Safaricom Hits Back Accusing Petitioner Of Stealing Customer Data In The...
Alvin Wanjala reports: Last year July Safaricom was sued in a class-action suit [by] Benedict Kabugi Ngungu, for mishandling customer data. According to the case file, the telco was taken to court for...
View ArticleRallyhood exposed a decade of users’ private data
Zack Whittaker reports on a 4.1 terabyte leak found by a researcher using the handle “Timeless:” Rallyhood boasts users from Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, and Komen, Habitat for Humanities, and YMCA...
View ArticleTransavia data breach could affect 80,000 passengers
NL Times reports: The data of 80 thousand Transavia passengers leaked out after an e-mail inbox containing the data was breached, the Dutch low-cost flyer said on Monday. The data that was released...
View ArticlePayPal Users Hit With Fraudulent ‘Target’ Charges via Google Pay
Lawrence Abrams reports: Hackers are using an unknown method to make fraudulent charges on PayPal accounts linked via GooglePay. These transactions are being charged through Target stores or Starbucks...
View ArticleUK: Samsung’s website error exposes UK customer data
Sabina Weston reports: Samsung’s UK website has suffered a data breach resulting in the leak of private information of around 150 customers, the company has confirmed. Samsung said that the error...
View ArticleFacial-Recognition Company That Works With Law Enforcement Says Entire Client...
Betsy Swan reports: A facial-recognition company that contracts with powerful law-enforcement agencies just reported that an intruder stole its entire client list, according to a notification the...
View ArticleTransmit Security, Authentication Company Used by Banks, Hacked
Joseph Cox reports: This week a cybersecurity company called Transmit Security, that focuses on providing corporate clients with tools to securely log users into different services, notified customers...
View ArticleChinese dissident can sue law firm over hack that exposed information online,...
Debra Cassens Weiss reports: A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ruled that a Chinese asylum-seeker can sue the Clark Hill law firm over a 2017 hack that allegedly exposed personal data online....
View ArticleUPDATE: TQL says data breach was not malware or ransomware attack
Clarissa Hawes reports: Total Quality Logistics (TQL) says it will continue to work with an expert cybersecurity firm to find out how external hackers breached its IT systems and gained access to some...
View ArticleOnlyFans says it wasn’t hacked after hundreds of performers’ videos leak online
Jacob Kastrenakes and Megan Farokhmanesh report: More than 1.6TB worth of videos and images from OnlyFans has been leaked online. The data dump appears to be primarily comprised of women’s accounts,...
View ArticleIsraeli Marketing Company Straffic Exposes 140 GB Contacts Database
Jeremy Kirk reports: An Israeli marketing company left authentication credentials for an Elasticsearch database online, exposing more than 140 GB worth of contact details for individuals in the U.S....
View ArticleSodinokibi Ransomware Posts Alleged Data of Kenneth Cole Fashion Giant
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The operators behind Sodinokibi Ransomware published download links to files containing what they claim is financial and work documents, as well as customers’ personal data...
View ArticleBGR India’s data hacked, shared on hacking forum: Report
IANS reports: Hackers have reportedly compromised tech company BGR’s (Boy Genius Report) India website and dumped its data containing emails, hashed passwords and other information on the Dark Web....
View ArticleCa: LifeLabs files petition to keep cyberattack report from B.C. privacy...
Andrew Weichel reports: The B.C.-based laboratory testing company that was targeted in a cyberattack last fall is trying to keep the province’s privacy commissioner from accessing a third-party report...
View ArticleUS Railroad Contractor Reports Data Breach After Ransomware Attack
Sergiu Gatlan reports: RailWorks Corporation, one of North America’s leading railroad track and transit system providers, disclosed a ransomware attack that led to the exposure of personally...
View ArticleIrish IT group Ergo foils major ransomware attack
Charlie Taylor reports: Irish IT services group Ergo is forecasting further growth as it reported revenues of €85.2 million last year as the company said it recently foiled a major ransomware attack....
View ArticleAU: Alinta Energy accused of putting customers’ sensitive information at risk
Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett report on documents leaked by a whistleblower: Leaked documents obtained by 7.30, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald reveal the Chinese-owned energy giant does not...
View ArticleLegal services giant Epiq Global offline after ransomware attack
Zack Whittaker reports: Legal services giant Epiq Global has been hit by a ransomware attack. The company, which provides legal counsel and administration that counts banks, credit giants, and...
View ArticleUK: Tesco issues 600,000 new Clubcards after credential stuffing attack
Kalila Sangster reports: Tesco (TSCO.L) is issuing new cards to 600,000 Clubcard account holders after discovering a security breach. The supermarket said some customers may have fallen victim to...
View ArticleFrench Firms Rocked by Kasbah Hacker?
Brian Krebs reports: A large number of French critical infrastructure firms were hacked as part of an extended malware campaign that appears to have been orchestrated by at least one attacker based in...
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