Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack
A proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against Equifax Inc. late Thursday evening, shortly after the company reported that an unprecedented hack had compromised the private information of about 143 million people. In the complaint filed in Portland, Ore., federal court, users alleged Equifax was negligent in failing to protect consumer data, choosing to save money […]
Hacker Claims To Be Holding HBO Data For Ransom
“The persons behind the hack have already released a dump of a little more than 3 GB worth of data, the AP says — mostly internal documents about the company’s network, a month’s worth of email from one executive’s account, and a few draft scripts from Game of Thrones. That’s a mere fraction — 2%, […]
Largest Hollywood hack in history may have compromised HBO confidential documents, emails
“A coordinated cyberattack on July 27 saw hackers walk away with one-and-a-half terabytes of HBO data, a publication reported, which included video footage, internal documents and email correspondence. Insiders at HBO now fear the lack of motive or ransom demand may lead the culprits to leak confidential emails and documents, according to The Hollywood Reporter. […]
Cloud Leak: How A Verizon Partner Exposed Millions of Customer Accounts
“UpGuard’s Cyber Risk Team can now report that a misconfigured cloud-based file repository exposed the names, addresses, account details, and account personal identification numbers (PINs) of as many as 14 million US customers of telecommunications carrier Verizon, per analysis of the average number of accounts exposed per day in the sample that was downloaded. The […]
14M customers vulnerable in massive Verizon data leak
“Names, address, account details and personal identification numbers for as many as 14 million Verizon customers were publicly accessible and unsecured in June because of a third-party cloud server problem, according to a new report. Chris Vickery, of Upguard, reported the breach after he discovered a database of Verizon customers on a cloud server account […]
Here’s What You Need To Know About Hard Rock, Loews Hotels Hack Attacks
“If you’ve stayed at a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino or Loews Hotel you’ll want to keep an eye on your financial statements after the two lodging companies revealed they’re the latest victims of a hack attack. The hotel companies revealed recently that they were affected by a data breach over the weekend, noting that […]
Unprotected server leaves 3 million WWE fans’ personal data vulnerable: report
“An employee of German security firm Kromtech uncovered an unprotected WWE database containing more than 3 million users’ personal information, according to a report published Thursday by Forbes. The data was stored on an Amazon server without any username or password protection, Forbes reported, and was accessible to anyone who knew which web address to […]
Data Breach, Vulnerability Data on Track to Set New Records in 2017
“There are so far 1,254 publicly reported data breaches and 4,837 published vulnerabilities in the first quarter of this year. Enterprise security executives looking for metrics to justify their budgets to top management should have plenty of material to choose from for the rest of year. Two reports from Risk Based Security this week show […]
Molina Healthcare, top Obamacare insurer, investigates data breach
“Molina Healthcare, a major insurer in Medicaid and state exchanges across the country, has shut down its online patient portal as it investigates a potential data breach that may have exposed sensitive medical information. The company said Friday that it closed the online portal for medical claims and other customer information while it examined a […]
Chipotle’s data breach affects customers nationwide
“Following a series of food-safety issues in 2015 and 2016, the company has been hit by another controversy: a security breach that’s affected its chains nationwide. The company says hackers stole customer payment data from most of its 2,250 restaurants between March 24 and April 18. Reuters reported that the stolen data includes account numbers […]