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Frontier warns 750,000 of a data breach after extortion threats

Frontier Communications is warning 750,000 customers that their information was exposed in a data breach after an April cyberattack claimed by the RansomHub ransomware operation.
- Bill Toulas
- June 07, 2024
- 02:45 PM
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Collection agency FBCS ups data breach tally to 3.2 million people

Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) now says over 3.2 million people have been impacted by a data breach that occurred in February.
- Bill Toulas
- June 03, 2024
- 07:11 PM
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SEC: Financial orgs have 30 days to send data breach notifications

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted amendments to Regulation S-P that require certain financial institutions to disclose data breach incidents to impacted individuals within 30 days of discovery.
- Bill Toulas
- May 17, 2024
- 12:13 PM
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WebTPA data breach impacts 2.4 million insurance policyholders

The WebTPA Employer Services (WebTPA) data breach disclosed earlier this month is impacting close to 2.5 million individuals, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notes.
- Bill Toulas
- May 17, 2024
- 10:45 AM
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AT&T now says data breach impacted 51 million customers

AT&T is notifying 51 million former and current customers, warning them of a data breach that exposed their personal information on a hacking forum. However, the company has still not disclosed how the data was obtained.
- Bill Toulas
- April 10, 2024
- 10:18 AM
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iPhone apps abuse iOS push notifications to collect user data

Numerous iOS apps are using background processes triggered by push notifications to collect user data about devices, potentially allowing the creation of fingerprinting profiles used for tracking.
- Bill Toulas
- January 25, 2024
- 01:28 PM
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Mortgage giant Mr. Cooper data breach affects 14.7 million people

Mr. Cooper is sending notices of a data breach to customers who were impacted by a cyberattack the firm suffered in November 2023.
- Bill Toulas
- December 18, 2023
- 08:40 AM
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Dollar Tree hit by third-party data breach impacting 2 million people

Discount store chain Dollar Tree was impacted by a third-party data breach affecting 1,977,486 people after the hack of service provider Zeroed-In Technologies.
- Bill Toulas
- November 29, 2023
- 04:25 PM
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Maine govt notifies 1.3 million people of MOVEit data breach

The State of Maine has announced that its systems were breached after threat actors exploited a vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer tool and accessed personal information of about 1.3 million, which is close to the state's entire population.
- Bill Toulas
- November 10, 2023
- 11:21 AM
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Microsoft Authenticator now blocks suspicious MFA alerts by default

Microsoft has introduced a new protective feature in the Authenticator app to block notifications that appear suspicious based on specific checks performed during the account login stage.
- Bill Toulas
- November 07, 2023
- 10:40 AM
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Okta hit by third-party data breach exposing employee information

Okta is warning nearly 5,000 current and former employees that their personal information was exposed after a third-party vendor was breached.
- Bill Toulas
- November 02, 2023
- 10:09 AM
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Third Flagstar Bank data breach since 2021 affects 800,000 customers

Flagstar Bank is warning that over 800,000 US customers had their personal information stolen by cybercriminals due to a breach at a third-party service provider.
- Bill Toulas
- October 08, 2023
- 10:07 AM
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Flipper Zero can be used to launch iOS Bluetooth spam attacks

The Flipper Zero portable wireless pen-testing and hacking tool can be used to aggressively spam Bluetooth connection messages at Apple iOS devices, such as iPhones and iPads.
- Bill Toulas
- September 06, 2023
- 04:12 PM
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Forever 21 data breach: hackers accessed info of 500,000

Forever 21 clothing and accessories retailer is sending data breach notifications to more than half a million individuals who had their personal information exposed to network intruders.
- Bill Toulas
- August 31, 2023
- 03:23 PM
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Windows admins can now sign up for ‘known issue’ email alerts

Microsoft announced today that Windows admins can now choose to be emailed when new known issues are added to the Windows release health section of the Microsoft 365 admin center.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 03, 2023
- 01:58 PM
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Consumer lender TMX discloses data breach impacting 4.8 million people

TMX Finance and its subsidiaries TitleMax, TitleBucks, and InstaLoan have collectively disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal data of 4,822,580 customers.
- Bill Toulas
- March 31, 2023
- 10:18 AM
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JD Sports says hackers stole data of 10 million customers

UK sports apparel chain JD Sports is warning customers of a data breach after a server was hacked that contained online order information for 10 million customers.
- Bill Toulas
- January 30, 2023
- 10:55 AM
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Zacks Investment Research data breach affects 820,000 clients

Hackers breached Zacks Investment Research (Zacks) company last year and gained access to personal and sensitive information belonging to 820,000 customers.
- Bill Toulas
- January 25, 2023
- 01:45 PM
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GoTo says hackers stole customers' backups and encryption key

GoTo (formerly LogMeIn) is warning that threat actors stole encrypted backups containing customer information and an encryption key for a portion of that data.
- Bill Toulas
- January 24, 2023
- 08:43 AM
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Microsoft Edge now bashes Google Chrome when you download it

Microsoft Edge is now displaying in-browser alerts that discourage users from downloading Google Chrome by bashing the popular browser.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 02, 2021
- 04:46 PM
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