data breach
Accenture confirms breach after hacker offers stolen data for sale
IT services giant Accenture has confirmed it suffered a security breach after a threat actor claimed to have stolen 35 GB of source code and other data from the company. “We are aware of this isolated matter, and we have remediated its source. There is no impact to Accenture operations and service delivery,” Accenture told […]
Medtronic notifies customers impacted by ShinyHunters data breach
Healthcare device firm Medtronic is notifying affected customers about a data breach that exposed their personal data to an unauthorized third party. The company previously confirmed that its IT systems were compromised by hackers, and the infamous data extortion group ‘ShinyHunters’ claimed the attack. The threat actor said that they were holding 9 million Medtronic records with […]
Kubota says hackers had month-long access to network systems
Kubota North America Corporation disclosed that hackers had access to some of its network systems for more than a month earlier this year. Following an investigation into the incident, the company determined that between March 16 and April 20 the threat actor accessed files with personal information for employees and their dependents. Kubota is a […]
Insurance giant Aflac discloses data breach after subsidiary hack
American insurance giant Aflac has disclosed a new data breach after attackers breached its Japan subsidiary’s systems and stole personal and bank account information. Aflac (short for American Family Life Assurance Company) is a Fortune 500 company and the largest supplemental insurance provider in the United States, serving millions of customers in the U.S. and […]
NAIC says public data stolen in ShinyHunters’ PeopleSoft breach
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) says the ShinyHunters extortion group stole only publicly available data, outdated logs, and configuration files after breaching its systems by exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in an Oracle PeopleSoft server. NAIC is a U.S. insurance regulatory organization present in all 50 states. The organization identified on June 11 that […]
Data breach exposes up to 14.2 million email logins at six ISPs
Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI Corporation disclosed a data breach where threat actors gained access to one of its email systems used by five other internet service providers (ISPs) in the country. The company says that it discovered the compromise on June 17 and responded immediately by blocking the attacker and implementing defense measures. The investigation […]
Healthtech firm Xolis suffers data breach impacting 1.4 million people
Healthcare technology company Xsolis says that sensitive data belonging to nearly 1.4 million individuals was compromised in a phishing attack that gave attackers access to its network. Although the company is not aware of any attempted misuse of the exposed information, it is warning affected individuals to stay alert for potential targeted attacks. Xsolis is […]
LastPass confirms data breach in Klue supply chain attack
LastPass announced that hackers accessed support cases containing customer data from its Salesforce environment after stealing the company’s OAuth tokens in the Klue supply chain attack earlier this month. The password management platform says its products, services, and infrastructure were not affected by the incident and that customer vaults remained secure. “On June 12th, LastPass […]
Klue OAuth breach victim list grows as Icarus hackers claim attack
Market intelligence platform Klue has publicly confirmed a recent security incident that allowed threat actors to steal OAuth tokens used to connect to customers’ Salesforce environments, as the new “Icarus” extortion group publicly claims the attack. The disclosure comes after cybersecurity firms Huntress and ReliaQuest detailed how attackers abused compromised Klue Battlecards integrations to steal Salesforce CRM data from […]
Texas govt data breach exposes over 3 million driver’s licenses
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) disclosed a data breach at its license system vendor that exposed personal information for more than three million individuals. The Texas Cyber Command discovered the intrusion and launched an investigation to determine the extent and impact of the unauthorized access. The state authority found that Social Security Numbers […]