Reuters reports: Cruise operator Carnival Corp said on Thursday it had detected unauthorized access to its computer systems in March, after which it alerted regulators and hired a cybersecurity firm to investigate the breach. The company, whose shares were down over 2%, noticed the suspicious activity on March 19 and acted quickly to “to shut…
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Lightfoot, Franklin & White notifies clients of ransomware incident
Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC is a law firm based in Birmingham, Alabama that handles commercial litigation, product liability, professional liability, white-collar criminal, and other legal matters. In a copy of a notification obtained by DataBreaches.net, they forthrightly informed affected clients that there had been a ransomware incident: On April 17, 2021, we learned of…
Wegmans Notifies Customers Of Database Security Breach
Amy Hogan reports: Wegmans is notifying its customers of a security breach of a database that stores customer information. A statement posted to the grocery chain’s website explains that the cloud database was meant for internal use only, but, due to a “configuration problem,” was left open to potential outside access. Read more on Fox40.
Gateley suffers data breach following ‘cyber security incident’
Ben Edwards reports: UK listed law firm Gateley said that it has suffered a cyberattack, according to a filing to the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday. The firm’s incident response is described in somewhat interesting terms: “The impacted data was traced quickly and deleted from the location to which it had been downloaded and there…
UK’s Cake Box says customers informed about 2020 data breach
Aby Jose Koilparambil reports: UK-based cake maker and retailer Cake Box Holdings Plc (CBOX.L) said on Thursday it had informed customers about a data breach in 2020 that might have compromised their personal information. Source: U.S. News Somewhat surprisingly in this day and age, Reuters also reported that shares of the stock fell 8%. As we’ve seen…
Your Pricey Peloton Has Another Problem For You To Sweat Over
Savannah Sicurella reports: Peloton users have something new to worry about. In a new report, security company McAfee says hackers can gain remote access to a Peloton bike’s camera and microphone and can monitor users. The attackers can also add apps disguised as Netflix and Spotify to encourage users to input login credentials for later malicious…