Data Leak
Tata Electronics confirms cyberattack as hackers leak data
Tata Electronics has confirmed in a statement to GeekFeed that it was the target of a cyberattack that impacted parts of its IT infrastructure. The company emphasizes that its operations continued to run normally and were not affected by the incident. “A few weeks ago, Tata Electronics identified a cybersecurity incident on some of our […]
CISA warns Fortinet users to secure devices after FortiBleed leak
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged Fortinet customers to secure their devices after nearly 74,000 firewall and VPN credentials were exposed in a data leak dubbed “FortiBleed.” This warning comes after threat actors used compromised credentials to target internet-accessible Fortinet devices across government and private-sector organizations worldwide. “CISA is aware of global reports that malicious […]
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 […]
Charter Communications data breach affects 4.9 million accounts
The ShinyHunters extortion gang stole personal information from 4.9 million accounts after hacking the U.S. telecom giant Charter Communications in early April, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. Charter has over 92,000 employees and provides internet, mobile, video, and voice services to more than 32 million customers and over 57 million […]
7-Eleven confirms data breach claimed by the ShinyHunters gang
Convenience store chain giant 7-Eleven confirmed that its systems were breached in a cyberattack claimed by the ShinyHunters extortion group last month. Founded in 1927, 7-Eleven now operates, franchises, and licenses over 86,000 stores globally, including 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada, while its 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards loyalty programs have more than 100 […]
UK fines water supplier $1.3M for exposing data of 664k customers
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined South Staffordshire Water Plc and parent company South Staffordshire Plc £963,900 ($1.3 million) over a cyberattack that exposed the personal data of 663,887 customers and employees. The company supplies 330 million liters of drinking water to 1.6 million consumers daily and, in 2022, disclosed that it was the target […]
Trellix source code breach claimed by RansomHouse hackers
The attack on the Trellix source code repository disclosed last week has been claimed by the RansomHouse threat group, which leaked a small set of images as proof of the intrusion. Yesterday, the threat actor published on their data leak site screenshots indicating access to the cybersecurity company’s appliance management system. However, GeekFeed could not […]
Zara data breach exposed personal information of 197,000 people
Hackers who gained access to the databases of Spanish fast-fashion retailer Zara stole data belonging to more than 197,000 customers, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. Zara has over 1,500 company-managed and franchised stores worldwide and is the flagship brand of the Inditex Group, one of the world’s largest fashion distribution […]
Karakurt extortion gang ‘cold case’ negotiator gets 8.5 years in prison
A Latvian national extradited to the United States was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for his “cold case” negotiator role in the Russian Karakurt ransomware group. 35-year-old Deniss Zolotarjovs (Денисс Золотарёвс) of Moscow, Russia, was arrested in Georgia, Eastern Europe, in December 2023, and pleaded guilty in July 2025 to conspiracy to commit wire […]
15-year-old detained over French govt agency data breach
French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of selling data stolen in a cyberattack on France Titres (ANTS), the country’s agency for issuing and managing administrative documents. The government agency confirmed the breach and the authenticity of the data offered for sale on a cybercriminal forum by someone using the alias ‘breach3d’. On April 13, ANTS detected […]