Zak Wheeler reports: Hackers have cracked a popular mortgage lender’s servers and gained access to the personal information of its clients. Firstmac, an Australian non-bank mortgage lender, sent out a round of emails to customers this week alerting them to the fact that their data may have been breached. Information accessed by hackers included bank accounts, passport…
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Dell notifies customers of breach; seller “Menelik” is ShinyHunters (2)
On April 28, a new forum user on BreachForums called “Menelik” claimed to have 49 million Dell Technologies customer records for sale. The Daily Dark Web provided a screencap and details from the listing. The customer data purportedly includes data between 2017 and 2024, with “full names, addresses, cities, provinces, postal codes, countries, unique 7-digit…
TCS Employee Suspended After Reporting a Security Incident, Reddit Post Goes Viral
Purvi Khemani reports: A Reddit user recently shared a troubling experience on the platform. They claimed they were fired from TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) after reporting a security issue. Using the handle @Personal_Stage4690, they posted on the ‘Developers India’ subreddit, saying, “I reported a security incident in tcs where my manager ware (was) making employees…
Regional Cancer Center cyberattack: Ransom demanded, at least 2 million patients’ data stolen (UPDATE 1)
United News of India (UNI) reports on a significant cyberattack on April 30 that has been attributed to Daixin Team (but SEE UPDATE BELOW POST): In one of the highest volumes of cyberattacks in India, details of 20 lakh patients with the Regional Cancer Center (RCC) here were compromised, affecting 11 out of 14 servers…
Ascension reports cybersecurity incident, possible data breach
Caroline Hudson reports: Ascension has detected a cybersecurity incident that is disrupting its clinical operations, and has advised business partners to disconnect from its systems. The nonprofit health system said Wednesday it had discovered “unusual activity” on select network systems that it believes is due to a cybersecurity event. An Ascension spokesperson did not respond to…
J.P. Morgan Sued For Data Exposure
Remy Samuels reports: A participant in a retirement plan managed by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has initiated legal action against the company following recent reports of a data breach where over 451,000 plan participants’ personal details were exposed, According to the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on May…