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Pierluigi Paganini January 23, 2022
OpenSubtitles data breach impacted 7 million subscribers

OpenSubtitles has suffered a data breach, the maintainers confirmed that the incident impacted 7 Million subscribers. OpenSubtitles is a popular subtitles websites, it suffered a data breach that affected 6,783,158 subscribers. Exposed data include email and IP addresses, usernames, the country of the user and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. The administrator of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2022
Red Cross hit by a sophisticated cyberattack

A cyberattack on a Red Cross contactor resulted in the theft of personal data for more than 515,000 highly vulnerable people A cyberattack on a Red Cross contactor resulted in the theft of personal data for more than 515,000 highly vulnerable people seeking missing families. The infamous attack was disclosed by the International Committee of […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2022
Lorenz ransomware gang stolen files from defense contractor Hensoldt

German multinational defense contractor Hensoldt confirmed to that some of its systems were infected by Lorenz ransomware. Hensoldt, a multinational defense contractor, confirmed that some of its UK subsidiary’s systems were infected with Lorenz ransomware. This week a Hensholdt spokesperson confirmed the security breach to BleepingComputer explaining that a small number of mobile devices in its […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2022
Over 3.7 million accounts were compromised in the FlexBooker data breach

The appointment scheduling service FlexBooker discloses a data breach that impacted over 3.7 million accounts. Threat actors compromised the FlexBooker accounts of more than 3.7 million users, the attack took place before the holidays. Stolen data are now available for sale on multiple cybercrime forums. FlexBooker is an online appointment scheduling platform that allows users to […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2022
Hospitality Chain McMenamins discloses data breach after ransomware attack

Hospitality chain McMenamins disclosed a data breach after a recent ransomware attack. Hospitality chain McMenamins discloses a data breach after a ransomware attack that took place on December 12. McMenamins is a family-owned chain of brewpubs, breweries, music venues, historic hotels, and theater pubs in Oregon and Washington.  According to the company, threat actors have stolen data of individuals […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2022
Broward Health suffered a data breach that impacted +1.3 million people

The Broward Health public health system disclosed a massive data breach that has impacted more than 1.3 million individuals. The Broward Health public health system has suffered a data breach that impacted 1,357,879 individuals. Broward Health, formally the North Broward Hospital District, is one of the 10 largest public health systems in the U.S. Located […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2022
Lapsus$ ransomware gang hits Impresa, Portugal’s largest media conglomerate

The Lapsus$ ransomware hit Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal and the owner of SIC and Expresso. The Lapsus$ ransomware gang has compromised the infrastructure of Impresa, the largest media conglomerate in Portugal. Impresa owns SIC TV channel, and Expresso newspaper, among other leading media, like several magazine publications. The attack took place during the New Year […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 01, 2022
Security Affairs most-read cyber stories of 2021

Which are the most-read cyber stories of 2021? This post includes Top Posts for the last 365 days. Why Edward Snowden is urging users to stop using ExpressVPN? The popular whistleblower Edward Snowden recommends customers of ExpressVPN VPN service to stop using it. Two kids found a screensaver bypass in Linux Mint The development team […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2021
T-Mobile suffered a new data breach

T-Mobile discloses a new data breach that impacted a “very small number of customers” who were victim of SIM swap attacks. T-Mobile has suffered another security breach, threat actors gained access to the accounts of “a small number of” customers.’ According to The T-Mo Report, which viewed T-Mobile internal documents, there was “unauthorized activity” on […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2021
Ubisoft discloses unauthorized access to ‘Just Dance’ user data

Video game company Ubisoft confirmed a security breach that resulted in unauthorized access to ‘Just Dance’ user data. Ubisoft discloses a data breach that resulted in unauthorized access to ‘Just Dance’ user data. The security breach was caused by a misconfiguration, the good news is that the problem has been quickly solved. According to the […]