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Internet Archive breached again through stolen access tokens
The Internet Archive was breached again, this time on their Zendesk email support platform after repeated warnings that threat actors stole exposed GitLab authentication tokens. Since last night, GeekFeed has received numerous messages from people who received replies to their old Internet Archive removal requests, warning that the organization has been breached as they did […]
Pokemon dev Game Freak confirms breach after stolen data leaks online
Japanese video game developer Game Freak has confirmed it suffered a cyberattack in August after source code and game designs for unpublished games were leaked online. Game Freak is best known for being the co-owner and the primary developing studio of the Pokémon series video game, which started in 1996 with the Pokémon Red and […]
Fidelity Investments says data breach affects over 77,000 people
Fidelity Investments, a Boston-based multinational financial services company, disclosed that the personal information of over 77,000 customers was exposed after its systems were breached in August. As one of the largest asset managers in the world, with $14.1 trillion in assets under administration and $5.5 trillion under management, Fidelity employs over 75,000 associates across 11 countries in […]
Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
Internet Archive’s “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole a user authentication database containing 31 million unique records. News of the breach began circulating Wednesday afternoon after visitors to archive.org began seeing a JavaScript alert created by the hacker, stating that the Internet Archive was breached. […]
Outlast game development delayed after Red Barrels cyberattack
Canadian video game developer Red Barrels is warning that the development of its Outlast games will likely be delayed after the company suffered a cyberattack impacting its internal IT systems and data. Although the statement emphasizes that the attack has not affected player data, the production timeline has been impacted. “The Red Barrels team regrets […]
Dutch Police: ‘State actor’ likely behind recent data breach
The national Dutch police (Politie) says that a state actor was likely behind the data breach it detected last week. The attack compromised police office contact details, names, email addresses, phone numbers, and in some cases, private details. According to the original report, the attacker had hacked a police account and stole work-related contact details of […]
Rackspace monitoring data stolen in ScienceLogic zero-day attack
Cloud hosting provider Rackspace suffered a data breach exposing “limited” customer monitoring data after threat actors exploited a zero-day vulnerability in a third-party tool used by the ScienceLogic SL1 platform. ScienceLogic confirmed to GeekFeed that they quickly developed a patch to address the risk and distributed it to all impacted customers while still providing assistance […]
AutoCanada says ransomware attack “may” impact employee data
AutoCanada is warning that employee data may have been exposed in an August cyberattack claimed by the Hunters International ransomware gang. Although the firm says it has detected no fraud campaigns targeting impacted individuals, it is sending notifications to alert affected people of potential risks. In mid-August, the car dealership company disclosed that it had […]
Disney ditching Slack after massive July data breach
The Walt Disney Company is reportedly ditching Slack after a July data breach exposed over 1TB of confidential messages and files posted to the company’s internal communication channels. According to CNBC, Disney has already begun migrating to new “streamlined enterprise-wide collaboration tools” and emailed employees this week to say that they will finish the migration at the end […]
Dell investigates data breach claims after hacker leaks employee info
Dell has confirmed to GeekFeed that they are investigating recent claims that it suffered a data breach after a threat actor leaked the data for over 10,000 employees. The allegations were published yesterday by a threat actor named “grep,” who alleges that the computing vendor suffered a “minor data breach” in September 2024, exposing internal employee and […]