Collaborate Disseminate
We’re just halfway through the year, and 2020 is on track to set a new data breach record. The new year started off on the wrong foot, with the coronavirus wreaking havoc across the world, creating the perfect storm for cybercrime to flourish. Fr… Continue reading 2020 is on Track to Hit a New Data Breach Record
EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) has recently confirmed a ransomware attack that affected the system of its parent company Energias de Portugal (EDP). According to a letter sent to customers, the attack took place April 13, and it appears that th… Continue reading North American Renewable Energy Giant Confirms Data Breach After its Parent Company Discloses Ransomware Attack
This month, WizCase researchers discovered 5 separate data leaks of personal information belonging to dating app users in the US, Japan and South Korea. The data, which was easily accessed due to misconfigured and unsecure servers, included user inform… Continue reading 5 Dating Apps Leak More than 1 Million User Profiles and Sensitive Information
Security researchers have recently discovered a leaky database belonging to the e-learning platform One Class, a remote learning tool that provides educational assistance and study guides to millions of North American students. Uncovered by vpnMentor r… Continue reading E-learning Platform Exposes Personal Information of Over 1 Million North American Students
Four in five drivers don’t remove their personal information before selling their car, a new survey from Which? reveals. Between December 2019 and February 2020, the consumer advisory group surveyed more than 14,000 individuals who had sold their… Continue reading 80% of Drivers Don’t Remove Personal Information Before Selling Their Car
Delivery Hero, a popular food delivery service, has confirmed a data breach at the Foodora brand it bought in September 2015. The breach exposed more than 727,000 customer details from 14 countries including Singapore, Germany, Spain, France, Finland, … Continue reading Delivery Hero Confirms Data Breach After Customer Data is Posted On a Dark Web Forum
Three misconfigured Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 buckets leaking highly sensitive information from multiple dating apps and websites were discovered by vpnMentor researchers on May 25. According to a report published June 16, the S3 buckets contained 8… Continue reading Data Breach: Bundle of Dating Apps Leaking Sensitive Information Discovered
The team at Security Detectives has discovered another leaky database. BigFooty, a popular Australian sports fan website, was found to be leaking around 132 GB (70 million records) of private information belonging to its 100,000 members. The data in so… Continue reading BigFooty.com Leaks 70 Million Records from Sports Fan Members
This week, the Bank of America revealed that personal data of some of its customers may have been exposed when they uploaded their Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan application to the bank’s testing platform. According to a notification lett… Continue reading Bank of America Notifies SBA Loan Applicants of Potential Data Leak
A successful ransomware attack was deployed on March 13 against ExecuPharm, a subsidiary of the U.S. Biopharmaceutical giant Parexel, according to a recent announcement made by the company. Unlike typical ransomware attacks, where bad actors encrypt da… Continue reading Cybercriminals Leak ExecuPharm Internal Documents After Ransomware Attack