Security Breach
Air France and KLM disclose data breaches impacting customers
Air France and KLM announced on Wednesday that attackers had breached a customer service platform and stolen the data of an undisclosed number of customers. Together with Transavia, Air France and KLM are part of Air France–KLM Group, a French-Dutch multinational airline holding company founded in 2004 and a major player in international air transport. […]
US nuclear weapons agency hacked in Microsoft SharePoint attacks
Unknown threat actors have breached the National Nuclear Security Administration’s network in attacks exploiting a recently patched Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability chain. NNSA is a semi-autonomous U.S. government agency part of the Department of Energy that maintains the country’s nuclear weapons stockpile and is also tasked with responding to nuclear and radiological emergencies within the […]
Major European healthcare network discloses security breach
AMEOS Group, an operator of a massive healthcare network in Central Europe, has announced it has suffered a security breach that may have exposed customer, employee, and partner information. The organization published a statement on its website, as required by Article 34 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which mandates a public notice in […]
Whole Foods supplier UNFI restores core systems after cyberattack
American grocery wholesale giant United Natural Foods (UNFI) reports that it has restored its core systems and brought online the electronic ordering and invoicing systems affected by a cyberattack. UNFI, which is also a primary distributor for Amazon’s Whole Foods, said in a Thursday update that the incident has been contained and that it’s now delivering products […]
Grocery wholesale giant United Natural Foods hit by cyberattack
United Natural Foods (UNFI), North America’s largest publicly traded wholesale distributor, was forced to shut down some systems following a recent cyberattack. The Rhode Island-based company operates 53 distribution centers and delivers fresh and frozen products to over 30,000 locations across the United States and Canada, including supermarket chains, e-commerce providers, natural product superstores, independent […]
Germany fines Vodafone $51 million for privacy, security breaches
The German data protection authority (BfDI) has fined Vodafone GmbH, the telecommunications company’s German subsidiary, €45 million ($51.4 million) for privacy and security violations. “Due to malicious employees in partner agencies who broker contracts to customers on behalf of Vodafone, there had been fraud cases due to fictitious contracts or contract changes at the expense of […]
Coinbase says recent data breach impacts 69,461 customers
Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange with over 100 million customers, revealed that a recent data breach in which cybercriminals stole customer and corporate data affected 69,461 individuals. In data breach notifications filed with the Office of Maine’s Attorney General, Coinbase said, “a small number of individuals, performing services for Coinbase at our overseas retail support locations, improperly accessed customer […]
Steel giant Nucor Corporation facing disruptions after cyberattack
A cybersecurity incident on Nucor Corporation’s systems, the largest steel producer in the U.S., forced the company to take offline parts of its networks and implement containment measures. The incident caused the company to temporarily suspend production at multiple locations, although the full impact on Nucor’s business remains unclear. Nucor is a major steel producer in the U.S. and […]
Western Sydney University discloses security breaches, data leak
Western Sydney University (WSU) announced two security incidents that exposed personal information belonging to members of its community. WSU is a prominent Australian institution offering various undergraduate, postgraduate, and research programs across multiple disciplines. It serves a student body of 47,000 and employs over 4,500 permanent and seasonal staff, operating with an annual budget of […]
Australian pension funds hit by wave of credential stuffing attacks
Over the weekend, a massive wave of credential stuffing attacks hit multiple large Australian super funds, compromising thousands of members’ accounts. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Australia’s advocacy body for the superannuation industry, said today that “a number of members were affected” even though the “majority of the attempts were repelled.” Reuters has learned […]