Tag: data-breach
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Conduent, Plaintiffs Reach $80M Settlement in 2024 Hack
Data Theft From Back Office Services Firm Affected 62.2 Million. Plaintiffs representing about 62.2 million affected individuals reached a preliminary $80 million settlement of proposed class-action litigation against Conduent stemming from a 2024 hack on the back-office support services firm. The incident was the largest health data breach reported in 2025. First seen on govinfosecurity.com…
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Week in review: Hidden implant in Ledger wallets linked to $93M theft, 1,500+ npm packages exposed
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Strands Box: Open-source sandbox for AI agents AWS released Strands Box, an … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/18/week-in-review-hidden-implant-in-ledger-wallets-linked-to-93m-theft-1500-npm-packages-exposed/
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Cardiac Monitoring Firm iRhythm’s Hack Affects 8.2 Million
Breach Could Affect Every iRhythm User. A data breach by wearable cardiac monitor maker iRhythm Technologies is large enough to potentially encompass every user of the San Francisco company’s technology. The portable heartbeat detector manufacturer divulged the breach’s topline in a filing that became public Thursday. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/cardiac-monitoring-firm-irhythms-hack-affects-82-million-a-33131
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Burger King Japan Data Breach Impacted 11 Million Customers
Burger King Japan disclosed a breach exposing 11.18 million app users’ personal data after attackers accessed its membership system in early October. Burger King Japan has disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 11.18 million official app members. Burger King Japan, the company operating the fast-food chain in the country, said…
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Burger King Japan Data Breach Impacted 11 Million Customers
Burger King Japan disclosed a breach exposing 11.18 million app users’ personal data after attackers accessed its membership system in early October. Burger King Japan has disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 11.18 million official app members. Burger King Japan, the company operating the fast-food chain in the country, said…
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Moscow police detain suspected DataSuckers hackers linked to breaches in Ukraine and Russia
Russian authorities have reportedly detained three suspected members of the DataSuckers hacking group following a cyberattack on a popular restaurant chain that exposed vast amounts of customer information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-datasuckers-hackers-arrested
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Moscow police detain suspected DataSuckers hackers linked to breaches in Ukraine and Russia
Russian authorities have reportedly detained three suspected members of the DataSuckers hacking group following a cyberattack on a popular restaurant chain that exposed vast amounts of customer information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-datasuckers-hackers-arrested
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Moscow police detain suspected DataSuckers hackers linked to breaches in Ukraine and Russia
Russian authorities have reportedly detained three suspected members of the DataSuckers hacking group following a cyberattack on a popular restaurant chain that exposed vast amounts of customer information. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/russia-datasuckers-hackers-arrested
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Baltimore suburb confirms August data breach after ransomware claims
Anne Arundel County, Maryland, said an intruder stole files from government systems, and investigators are working to assess how much data was exposed. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/anne-arundel-county-maryland-confirms-data-breach
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Burger King Japan data breach exposes 11 million customer records
Burger King Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of global fast-food giant Burger King, disclosed a major data breach after attackers accessed a server containing 11.18 million customer records. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/burger-king-japan-data-breach-exposes-11-million-customer-records/
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Burger King Japan Data Breach Impacts 11.18 Million App Member Records
The Burger King Japan data breach occurred between October 2 and 7, exposing emails, birth dates and other… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/burger-king-japan-data-breach-11-million-app-members/
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Burger King Japan Data Breach Impacts 11.18 Million App Member Records
The Burger King Japan data breach occurred between October 2 and 7, exposing emails, birth dates and other… First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/burger-king-japan-data-breach-11-million-app-members/
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CenterPoint Energy Data Breach: More Than 1 Million Texans Affected
The regulated utility company CenterPoint Energy says a data breach exposed the personal information of more than 1 million people in Texas. CenterPoint Energy is a regulated utility company used to deliver natural gas and electricity infrastructure, maintain power grids and pipelines, and restore service across parts of Texas, Indiana, Ohio, and Minnesota. The organization…
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UK data watchdog warns Met Police over shadow IT data breach
The UK’s data protection watchdog warns of an “ongoing failure” by the Metropolitan Police Service to restrict staff from using unauthorised IT services First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366652274/UK-data-watchdog-warns-Met-Police-over-shadow-IT-data-breach
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Thousands of refrigerator devices remain exposed following French cyberattack
The investigation points to a much wider risk for industrial systems across the globe. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/thousands-refrigerator-devices-exposed-french-cyberattack/833117/
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Vibetech Database Exposes 13.7M Records Including ATT and FBI Data
An misconfigured Vibetech database exposed 13.7 million records from previous breaches, including ATT, Casio and FBI data, passwords and bank details. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/vibetech-database-exposes-att-fbi-data-more/
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Hackers Steal UK Legal Aid Records Dating Back to 1978 in Major Cyberattack
The UK’s Legal Aid Agency (LAA) now says the 2025 data breach exposed far older data than first reported. About 250,000 stolen records predate 2007, and the earliest verified record is from 1978. UK legal aid cyberattack The LAA identified a cyber-attack on its online digital services on Wednesday 23 April 2025. It secured its…
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France: Internet-Exposed Danfoss Controllers Drop 71% After Cyber-Attack
France-based operators of Danfoss refrigeration controllers have sharply reduced their internet exposure after the October 11 cyber-attack First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/france-expose-danfoss-controllers/
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Mögliches Datenleck: Notebooksbilliger meldet Cyberangriff
Unbekannte greifen offenbar auch auf Bankdaten zu – Notebooksbilliger warnt vor Betrugsversuchen mit gestohlenen Kundendaten First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/moegliches-datenleck-notebooksbilliger-meldet-cyberangriff-2610-214130.html
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10 Best Secrets Detection Tools Compared (2026): Features Pricing
GitGuardian anchors the dedicated platform lane, TruffleHog owns verification-first scanning (one vendor, despite two sheet rows), and GitHub’s native scanning plus Gitleaks set a free floor every team should exploit. With investigations revealing how a massive GitHub leak exposed over 39 million API keys and credentials, leaving authentication tokens in codebases is an invitation to…
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The internet’s attack surface moves at very different speeds
Censys found that AI-related software exposed to the public internet grew 63% in nine months, from 164,088 IP addresses in October 2025 to 267,915 in July 2026. Elsewhere in … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/15/exposed-ai-infrastructure-report/
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Cyberangriff Notebooksbilliger warnt vor möglichem Datenleck
Nach einem Cyberangriff auf Notebooksbilliger könnten auch Bankverbindungen von Kunden betroffen sein. Der Händler warnt vor Lastschriften. First seen on computerbase.de Jump to article: www.computerbase.de/news/wirtschaft/cyberangriff-notebooksbilliger-warnt-vor-moeglichem-datenleck.99833
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Cyberangriff Notebooksbilliger warnt vor möglichem Datenleck
Nach einem Cyberangriff auf Notebooksbilliger könnten auch Bankverbindungen von Kunden betroffen sein. Der Händler warnt vor Lastschriften. First seen on computerbase.de Jump to article: www.computerbase.de/news/wirtschaft/cyberangriff-notebooksbilliger-warnt-vor-moeglichem-datenleck.99833
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Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security
Incident hitting 700 supermarkets exploited outdated devices exposed to the Internet. First seen on arstechnica.com Jump to article: arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/fridge-hack-costing-millions-and-sparking-fires-stemmed-from-poor-security/
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Meta GitHub Repositories Compromised, Exposing Software Code and Employee Personal Data
Meta has revealed a breach of a GitHub repository that exposed software code and personal information belonging to about 1,500 individuals, most of whom are U.S. employees. The company began notifying affected individuals on October 13, after discovering the intrusion several weeks earlier, which involved the theft of an employee’s credentials. According to Meta’s statement…
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How a leaked builder of XWorm turned a remote access trojan into a surveillance kit
Netskope tracks four XWorm versions in the wild, 46 plugins, and new tools for location, audio and live browser control, with detections up fourfold. Netskope Threat Labs has been following XWorm since September 2024, and its latest report shows the malware has changed a lot. Over the past year the team identified four distinct versions…
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Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles owner joins growing list of fashion retailers targeted by hackers
People who have shopped with Phase Eight, Hobbs or Whistles will have to wait to find out whether their personal information was exposed in a cyberattack on the company behind … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/14/tfg-london-cyberattack-phase-eight-hobbs-whistles/
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Attackers Can Hijack npm Packages Without Stealing Developer Credentials
A flaw in npm’s Trusted Publishing mechanism could let attackers publish malicious updates to legitimate packages without compromising a developer’s npm account, GitHub account, or publishing token. Researchers identified more than 1,500 potentially exposed packages with over 10 million combined downloads. The weakness is particularly concerning as AI coding agents increasingly select, install, and execute…
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Hobbs and Whistles owner investigates hack that may have exposed customer data
Cyber-attack on TFG London comes less than a week after online fashion seller Asos was hit by hackers<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/13/imf-uk-economy-growth-boost-chancellor-john-healey-oil-prices-inflation-business-live-news”>Business live latest updates</li></ul>The owner of Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles has said its websites and IT systems have been hit by a cyber-attack that may have compromised customers’ personal data.The South-African listed TFG London said it…
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npm Trusted Publishing flaw exposed 1,500+ npm packages to takeover
Bloom Security researchers found that npm’s Trusted Publishing feature let an attacker push new versions of someone else’s package without stealing a credential. The attacker … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/13/slugfest-npm-trusted-publishing-flaw/