Customer Data
Electronics giant Avnet confirms breach, says stolen data unreadable
Electronic components distributor Avnet confirmed in a statement for GeekFeed that it suffered a data breach but noted that the stolen data is unreadable without proprietary tools. A company spokesperson told us that the incident occurred after unauthorized actors accessed a database hosted on an external service, which stored information used in the EMEA (Europe, Middle […]
Discord discloses data breach after hackers steal support tickets
Hackers stole partial payment information and personally identifiable data, including names and government-issued IDs, from some Discord users after compromising a third-party customer service provider. The attack occurred on September 20 and affected “a limited number of users” who interacted with Discord’s customer support and/or Trust and Safety teams. Discord was created as a communication […]
Renault and Dacia UK warn of data breach impacting customers
Customers of Renault and Dacia in the United Kingdom have been notified that sensitive information they shared with the car maker was compromised following a data breach at a third-party provider. With a revenue of more than $55 billion, the French car maker has 170,000 employees and an annual production output of 2.2 million vehicles. Dacia […]
WestJet data breach exposes travel details of 1.2 million customers
Canadian airline WestJet is informing customers that the cyberattack disclosed in June compromised the personal information of 1.2 million customers, including passports and ID documents. WestJet is a major airline in North America, operating a fleet of 153 aircraft and serving 104 destinations, which carry over 25 million travelers annually. On June 13, the company disclosed a […]
WestJet confirms recent breach exposed customers’ passports
Canadian airline WestJet is informing customers that the cyberattack disclosed in June compromised their sensitive information, including passports and ID documents. WestJet is a major airline in North America that operates a fleet of 153 aircrafts and services 104 destinations, carrying over 25 million travelers annually. On June 13, the company disclosed a cybersecurity incident that disrupted certain internal […]
Harrods suffers new data breach exposing 430,000 customer records
UK retail giant Harrods has disclosed a new cybersecurity incident after hackers compromised a third-party supplier and stole 430,000 records with sensitive e-commerce customer information. In a statement for GeekFeed, the luxury department store noted that the latest incident is not related to the May cyberattack, which was attributed to Scattered Spider. Back in May, Harrods was the target […]
Lovesac confirms data breach after ransomware attack claims
American furniture brand Lovesac is warning that it suffered a data breach impacting an undisclosed number of individuals, stating their personal data was exposed in a cybersecurity incident. Lovesac is a furniture designer, manufacturer, and retailer, operating 267 showrooms across the United States, and having annual net sales of $750 million. They are best known for their […]
TransUnion suffers data breach impacting over 4.4 million people
Consumer credit reporting giant TransUnion warns it suffered a data breach exposing the personal information of over 4.4 million people in the United States, with GeekFeed learning the data was stolen from it’s Salesforce account. TransUnion is one of the three major credit bureaus in the United States, alongside Equifax and Experian. It operates in 30 countries, employs […]
Auchan retailer data breach impacts hundreds of thousands of customers
French retailer Auchan is informing that some sensitive data associated with loyalty accounts of several hundred thousand of its customers was exposed in a cyberattack. The company is sending data breach notifications to customers affected by the incident. “We are writing to inform you that Auchan has been the victim of a cyberattack. This attack […]
FTC warns tech giants not to bow to foreign pressure on encryption
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning major U.S. tech companies against yielding to foreign government demands that weaken data security, compromise encryption, or impose censorship on their platforms. FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson signed the letter sent to large American companies like Akamai, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Cloudflare, Discord, GoDaddy, Meta, Microsoft, Signal, Snap, Slack, and […]