Category Archives: Data Breaches

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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Zero-Day Breach at Rackspace Sparks Vendor Blame Game

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A breach at Rackspace exposes the fragility of the software supply chain, triggering a blame game among vendors over an exploited zero-day.
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T-Mobile to Pay Millions to Settle With FCC Over Data Breaches

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T-Mobile has agreed to invest $15.75 million in cybersecurity and pay $15.75 million to settle an FCC investigation into four data breaches.
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T-Mobile reaches $31.5 million settlement with FCC over past data breaches 

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The telecom will pay half in the form of a fine, while the other half will serve as a down payment for improvements to data security and cybersecurity.

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Hawaii Health Center Discloses Data Breach After Ransomware Attack

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Community Clinic of Maui says a LockBit ransomware attack from earlier this year has resulted in a data breach impacting over 120,000 people.
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Microsoft Initiative the ‘Largest Cybersecurity Engineering Effort in History’

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The Secure Future Initiative was created around the same time the U.S. Cyber Safety Review Board chided Redmond for having a poor security culture. Continue reading Microsoft Initiative the ‘Largest Cybersecurity Engineering Effort in History’→

Deloitte Says No Threat to Sensitive Data After Hacker Claims Server Breach

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Deloitte says no sensitive data exposed after a notorious hacker leaked what he claimed to be internal communications. 
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