Security Breach
AssuranceAmerica data breach exposes records of 6.9 million drivers
American insurance company AssuranceAmerica has disclosed a data breach impacting nearly 7 million drivers after attackers gained access to its systems earlier this year. AssuranceAmerica operates through a network of over 9,500 independent agents and provides auto, renters, and commercial auto insurance coverage across 14 U.S. states. While the company has yet to publish a press […]
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 […]
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 […]
Pharma giant Novo Nordisk discloses breach of clinical trials data
Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, the world’s largest producer of insulin, disclosed a data breach affecting patient information from some clinical trials. Founded in 1923, Novo Nordisk now employs around 67,900 people across 80 offices worldwide and is the maker of viral GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs Wegovy and Ozempic. The company revealed on Thursday that attackers gained access […]
Over 73,000 French govt employees affected in Tchap messenger breach
The French government revealed that a recent breach of its Tchap encrypted messaging platform affects the accounts of over 73,000 employees in the French public sector. DINUM, the French government’s digital affairs directorate, disclosed on Monday that a threat actor gained access to the Tchap platform using a compromised user account and notified France’s data protection authority (CNIL) due to the […]
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 […]
Official CheckMarx Jenkins package compromised with infostealer
Checkmarx warned over the weekend that a rogue version of its Jenkins Application Security Testing (AST) plugin had been published on the Jenkins Marketplace. The compromise was claimed by the TeamPCP hacker group, which initiated a spree of supply-chain attacks that included the Shai-Hulud campaigns on npm and the Trivy vulnerability scanner breach, resulting in the delivery of credential-stealing […]
Trellix discloses data breach after source code repository hack
Cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to “a portion” of its source code repository. Trellix is a global cybersecurity company formed from the October 2021 merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye. It provides services to over 50,000 business and government customers worldwide, protecting more than 200 million endpoints. According to […]
American utility firm Itron discloses breach of internal IT network
Utility technology company Itron, Inc. has disclosed that an unauthorized third party accessed some of its internal systems during a cyberattack. The company states that it activated its cybersecurity response plan when detecting the activity last month, notified law enforcement authorities, and engaged external advisors to support the investigation and incident containment. “On April 13, […]
European Gym giant Basic-Fit data breach affects 1 million members
Dutch fitness giant Basic-Fit announced that hackers breached its systems and gained access to information belonging to a million of its customers. The company operates the largest gym chain in Europe, owning more than 1,700 clubs and over 430 franchises in 12 countries, including the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, and Germany. In a disclosure published […]