Data Theft
Lidl discloses online shop breach after service provider hack
German discount supermarket chain Lidl notified customers in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands that attackers stole their personal information in a breach at a service provider. Lidl, owned by Schwarz Group, the largest food retailer in Europe, has over 376,000 employees and operates 12,000 stores across Europe and the United States. The discount giant notified […]
New Helix vishing group emerges in SharePoint data theft attacks
A new data-extortion group called Helix is using identity-focused tactics such as voice phishing (vishing), device code phishing, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) abuse to steal data from SharePoint environments. Initial contact is made through vishing. In some cases, the threat actor called employees while impersonating their manager, using either the manager’s name or caller ID […]
Mount Royal University confirms breach as hackers claim attack
Mount Royal University in Calgary says hackers stole and then deleted data from its file storage systems after breaching the university’s network. In an update published on its website, MRU states that it has engaged technical teams and external cybersecurity experts to investigate the incident and to support recovery efforts following a cyberattack on June […]
Entra passkey enrollment vishing targets Microsoft 365 users
A threat actor has been targeting organizations across multiple sectors with voice-based fake security requests that ask Microsoft 365 users to enroll a new Entra passkey. The attacker is taking advantage of a new capability Microsoft opened to administrators in May, allowing them to run “passkey registration campaigns” to entice users to enrol passkeys for […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nissan discloses employee data breach linked to Oracle zero-day attacks
Nissan is warning that it suffered a data breach affecting current and former employees after threat actors exploited an Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability in data theft attacks previously linked to the ShinyHunters extortion group. In breach notifications filed with the California Attorney General’s Office, Oracle says these data theft attacks impacted hundreds of companies and that […]
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 […]
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 […]