Tag: breach
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BreachForums hacking forum operators reportedly arrested in France
The French police have reportedly arrested five operators of the BreachForum cybercrime forum, a website used by cybercriminals to leak and sell stolen data that exposed the sensitive information of millions. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/breachforums-hacking-forum-operators-reportedly-arrested-in-france/
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SAP GUI flaws expose sensitive data via weak or no encryption
Tags: attack, breach, cve, data, encryption, exploit, flaw, phishing, sap, spear-phishing, threat, update, vulnerability, windowsThe impact could be much greater: Dani noted that a breach through these vulnerabilities can facilitate further targeted attacks. “Not undermining the fact that this extracted data provides attackers with enough gunpowder for reconnaissance activities, a threat actor could comprehend organizational structure, usage patterns, and system configurations from the exploitation of these vulnerabilities and weaponize…
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Mainline Health Systems data breach impacted over 100,000 individuals
Mainline Health Systems disclosed a data breach that impacted over 100,000 individuals. Mainline Health Systems is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center founded in 1978 in Portland, Arkansas, serving Southeast Arkansas . With over 30 locations across multiple counties”, including in-school clinics and community centers”, it provides comprehensive primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services.…
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Pro-Iranian Hacktivist Group Leaks Personal Records from the 2024 Saudi Games
Thousands of personal records allegedly linked to athletes and visitors of the Saudi Games have been published online by a pro-Iranian hacktivist group called Cyber Fattah.Cybersecurity company Resecurity said the breach was announced on Telegram on June 22, 2025, in the form of SQL database dumps, characterizing it as an information operation “carried out by…
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LLMs hype versus reality: What CISOs should focus on
Tags: ai, attack, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, ciso, cloud, control, corporate, cyber, cybercrime, cybersecurity, data, finance, governance, LLM, malware, monitoring, network, open-source, risk, risk-management, sans, service, software, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerabilitynot using AI even though there is a lot of over-hype and promise about its capability. That said, organizations that don’t use AI will get left behind. The risk of using AI is where all the FUD is.”In terms of applying controls, rinse, wash, and repeat the processes you followed when adopting cloud, BYOD, and…
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Maximize ROI from Your CrowdStrike Deployment
At ColorTokens, we’ve always been about breach readiness by stopping lateral movement through microsegmentation. Our mission is simple. Contain the spread of threats and keep operations running, even during an attack. That’s how we help businesses stay resilient. So, when you hear CrowdStrike say, “We stop breaches,” it directly aligns with our core mission. If your……
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Hackers claim breach of 64M T-Mobile records
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/hackers-claim-breach-of-64m-t-mobile-records
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Over 743K impacted by McLaren Health Care breach
Tags: breachFirst seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/over-743k-impacted-by-mclaren-health-care-breach
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Purportedly stolen Saudi Games data leaked by Iranian hacktivists
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/purportedly-stolen-saudi-games-data-leaked-by-iranian-hacktivists
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Steel Giant Nucor Confirms Data Stolen in Cyberattack
America’s largest steel producer initially disclosed the breach in May and took potentially affected systems offline to investigation the intrusion and contain any malicious activity. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/steel-giant-nucor-data-stolen-cyberattack
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Anton’s Security Blog Quarterly Q2 2025
Tags: ai, automation, breach, ciso, cloud, cyber, defense, detection, google, governance, guide, metric, office, RedTeam, siem, soc, software, supply-chain, threat, vulnerability, vulnerability-management, zero-trustAmazingly, Medium has fixed the stats so my blog/podcast quarterly is back to life. As before, this covers both Anton on Security and my posts from Google Cloud blog, and our Cloud Security Podcast (subscribe). Top 10 posts with the most lifetime views (excluding paper announcement blogs): Anton’s Alert Fatigue: The Study [A.C.”Š”, “Šwow, this…
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The Security Fallout of Cyberattacks on Government Agencies
Cyberattacks against government agencies are escalating at an alarming pace. From state departments to small municipal offices, public sector organizations have become prime targets for ransomware, credential theft, and increasingly sophisticated supply chain attacks. What once were isolated breaches have evolved into systemic risks threatening public safety, economic stability, and national security. Behind this surge……
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Lessons from Helsinki: NCSC-FI’s Role in Mitigating a Major Data Breach
A representative of NCSC-FI shared some lessons learned from a 2024 data breach affecting the Finnish capital First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/helsinki-ncscfi-major-data-breach/
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The ’16 billion password breach’ story is a farce
Experts told CyberScoop the research ‘doesn’t pass a sniff test’ and detracts from needed conversations around credential abuse and information stealers. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/colossal-data-breach-16-billion-credentials-no-evidence-media-exaggeration/
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Gonjeshke Darande Hackers Pose as Activists to Infiltrate Iranian Crypto Exchange
Gonjeshke Darande, a cyber threat actor widely suspected to be an Israeli state-sponsored group masquerading as an Iranian opposition hacktivist entity, executed a devastating attack on Nobitex, Iran’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. This high-profile breach resulted in the destruction of US$90 million in cryptocurrencies, which were deliberately sent to invalid wallets embedded with the provocative string…
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Mclaren Health Care Data Breach Impacts Over 743,000 Patients
Data breach at McLaren Health Care affecting over 743,000 individuals has been linked to a ransomware attack First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/mclaren-health-care-data-breach/
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Aflac, one of the USA’s largest insurers, is the latest to fall >>under siege<< to hackers
The Wall Street Journal reports that Aflac is investigating a breach that may have exposed claims information, health details, Social Security numbers, and other personal data. First seen on grahamcluley.com Jump to article: grahamcluley.com/aflac-one-of-the-usas-largest-insurers-is-the-latest-to-fall-under-siege-to-hackers/
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China-linked Salt Typhoon Exploits Critical Cisco Vulnerability to Target Canadian Telecom
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued an advisory warning of cyber attacks mounted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon actors to breach major global telecommunications providers as part of a cyber espionage campaign.The attackers exploited a critical Cisco IOS XE software (CVE-2023-20198, CVSS score: 10.0) to…
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Gain Confidence in Your IAM Strategy with NHIs
Why is Confidence in Security the Cornerstone for an Effective IAM Strategy? Confidence in security, particularly in Identity and Access Management (IAM), is essential for any organization where data breaches and cyber threats are commonplace. The question is, how can you build such confidence? The answer lies in understanding and effectively managing Non-Human Identities (NHIs)……
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Steelmaker Nucor restores operations, confirms limited data breach
The steel products giant said it does not expect the cyberattack to have a material impact on its operations. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/steelmaker-nucor-restores-operations-data-breach/751429/
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McLaren Health Says 743,000 Affected by 2024 Ransomware Hack
Michigan-Based Group Breached in Ransomware Attack for Second Time in Two Years. McLaren Health has begun notifying more than 743,000 people affected by a ransomware attack last summer. The incident, carried out by cybercriminal gang Inc Ransom, is McLaren’s second major health data breach from a ransomware attack in two years. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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AT&T receives court OK for $177M breach settlement
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/att-receives-court-ok-for-177m-breach-settlement
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Disneyland Paris data allegedly stolen by Anubis ransomware
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/disneyland-paris-data-allegedly-stolen-by-anubis-ransomware
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US Judge Okays $177 Million AT&T Data Breach Settlement
Preliminary Approval Granted to Settle Lawsuits Over Snowflake Breach, Dataset. A federal judge has granted preliminary approval for AT&T to settle multiple data breach lawsuits for $177 million. The lawsuits pertain to a customer dataset from 2021 that was circulating on cybercrime forums, and to the 2024 breach of AT&T’s Snowflake account. First seen on…
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US insurance giant Aflac says customers’ personal data stolen during cyberattack
The U.S. insurance giant provides supplemental insurance to around 50 million customers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/06/23/us-insurance-giant-aflac-says-customers-personal-data-stolen-during-cyberattack/
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US insurance giant Aflac says customers’ personal data stolen during cyberattack
The U.S. insurance giant provides supplemental insurance to around 50 million customers. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2025/06/23/us-insurance-giant-aflac-says-customers-personal-data-stolen-during-cyberattack/
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McLaren Health Care says data breach impacts 743,000 patients
McLaren Health Care is warning 743,000 patients that the health system suffered a data breach caused by a July 2024 attack by the INC ransomware gang. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mclaren-health-care-says-data-breach-impacts-743-000-patients/
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McLaren Health Care Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 743,000 Individuals
McLaren Health Care, a prominent healthcare provider based at One McLaren Parkway, Grand Blanc, MI, has disclosed a data breach that compromised the personal information of 743,131 individuals, including 25 residents of Maine. The breach, identified as an external system hacking event, occurred on July 17, 2024, and was discovered by the organization on August…
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McLaren Health Care data breach impacted over 743,000 people
The ransomware attack that hit McLaren Health Care in 2024 exposed the personal data of 743,000 individuals. McLaren Health Care is notifying over 743,000 people of a data breach discovered on August 5, 2024. McLaren discovered suspicious activity on its and Karmanos Cancer Institute’s systems on August 5, 2024, revealing a data breach incident. McLaren…