data breach
Maine breach portal abused to publish fake data breach disclosures
In an unusual misinformation campaign, fraudulent data breach disclosures were submitted to Maine’s official breach portal and publicly posted before their legitimacy could be verified, prompting companies to deny the claims. A notice allegedly filed by multiplayer social virtual reality platform VRChat is the most recent entry in the state Attorney General’s breach disclosure database. […]
Coupang hit with record $409 million data breach fine in Korea
The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), South Korea’s data protection regulator, has fined e-commerce giant Coupang a record 624.6 billion won (roughly $409 million) following a massive data breach affecting more than 37 million customers. Subsidiary Coupang Fulfillment Service was also fined 248 million won for unlawfully collecting, using, and handling customers’ personal and sensitive […]
Nottingham University data breach affects over 450,000 students
The University of Nottingham confirmed on Wednesday that a hacking group gained access to its student records system in a breach affecting both current students and alums. Nottingham University is a public research university with 7,000 staff and over 46,000 students, ranking in the Top 20 in the United Kingdom and the Top 100 worldwide. […]
ServiceNow discloses security incident exposing customer data
ServiceNow is warning about a security incident after attackers exploited an unauthenticated access flaw through a vulnerable API endpoint, allowing them to query data from customer instances. The company quietly warned impacted customers through a support bulletin and direct support cases after detecting “anomalous activity” related to the issue. The bulletin, which is hidden behind ServiceNow’s […]
French govt messaging service breached in account hijacking attack
DINUM, the digital affairs directorate of the French government, warned that hackers used a hijacked user account to breach Tchap, the French government’s encrypted messaging platform. Developed in-house by DINUM in collaboration with ANSSI (the French Cybersecurity Agency) in 2018, Tchap is an instant messaging service and collaboration tool based on the decentralized Matrix protocol, designed […]
SoFi confirms third-party data breach at Hong Kong subsidiary
SoFi Hong Kong is warning that it suffered a data breach after hackers gained access to a database at a third-party vendor containing customer information. The company is a U.S.-based financial technology company that offers banking, investing, loans, and other personal finance services. The company also operates SoFi Hong Kong, which provides investment and securities […]
Oxford University discloses data breach after careers platform hack
The University of Oxford disclosed a new data breach last week after being informed by its third-party provider, Group GTI, that its CareerConnect career services platform had been compromised. This platform is also used by other UK educational organizations, such as King’s College London and the University of Manchester, to run their institution-specific career hubs. […]
Over 20,000 Instagram accounts stolen in Meta AI support hack
Meta has revealed that over 20,000 Instagram users had their accounts hijacked in a recent incident where attackers used Meta’s AI-powered support system to reset passwords. As GeekFeed reported one week ago, the threat actors exploited a flaw in the company’s High Touch Support (HTS) tool, an AI-assisted support system that helps users regain access after being locked out of […]
DentaQuest data breach exposed info of 2.6 million accounts
A data breach at the dental benefits administrator DentaQuest has reportedly exposed the sensitive data of 2.6 million accounts. The security incident came to light last month, when the infamous extortion group ShinyHunters listed the company on its data leak site and claimed to have stolen more than 234 GB of data. Following what the […]
UN food agency discloses breach affecting 600,000 Gaza households
The United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP), the world’s largest humanitarian organization, revealed over the weekend that its self-registration application (SRA) for Palestine was breached. The WFP disclosed the incident in a Sunday Telegram message, saying that the self-registration application used for assistance registration in Gaza had been breached. During the breach, the attackers gained access […]