John Leyden reports: Concern is growing within the infosec community that a breach at DevOps platform vendor Travis CI might run deeper than the firm has so far been prepared to admit. Travis CI, a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) service for cloud platform projects, admitted to an issue in a post on its community forums while also…
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Anonymous leaks gigabytes of data from alt-right web host Epik
Ax Sharma reports: Hacktivist collective Anonymous claims to have obtained gigabytes of data from Epik, which provides domain name, hosting, and DNS services for a variety of clients. These include the Texas GOP, Gab, Parler, and 8chan, among other right-wing sites. The stolen data has been released as a torrent. The hacktivist collective says that…
Airport Store Operator Negligence Caused Huge Damages in 2020 Hack, Class Action Lawsuit Alleges
Anne Bradley-Smith reports: Airport store operator, Paradies Shops LLC, which runs more than 850 retail and 170 restaurant locations in more than 100 airports across the United States, was negligent with employee data and caused huge damages to more than 76,000 employees after a 2020 data breach, a new class action lawsuit alleges. Ramirez, and…
T-Mobile, customers diverge on forum to transfer data breach suits
Shannon Stapleton reports: T-Mobile US Inc is supporting a plaintiffs’ bid to centralize in one federal district court almost 30 lawsuits filed by customers over a recent massive data breach, but suggested a different venue due to a “dire” judge shortage. T-Mobile’s filing on Tuesday came in response to the motion filed last month by plaintiffs in one lawsuit…
Customer Care Giant TTEC Hit By Ransomware
Brian Krebs reports: TTEC, a company used by some of the world’s largest brands to help manage customer support and sales online and over the phone, is dealing with disruptions from a network security incident that appears to be the result of a ransomware attack, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. […] On Sept. 14, KrebsOnSecurity heard from a…
Technology giant Olympus hit by BlackMatter ransomware
Zack Whittaker reports: Olympus said in a brief statement Sunday that it is “currently investigating a potential cybersecurity incident” affecting its European, Middle East and Africa computer network. […] But according to a person with knowledge of the incident, Olympus is recovering from a ransomware attack that began in the early morning of September 8….