Cyber Safety Review Board Releases Report on Microsoft Online Exchange Incident from Summer 2023

CSRB’s Third Review Focuses on Actions Microsoft, Other Cloud Providers, and the U.S. Government Should Take to Protect Cloud Customers WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the Cyber Safety Review Board’s (CSRB) f… Continue reading Cyber Safety Review Board Releases Report on Microsoft Online Exchange Incident from Summer 2023

More than two years after a breach, AT&T resets account passcodes after customer records leak online

Zack Whittaker reports: Phone giant AT&T has reset millions of customer account passcodes after a huge cache of data containing AT&T customer records was dumped online earlier this month, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The U.S. telco giant… Continue reading More than two years after a breach, AT&T resets account passcodes after customer records leak online

Major credit bureau slapped with enforcement notice for data breach in South Africa

Jan Vermeulen reports: The Information Regulator has slapped credit bureau TransUnion with an enforcement notice following a data breach on 18 March 2022. N4ugthySecTU, the group that claimed responsibility for the attack, alleged that they exfiltrated… Continue reading Major credit bureau slapped with enforcement notice for data breach in South Africa

Nissan Oceania Data Breach Impacts 100,000 Individuals in Australia and New Zealand

Alicia Hope reports: Nissan Oceania is notifying 100,000 individuals that the December 2023 data breach exposed their personal information. The New Zealand and Australia-based subsidiary of the Japanese automaker Nissan said it detected “unauthorized a… Continue reading Nissan Oceania Data Breach Impacts 100,000 Individuals in Australia and New Zealand

41 State Attorneys General tell Meta to do better in preventing and mitigating account takeovers

A coalition of state attorneys general have sent a letter to Meta asking them to do more to help users whose accounts have been hacked or taken over.  The letter to Meta’s Chief Legal Officer  begins: Dear Ms. Newstead: We, the undersigned attorn… Continue reading 41 State Attorneys General tell Meta to do better in preventing and mitigating account takeovers

Hacker’s attempt to sue police is ‘abuse of process’

RL360 Insurance Company Limited is an international offshore savings, protection and investment provider, headquartered in the Isle of Man. According to Wikipedia, it is part of the International Financial Group Limited. Threefm reports that John Henry… Continue reading Hacker’s attempt to sue police is ‘abuse of process’

Fraudster’s fake data breach claims should remind media to be careful what we report

Over the past few weeks, DataBreaches had occasionally checked a dark web leak site by an individual or group called “Mogilevich.” However, DataBreaches didn’t report on any of their claimed victims because the site and the claims see… Continue reading Fraudster’s fake data breach claims should remind media to be careful what we report