Latest Data Theft news

Meet Brain Cipher — The new ransomware behind Indonesia's data center attack

The new Brain Cipher ransomware operation has begun targeting organizations worldwide, gaining media attention for a recent attack on Indonesia's temporary National Data Center.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 29, 2024
- 10:14 AM
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AMD investigates breach after data for sale on hacking forum

AMD is investigating whether it suffered a cyberattack after a threat actor put allegedly stolen data up for sale on a hacking forum, claiming it contains AMD employee information, financial documents, and confidential information.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 18, 2024
- 05:26 PM
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Scathing report on Medibank cyberattack highlights unenforced MFA

A scathing report by Australia's Information Commissioner details how misconfigurations and missed alerts allowed a hacker to breach Medibank and steal data from over 9 million people.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 18, 2024
- 01:25 PM
- 1
Keytronic confirms data breach after ransomware gang leaks stolen files

PCBA manufacturing giant Keytronic is warning it suffered a data breach after the Black Basta ransomware gang leaked 530GB of the company's stolen data two weeks ago.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 14, 2024
- 05:20 PM
- 0
Scattered Spider hackers switch focus to cloud apps for data theft

The Scattered Spider gang has started to steal data from software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and establish persistence through creating new virtual machines.
- Bill Toulas
- June 14, 2024
- 11:04 AM
- 0
Los Angeles Unified School District investigates data theft claims

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) officials are investigating a threat actor's claims that they're selling stolen databases containing records belonging to millions of students and thousands of teachers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 06, 2024
- 06:44 PM
- 0
Advance Auto Parts stolen data for sale after Snowflake attack

Threat actors claim to be selling 3TB of data from Advance Auto Parts, a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider, stolen after breaching the company's Snowflake account.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 05, 2024
- 05:56 PM
- 1
Club Penguin fans breached Disney Confluence server, stole 2.5GB of data

Club Penguin fans hacked a Disney Confluence server to steal information about their favorite game but wound up walking away with 2.5 GB of internal corporate data, BleepingComputer has learned.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 05, 2024
- 04:15 PM
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Cooler Master confirms customer info stolen in data breach

Computer hardware manufacturer Cooler Master has confirmed that it suffered a data breach on May 19, allowing a threat actor to steal customer data.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 30, 2024
- 11:01 AM
- 0
Europol confirms web portal breach, says no operational data stolen

Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only (FOUO) documents containing classified data.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 11, 2024
- 08:36 AM
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DocGo discloses cyberattack after hackers steal patient health data

Mobile medical care firm DocGo confirmed it suffered a cyberattack after threat actors breached its systems and stole patient health data.
- Lawrence Abrams
- May 07, 2024
- 06:20 PM
- 0
Cybersecurity consultant arrested after allegedly extorting IT firm

A former cybersecurity consultant was arrested for allegedly attempting to extort a publicly traded IT company by threatening to disclose confidential and proprietary data unless they paid him $1,500,000.
- Bill Toulas
- May 02, 2024
- 09:41 AM
- 0
New Cuttlefish malware infects routers to monitor traffic for credentials

A new malware named 'Cuttlefish' has been spotted infecting enterprise-grade and small office/home office (SOHO) routers to monitor data that passes through them and steal authentication information.
- Bill Toulas
- May 01, 2024
- 09:00 AM
- 4
CrushFTP warns users to patch exploited zero-day “immediately”

CrushFTP warned customers today in a private memo of an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability fixed in new versions released today, urging them to patch their servers immediately.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 19, 2024
- 06:33 PM
- 0
United Nations agency investigates ransomware attack, data theft

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is investigating a cyberattack after threat actors breached its IT systems to steal human resources data.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 19, 2024
- 02:03 PM
- 0
Acuity confirms hackers stole non-sensitive govt data from GitHub repos

Acuity, a federal contractor that works with U.S. government agencies, has confirmed that hackers breached its GitHub repositories and stole documents containing old and non-sensitive data.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 05, 2024
- 11:32 AM
- 0
US State Department investigates alleged theft of government data

The U.S. Department of State is investigating claims of a cyber incident after a threat actor leaked documents allegedly stolen from a government contractor.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 03, 2024
- 02:55 PM
- 1
Equilend warns employees their data was stolen by ransomware gang

New York-based securities lending platform EquiLend Holdings confirmed in data breach notification letters sent to employees that their data was stolen in a January ransomware attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 11, 2024
- 02:00 PM
- 0
Rhysida ransomware wants $3.6 million for children’s stolen data

The Rhysida ransomware gang has claimed the cyberattack on Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago at the start of the month.
- Bill Toulas
- February 28, 2024
- 03:37 PM
- 0
Hacker arrested for selling bank accounts of US, Canadian users

Ukraine's cyber police arrested a 31-year-old for running a cybercrime operation that gained access to bank accounts of American and Canadian users and sold them on the dark web.
- Bill Toulas
- February 18, 2024
- 10:06 AM
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