Another major Indian firm has fallen prey to a massive cyberattack. This time, the victim is a Fortune India 500 List company: Mumbai-headquartered Aditya Birla Group (ABG). The conglomerate includes Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (ABFRL) as well as businesses in other sectors. ABFRL, formed after the merger of Madura Fashion & Lifestyle and…
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Sg: OG department store customers’ personal details leaked in data breach
Rosalind Ang reports: There has been a leak of OG department store customers’ personal data such as names, mobile numbers and dates of birth, said the retailer on Thursday (Jan 6). In a statement to OG members, the department store said it was notified on Tuesday about the data breach, which affected members who are in either…
FlexBooker discloses data breach, over 3.7 million accounts impacted
Ionut Ilascu reports: Accounts of more than three million users of the U.S.-based FlexBooker appointment scheduling service have been stolen in an attack before the holidays and are now being traded on hacker forums. The same intruders are offering databases claiming to be from two other entities: racing media organization Racing.com and Redbourne Group’s rediCASE…
FTC Finalizes Order with Mortgage Analytics Firm, Requiring it to Strengthen Security Safeguards, Increase Oversight of Vendors
In December, 2020, the FTC announced a proposed settlement with Texas-based Ascension Data & Analytics after a security breach involving one of its vendors resulted in the exposure of, and unauthorized access to, consumers’ mortgage applications. One year later, the settlement received final approval, as the FTC announced on December 22: The Federal Trade Commission…
NZ: Vodafone accidentally sent a customer personal details of 18 other accounts
Some incidents that would seem “smallish” here make headlines elsewhere. But that’s actually helpful, as it reminds us all that avoidable human errors continue to occur and that even big corporations who should have lots of money to dedicate to data security and protection still fail to avoid all breaches. Melanie Carroll reports: A customer…
Have I Been Pwned warns of DatPiff data breach impacting millions
Bill Toulas reports: The cracked passwords for almost 7.5 million DatPiff members are being sold online, and users can check if they are part of the data breach through the Have I Been Pwned notification service. DatPiff is a popular mixtape hosting service used by over 15 million users, allowing unregistered users to download or upload…