Category Archives: Data Breach
Government Database On 92M Brazilians Found For Sale
A Government Database on 92 million Brazilians was found for sale on a dark web forum. Following a tip-off from a analyst known as Breach Radar, a BleepingComputer reporter investigated the auction of an alleged government database containing the personal information. It was found that the seller called X4Crow was claiming that the database includes…
Comodo Forums Hacked By Exploiting vBulletin Flaw
Comodo, one of the largest SSL Security Certificate Authorities notifies that their vBulletin Forum has been hacked. Comodo Group reported that 170,000 forum users had their data stolen by a hacker who exploited a recently disclosed vulnerability in vBulletin’s internet forum software. Comodo notifies its forum users According to the announcement from Comodo, an attacker exploited…
What Is A Data Breach?
A data breach is a security incident in which information is accessed without authorization. Data breaches can hurt businesses and consumers in a variety of ways. They are a costly expense that can damage lives and reputations and take time to repair. Personally identifiable information — such as full names, credit card numbers, and Social…
DoorDash Data Breach Affects 4.9 Million People
DoorDash, a food-delivery service, disclosed a data breach affecting 4.9 million people. Drivers, restaurants, and customers are affected. The company said in a blog post, user information was accessed by an unauthorized third party. Here’s a partial list of personal data that could have been affected. Names Email addresses Delivery addresses Phone numbers Hashed and salted…
Point-Of-Sale Malware Found at 102 Checkers Restaurants
Checkers Restaurants suffered a cyber security breach according to a report by ZD Net, the company found Point-Of-Sale malware in 102 Checkers and Rally’s locations. The Checkers released statement emphasizes that “not all Checkers and Rally’s restaurants were affected by this issue.” The business also announced that the Point-Of-Sale malware did not affect all…
FEMA Exposed PII for Millions of Disaster Victims
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) exposed the personal identifiable information of 2.3 million individuals by oversharing data with a contractor. The individuals who were affected by hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, as well as the 2017 wildfires in California , had provided their information to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) while applying for transitional sheltering in hotels. “Since…
Oregon DHS fell victim to a targeted phishing attack
Nine employees Oregon department of Human Services managed to fall for a targeted phishing attack which compromised 350,000 patients and 2 million Emails. On a notice by the Cyber Security Team on January 28th determined that the email accounts were breached after nine employees fell to spear-phishing attack. The links they clicked on allowed…
Data Breach At UW Medicine
The data breach at SEATTLE’s UW Medicine exposed around 974,000 patient records. The files that web public did not contain anything too revealing, no medical or financial information or Social Security Numbers were available to be read. The content that was exposed were names, medical record numbers and descriptions. How did this happen? A public…
Have I Been Compromised Online?
So, your clicking around on the internet and come across news of compromised companies and now your wondering have I been compromised online? Are my usernames and passwords available online? Unfortunately, the answer to your question is your information is probably in the dark web up for grabs for anyone to take. Data breaches…
The Decorating Website Houzz Was Breached
The decorating website called Houzz stated that account usernames and passwords have been compromised by an unknown source. They also mentioned if their users also logged into Houzz using Facebook, their user’s public Facebook ID was exposed as well. Houzz quickly sent emails to their users base to urge them to change their passwords. “Houzz…