data breach
Oracle privately confirms Cloud breach to customers
Oracle has finally acknowledged to some customers that attackers have stolen old client credentials after breaching a “legacy environment” last used in 2017, Bloomberg reported. However, while Oracle told clients this is old legacy data that is not sensitive, the threat actor behind the attack has shared data with GeekFeed from the end of 2024 […]
Royal Mail investigates data leak claims, no impact on operations
Royal Mail is investigating claims of a security breach after a threat actor leaked over 144GB of data allegedly stolen from the company’s systems. When asked to confirm the authenticity of the leaked data, a Royal Mail spokesperson told GeekFeed that the British postal service is aware of an incident at Spectos GmbH, a third-party data collection […]
Oracle Health breach compromises patient data at US hospitals
A breach at Oracle Health impacts multiple US healthcare organizations and hospitals after a threat actor stole patient data from legacy servers. Oracle Health has not yet publicly disclosed the incident, but in private communications sent to impacted customers and from conversations with those involved, GeekFeed confirmed that patient data was stolen in the attack. Oracle […]
Oracle customers confirm data stolen in alleged cloud breach is valid
Despite Oracle denying a breach of its Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers and the theft of account data for 6 million people, GeekFeed has confirmed with multiple companies that associated data samples shared by the threat actor are valid. Last week, a person named ‘rose87168’ claimed to have breached Oracle Cloud servers and began selling the alleged […]
StreamElements discloses third-party data breach after hacker leaks data
Cloud-based streaming company StreamElements confirms it suffered a data breach at a third-party service provider after a threat actor leaked samples of stolen data on a hacking forum. The platform has reassured users that the attack didn’t impact its servers, though older data at a third-party provider they stopped working with last year was still […]
Oracle denies breach after hacker claims theft of 6 million data records
Oracle denies it was breached after a threat actor claimed to be selling 6 million data records allegedly stolen from the company’s Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers. “There has been no breach of Oracle Cloud. The published credentials are not for the Oracle Cloud. No Oracle Cloud customers experienced a breach or lost any […]
HellCat hackers go on a worldwide Jira hacking spree
Swiss global solutions provider Ascom has confirmed a cyberattack on its IT infrastructure as a hacker group known as Hellcat targets Jira servers worldwide using compromised credentials. The company announced in a press release that hackers on Sunday breached its technical ticketing system and is currently investigating the incident. Ascom is a telecommunications company with […]
Pennsylvania education union data breach hit 500,000 people
The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), the largest public-sector union in Pennsylvania, is notifying over half a million individuals that attackers stole their personal information in a July 2024 security breach. The union represents over 178,000 education professionals, including teachers, support staff, higher education personnel, nurses, retired educators, and future teachers. “PSEA experienced a security […]
Sperm donation giant California Cryobank warns of a data breach
US sperm donor giant California Cryobank is warning customers it suffered a data breach that exposed customers’ personal information. California Cryobank is a full-service sperm bank providing frozen donor sperm and specialized reproductive services, such as egg and embryo storage. The company is the largest sperm bank in the US and services all 50 states and more […]
Western Alliance Bank notifies 21,899 customers of data breach
Arizona-based Western Alliance Bank is notifying nearly 22,000 customers their personal information was stolen in October after a third-party vendor’s secure file transfer software was breached. Western Alliance is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation, a leading U.S. banking company with over $80 billion in assets. The bank first revealed in a February SEC […]