“Half of all companies have lost sensitive data in the past year”
While the amount of corporate data is growing at an alarming rate, IT personnel cannot guarantee its security. Data loss is therefore a major problem, affecting one in two organizations globally. These are the findings based on research conducted by Rubrik Zero Labs.
The research took place worl... Read more
French job seeker agency leaks data of 10 million people
The French job seeker agency Pôle Emploi has been hit by a data leak in which the data of 10 million French people is now publicly available.
According to Pôle Emploi, the data in question is the personal information of job seekers who registered in February of 2022. Former job seekers may als... Read more
Belgian governmental website leaked addresses since 2011
An official website of a Belgian agency leaked the address information of all Belgians. By entering a person's name, date of birth and zip code, the website revealed the person's full address.
A 12-year-old website spilt until recently the addresses of all Belgians. The website is held by the B... Read more
Large AMD vulnerability can leak data on all Zen chips
The so-called Inception vulnerability lets Zen chips "dream," according to researchers at ETH Zürich. Hackers can exploit the flaw to make a compromised system leak data in a novel way. At stake are all products with a Zen architecture, from consumer Ryzen CPUs from 2020 to the latest Epyc server ... Read more
Spyware vendor itself victim of cybercrime
LetMeSpy has been hacked, resulting in the leakage of user data. The so-called mobile "stalkerware" service claims to be mainly useful for legitimate purposes. However, its capabilities are well-suited to the aims of malicious users.
The developer of LetMeSpy says a hacker stole the application'... Read more
BlackCat ransomware gang threatens to leak 80 GB of Reddit data
The ransomware gang ALPHV, better known as BlackCat, has threatened Reddit with the leaking of 80 GB of confidential data. They demand that the popular community site pays $4.5 million (€4.1 million) and rolls back its recently increased API fees.
The ransomware criminals captured the 80 GB of... Read more
Update: Acronis responds to claimed hack
Acronis confirms a 12.2 GB data leak. Earlier, a popular hacker forum announced the data breach.
In a statement to The Register, Acronis' CISO confirmed that the systems were indeed compromised. The damage was reportedly limited to a single customer. No access was gained to any other data held a... Read more
Acer confirms 160 GB data leak
Acer has confirmed a 160 GB data leak of documents from repair employees. The data leak became public after cybercriminals posted an example on a hacker forum.
According to BleepingComputer, cybercriminals recently managed to capture a large amount of data from the computer manufacturer. The dat... Read more
Twitter refutes reports of massive data breach
The social media giant claims the alleged data leak of 200 million users was not stolen by exploiting its systems.
This week Twitter officially responded to accusations of an enormous dataset of user email addresses being stolen from its systems and subsequently sold online.
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Cybercriminals sell data of 400 million Twitter users
Cybercriminals are selling the public and private data of 400 million Twitter users on a hackers forum. They are asking 188,000 euros ($200,000).
According to the security news website, cybercriminals, under the name Ryushi, have put the Twitter data up for sale on the hacking forum Breached. T... Read more