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Pierluigi Paganini May 29, 2023
Lockbit ransomware attack on MCNA Dental impacts 8.9M individuals

Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental disclosed a data breach that impacted more than 8.9 million individuals. Managed Care of North America (MCNA) Dental suffered a data breach that impacted 8,923,662 patients. MCNA Dental is one of the largest US dental care and oral health insurance providers. The security breach exposed the personal information […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 28, 2023
Industrial automation giant ABB disclosed data breach after ransomware attack

Swiss electrification and automation technology giant ABB confirmed it has suffered a data breach after a ransomware attack. ABB has more than 105,000 employees and has $29.4 billion in revenue for 2022. On May 7, 2023, the Swiss multinational company, leading electrification and automation technology provider, suffered a cyber attack that reportedly impacted its business operations. […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 22, 2023
Dish Network says the February ransomware attack impacted +300,000 individuals

Satellite TV giant Dish Network disclosed a data breach after the February ransomware attack and started notifying impacted individuals. The American satellite broadcast provider Dish Network went offline on February 24, 2023, the outage impacted Dish.com, Dish Anywhere app, and many other services owned by the company. In early February, the company admitted that the outage was […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 21, 2023
Security Affairs newsletter Round 420 by Pierluigi Paganini – International edition

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Pierluigi Paganini May 20, 2023
2021 data breach exposed data of 70 Million Luxottica customers

Luxottica has finally confirmed the 2021 data breach that exposed the personal information of 70 million customers. Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear conglomerate and the world’s largest company in the eyewear industry. As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 17, 2023
University admission platform Leverage EDU exposed student passports

The popular university admission platform Leverage EDU leaked almost 240,000 sensitive files, including students’ passports, financial documents, certificates, and exam results. The Cybernews research team discovered that Leverage EDU leaked extremely sensitive data due to the misconfiguration of their systems. As no authentication was required, anybody could access all of the student’s personal information needed […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2023
PharMerica data breach impacts more than 5.8 million individuals

National pharmacy network PharMerica discloses a data breach that impacted more than 5.8 million individuals. National pharmacy network PharMerica disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of 5,815,591 individuals. The incident took place in March and the company started notifying the impacted individuals via letter. The company is the second largest in the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 14, 2023
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Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2023
Data of more than 2M Toyota customers exposed in ten years-long data breach

A data breach disclosed by Toyota Motor Corporation exposed info of more than 2 million customers for ten years Toyota Motor Corporation disclosed a data breach that exposed the car-location information of 2,150,000 customers between November 6, 2013, and April 17, 2023. The data breach was caused by a database misconfiguration that was accessible to […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 13, 2023
Discord suffered a data after third-party support agent was hacked

Discord disclosed a data breach, the security breach was caused by the compromise of a third-party support agent’s account. Discord, the popular VoIP and instant messaging social platform, disclosed a data breach and is notifying the impacted users. The security breach resulted in unauthorized access to a third-party customer service agent’s support ticket queue. Due to the nature […]