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Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2019
Nonprofit organization Special Olympics New York hacked and its server used to send phishing emails

Special Olympics of New York, a nonprofit organization focused on competitive athletes with intellectual disabilities was hacked. Special Olympics New York provides inclusive opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to compete in Olympic-style, coached sports.  Unfortunately, the nonprofit organization was hacked during the Christmas holiday and the attackers later used its email server to launch […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2019
Wawa faces several lawsuits following a massive payment card breach

Recently the Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, news of the day is that Wawa is facing lawsuits over the incident. The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a recent security breach that affected its 850 locations in the US. Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2019
173 Million Zynga accounts were impacted in the September hack

In September Zynga, the American social game developer running social video game services suffered a data breach that 173 Million accounts. Zynga Inc is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007, it primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Among the online games developed by the company, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2019
Payment card breach potentially impacts all locations of Wawa convenience store

Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach that may have exposed debit and credit card data from thousands of customers. Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security team discovered a PoS malware on its payment processing systems. Wawa operates more than 860 convenience retail stores, this breach is potentially […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2019
Lab test provider LifeLabs disclose a data breach that exposed personal info of 15M customers

Lab test provider LifeLabs has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information for up to 15 million Canadians. Lab test provider LifeLabs announced that personal information for up to 15 million Canadians have been exposed after an unauthorized user gained access to their systems. LifeLabs notified its customers via letter, exposed data includes names, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2019
Rooster Teeth Productions suffered a payment card breach

Rooster Teeth Productions has suffered a data breach that exposed payment card information from shoppers on the company’s online store. The popular production company Rooster Teeth Productions has suffered a data breach, hackers have stolen credit card and other payment data from users that made purchases on the company’s online store. Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC is […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2019
Unsecured AWS bucket exposes over 750,000 birth certificate applications

A massive data leak made the headlines, over 750,000 birth certificate applications have been exposed online due to an unsecured AWS bucket. Penetration testing firm Fidus Information Security discovered over 752,000 birth certificate applications that have been exposed online due to an unsecured AWS bucket.  The huge trove of personal data has been exposed online by […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2019
More than 44 million Microsoft user accounts are exposed to hack

Microsoft revealed that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking. Microsoft discovered that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking because of using of compromised passwords. Experts from the Microsoft threat research team analyzed a database containing 3 billion leaked credentials […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2019
Data of 21 million Mixcloud users available for sale on the dark web

The online music streaming service Mixcloud was recently breached by a hacker that is attempting to sell stolen user data a dark web marketplace. On Friday, the hacker that goes online with the handle “A_W_S” contacted multiple media outlets to disclose the hack, it also provided data samples as proof of the data breach. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2019
Adobe revealed that the Magento Marketplace was hacked

Adobe discloses security breach impacting Magento Marketplace users Adobe discloses a security breach that affected the users of the Magento marketplace website, the incident was discovered last week. Adobe disclosed a security breach that affected the users of the Magento Marketplace portal, the security team discovered the incident on November 21. The Magento Marketplace is […]