Category Archives: Data Breaches

Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach

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The financial technology firm Finastra is investigating the alleged large-scale theft of information from its internal file transfer platform, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Finastra, which provides software and services to 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, notified customers of a potential breach after a cybercriminal began selling more than 400 gigabytes of data purportedly stolen from the company.  Continue reading Fintech Giant Finastra Investigating Data Breach→

An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

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In December 2023, KrebsOnSecurity revealed the real-life identity of Rescator, the nickname used by a Russian cybercriminal who sold more than 100 million payment cards stolen from Target and Home Depot between 2013 and 2014. Moscow resident Mikhail Shefel, who confirmed using the Rescator identity in a recent interview, also admitted reaching out because he is broke and seeking publicity for several new money making schemes. Continue reading An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker→

Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans

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Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known data breach of protected health information. Continue reading Change Healthcare Breach Hits 100M Americans→

Why safeguarding sensitive data is so crucial

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A data breach at virtual medical provider Confidant Health lays bare the vast difference between personally identifiable information (PII) on the one hand and sensitive data on the other. The story began when security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unsecured database containing 5.3 terabytes of exposed data linked to Confidant Health. The company provides addiction […]

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Change Healthcare breach affected 100 million Americans, marking a new record

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The company notified the Health and Human Services Department about the figure this week, the first it has specified.

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Fortinet warns of active campaign exploiting bug in FortiManager products

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At least 50 organizations have been hit by the campaign, Fortinet and Mandiant say, and federal agencies are on the hook to patch.

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Fortinet warns of active campaign exploiting bug in FortiManager products

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At least 50 organizations have been hit by the campaign, Fortinet and Mandiant say, and federal agencies are on the hook to patch.

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SEC hits four companies with fines for misleading disclosures around SolarWinds hack

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Unisys, Avaya, Check Point and Mimecast will pay fines to settle charges that they downplayed in SEC filings the extent of the compromise.

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Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach

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Brazilian authorities reportedly have arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of being “USDoD,” a prolific cybercriminal who rose to infamy in 2022 after infiltrating the FBI’s InfraGard program and leaking contact information for 80,000 members. More recently, USDoD was behind a breach at the consumer data broker National Public Data that led to the leak of Social Security numbers and other personal information for a significant portion of the U.S. population. Continue reading Brazil Arrests ‘USDoD,’ Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach→

Marriott agrees to pay $52 million settlement, improve data security practices 

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The actions will settle investigations into security failures that led to overlapping data breaches affecting hundreds of millions of customers.

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