By Donie O’Sullivan, Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Business Video by John General, Zach Wasser and Logan Whiteside, CNN Business Portraits by Sarah Silbiger for CNN Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users’ personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy, according to an explosive…
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UK: Major city car dealership hit by huge data theft cyber attack in July
Laura Watson reports: A Stoke-on-Trent car dealership which boasts more than 10,000 ‘satisfied customers’ has been hit by a major cyber attack. Holdcroft Motor Group, in Leek Road, Hanley, was targeted by hackers who are believed to have stolen years’ worth of data. StokeonTrentLive understands that the firm was hit with a demand for substantial…
Chinese adult site leaking 14 million user details — and it’s increasing?!
On August 6, Waqas reported that a Chinese adult site platform had leaked more than 14 million user accounts with more than 24 GB of files. The server was reportedly updating itself with new information every second. Hjedd, an infamous Chinese adult content and NSFW platform has been exposing a treasure trove of user data…
Id: Communication Ministry studying report of IndiHome data leak
Antara News reports: The Communication and Informatics Ministry is still studying a report of the alleged leak of IndiHome subscribers ‘ personal data. The ministry will soon summon the management of state-owned telecommunication operator PT Telkom Indonesia as the holding company to clarify the incident, the ministry’s director general of informatics application, Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan,…
SFERRA Fine Linens notifying individuals of breach
What we know so far: On or about April 24, 2022, SFERRA became aware of suspicious activity on its computer servers. The investigation found that certain files may have been subject to unauthorized access between April 14, 2022, and April 24, 2022. The impacted information varied by individual but may include name, address, date of birth,…
LockBit claims ransomware attack on security giant Entrust
Lawrence Abrams reports: The LockBit ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for the June cyberattack on digital security giant Entrust. Last month, BleepingComputer broke the story that Entrust suffered a ransomware attack on June 18th, 2022. Starting in early June, Entrust had begun to tell customers that they suffered a cyberattack where data was stolen from internal systems….