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Latest News: Data Breaches

Evolve Bank & Trust confirmed that a cyberattack by the notorious LockBit ransomware gang led to a significant data breach, impacting both its customers and fintech partners. The Arkansas-based bank disclosed on Wednesday that hackers had stolen and posted customer information on the dark

Husain Parvez First published on June 28, 2024

A hacker using the alias “Sp1d3r” has claimed to have breached Ticketek Entertainment Group (TEG), compromising the personal data of approximately 30 million users. The stolen data has allegedly been posted for sale on the notorious BreachForums with an asking price of $30,000. The hacker claims

Keira Waddell First published on June 27, 2024

AMD has launched an investigation following claims by a hacker under the alias “IntelBroker” in which he is allegedly “selling the AMD.com data breach” on the cybercrime forum, BreachForums. IntelBroker claims that the stolen data contains both valuable company intellectual property as well as

Hendrik Human First published on June 22, 2024

The Dutch Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) has revealed that a Chinese cyber-espionage campaign exploited a critical vulnerability in FortiGate systems, affecting over 20,000 devices globally between 2022 and 2023. Earlier this year, the MIVD and the General Intelligence and

Hendrik Human First published on June 14, 2024

Pure Storage has confirmed a data breach involving unauthorized access to a Snowflake data analytics workspace, as reported on its official support page. This breach exposed telemetry information including company names and email addresses, LDAP usernames, and Purity software release version

Husain Parvez First published on June 12, 2024

Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) has recently announced that over 3.2 million individuals may have had their personal information compromised in a recent data breach. The incident, discovered on February 26, 2024, involved unauthorized access to certain

Husain Parvez First published on June 06, 2024

Data breaches at Ticketmaster and Santander Bank have been allegedly linked to attacks on cloud storage provider Snowflake. The hacking group ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for both breaches. They allege that the Ticketmaster breach affects 560 million users, while Santander's breach

Keira Waddell First published on June 04, 2024

AI tool development company Hugging Face has reported unauthorized access to its Spaces platform. This breach, detected earlier this week, has raised concerns about the security of AI and machine learning applications hosted on the platform. Hugging Face Spaces is widely used for creating, sharing,

Keira Waddell First published on June 04, 2024

Hackers have targeted the controversial spyware application pcTattletale, forcing the company to shut down after a major data breach compromised customer information and exposed sensitive data. According to TechCrunch, Bryan Fleming, the founder of pcTattletale, announced that the company is “out

Husain Parvez First published on June 02, 2024