial institutions. The US authorities have charged three individuals over the hack of the JPMorgan Chase and other financial institutions. The data breach suffered by the JPMorgan Chase is considered the largest ever hacking case in financial history, data related nearly 76 million households […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2015
Threat actors hacked the popular Touchnote company

On 4th November 2015, Touchnote company received information confirming that is has been the victim of a data breach that exposed customer data. Data breaches are becoming a daily event, the last one in the headlines it the hack suffered by the Touchnote postcard app. Hackers have stolen customer data from Touchnote database, the popular app that […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2015
Hackers have accessed details of 1,827 Vodafone customers

According to Vodafone UK, criminals used the stolen data obtained from “an unknown source” to try to access customers’ accounts. Personal details belonging to roughly 2,000 Vodafone customers have been compromised. According to Vodafone, cyber criminals used the stolen data (emails and passwords) obtained from “an unknown source” to try to access customers’ accounts between […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 30, 2015
Second teen arrested in Connection with the TalkTalk breach

A few days after the arrest of 15-year-old in Northern Ireland, the British Police arrested a second in connection with the TalkTalk breach. There is a second arrest for the TalkTalk hack, the UK Police have arrested a second individual as part of the investigation into the recent data breach suffered by the company. Also in […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 28, 2015
Free Web Hosting 000Webhost hacked, 13 Million users impacted

Free Web Hosting 000Webhost company hacked, data belonging to more than 13 Million customers have been leaked online by the attackers. Another company has suffered a major data breach, this time in the headlines there is the world’s most popular Free Web Hosting company 000Webhost. The 000Webhost data breach has exposed more than 13.5 Million […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 27, 2015
15-Year-Old has been identified and arrested for TalkTalk Attack

The UK Metropolitan Police announced to have arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offenses a 15-Year-Old alleged involved in the TalkTalk attack. The UK Metropolitan Police has announced the arrest of a 15-Year-Old in connection to the recent data breach suffered by the British ISP TalkTalk. Law enforcement from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2015
TalkTalk announced hackers have stolen ‘incomplete’ customer bank data

Hackers that recently breached the systems at TalkTalk IPS have stolen ‘incomplete’ customer bank data, states an official announcement issued by the firm. This week the TalkTalk Telecom Group plc has publicly disclosed that four million subscribers  have been impacted by a “sustained cyberattack” that hit its servers. On Friday, the TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding confirmed personally […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 24, 2015
TalkTalk CEO confirmed personally receiving a ransom demand

The CEO of TalkTalk confirmed personally receiving a ransom from the alleged attackers, a Russian Islamist group claimed the responsibility of the attack. TalkTalk Telecom Group plc has publicly disclosed that four million subscribers have been impacted by a “sustained cyberattack” that hit its servers. The TalkTalk CEO Dido Harding has now confirmed personally receiving a […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2015
TalkTalk data breach, hackers compromised 4 million customer records

The British Internet Service Provider TalkTalk discloses possible breach and admits some data are not encrypted. The investigation is still ongoing. Another illustrious victim of a data breach is in the headlines, TalkTalk Telecom Group plc has announced that four million subscribers may have been impacted by a “sustained cyberattack” that hit its servers. TalkTalk Telecom […]