2.6 million DuoLingo users have scraped data released
Breaches August 27, 2023 Pieter Arntz An unknown party has released the scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users on a hacking forum. While they offered the data set for sale in January for $1,500,...
View ArticleMeal delivery service PurFoods announces major data breach
Breaches Christopher Boyd August 29, 2023 Christopher Boyd An organisation that provides home delivery meals has revealed that around 1.2 million people’s personal data may be at risk, after the...
View ArticleMicrosoft AI researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of sensitive data
Breaches September 19, 2023 Pieter Arntz Warnings about including credentials, keys, and tokens when sharing code on publicly accessible repositories shouldn’t be necessary. It should speak for itself...
View Article1Password reports security incident after breach at Okta
Breaches October 24, 2023 Pieter Arntz Password manager 1Password says it’s been affected by a breach at Okta, but it reports no user data has been stolen. In a security incident report, 1Password says...
View ArticleMedical research data Advarra stolen after SIM swap
Breaches November 5, 2023 Pieter Arntz Clinical research company Advarra has reportedly been compromised after a SIM swap on one of their executives. SIM swapping, also known as SIM jacking, is the act...
View ArticleOkta breach happened after employee logged into personal Google account
Breaches November 7, 2023 Pieter Arntz Okta has revealed details about a recent breach which exposed files belonging to customers. As we explained in our article about 1Password being a victim of this...
View ArticleState of Maine data breach impacts 1.3 million people
Breaches November 12, 2023 Pieter Arntz The US State of Maine says it has suffered a data breach impacting around 1.3 million people. According to the census from July 2022, that’s more or less the the...
View ArticleMongoDB warns customers about data breach after cyberattack
Breaches December 18, 2023 Pieter Arntz Database provider MongoDB has posted a security notice about a security incident in which attackers obtained unauthorized access to some of its corporate...
View ArticleComcast’s Xfinity breached by Citrix Bleed; 36 million customer’s data accessed
Breaches December 21, 2023 Pieter Arntz In a notice for its customers, Xfinity acknowledges it recently fell victim to a data security incident. Xfinity is Comcast’s brand for TV, internet, and home...
View ArticleK-12 district hit with $500k Medusa ransomware attack
Breaches, Ransomware, Threat Intelligence The Medusa ransomware gang claims it has stolen 1.2 TB of data from a large K-12 district. April 19, 2024 Bill Cozens In late March, Traverse City Area Public...
View ArticleTicketmaster, Santander Bank breaches linked to Snowflake hack, threat actor...
Breaches May 31, 2024 Bill Cozens An individual allegedly behind recent attacks on Ticketmaster and Santander Bank has claimed that they gained initial access to their victims by using stolen Snowflake...
View ArticleRansomware drives healthcare provider into administration
Breaches, Ransomware Australian e-prescription provider MediSecure has entered voluntary administration following a cyberattack. June 7, 2024 Pieter Arntz As we know, falling victim to a ransomware...
View ArticleSnowflake “breach” looks like 165 individual incidents
Breaches After an investigation, Snowflake has concluded that recent data leaks were not caused by a vulnerability or breach of its systems. June 12, 2024 Pieter Arntz Cloud services provider Snowflake...
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