data breach
DraftKings warns of account breaches in credential stuffing attacks
Sports betting giant DraftKings has notified an undisclosed number of customers that their accounts had been hacked in a recent wave of credential stuffing attacks. DraftKings, a gambling company based in Boston and founded in 2012, provides sportsbook and daily fantasy sports (DFS) services and is an official partner of the NFL, NHL, PGA TOUR, […]
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 […]
Red Hat data breach escalates as ShinyHunters joins extortion
Enterprise software giant Red Hat is now being extorted by the ShinyHunters gang, with samples of stolen customer engagement reports (CERs) leaked on their data leak site. News of the Red Hat data breach broke last week when a hacking group known as the Crimson Collective claimed to have stolen nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000 internal development […]
ParkMobile pays… $1 each for 2021 data breach that hit 22 million
ParkMobile has finally wrapped up a class action lawsuit over the platform’s 2021 data breach that hit 22 million users. But there’s a catch: victims are receiving compensation in the form of a $1 in-app credit, which they must claim manually. And, it comes with an expiration date. In-app $0.25 credit can be used 4 times! […]
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 $55 billion, the French car maker has 170,000 employees and an annual production output of 2.2 million vehicles. Dacia […]
ShinyHunters launches Salesforce data leak site to extort 39 victims
An extortion group has launched a new data leak site to publicly extort dozens of companies impacted by a wave of Salesforce breaches, leaking samples of data stolen in the attacks. The threat actors responsible for these attacks claim to be part of the ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, and Lapsus$ groups, collectively referring to themselves as “Scattered Lapsus$ […]
Red Hat confirms security incident after hackers claim GitHub breach
An extortion group calling itself the Crimson Collective claims to have breached Red Hat’s private GitHub repositories, stealing nearly 570GB of compressed data across 28,000 internal projects. This data allegedly includes approximately 800 Customer Engagement Reports (CERs), which can contain sensitive information about a customer’s network and platforms. A CER is a consulting document prepared for […]
Data breach at dealership software provider impacts 766k clients
A ransomware attack at Motility Software Solutions, a provider of dealer management software (DMS), has exposed the sensitive data of 766,000 customers. Motility (formerly known as Systems 2000/Sys2K) is a provider of DMS software used by 7,000 dealerships (automotive, powersports, marine, heavy-duty, and RV retail) across the United States. Its products cover customer relationship management (CRM), […]
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 […]