Vincent Manancourt and Laurens Cerulus report: First Facebook. Then LinkedIn. Now Clubhouse. After data on a combined billion Facebook and LinkedIn users appeared online last week, reports surfaced over the weekend that upstart social network Clubhouse had also leaked reams of user information. But if you think any of the above is a problem, Big Tech has…
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IT: Gino Group car dealership notifies customers of ransomware attack
Matteo Borgetto reports (translation): «Dear Customer, on 7 April 2021 we unfortunately discovered that our systems had been attacked by unknown hackers. We therefore immediately appointed a specialized company, in order to try to solve the problem and to limit the damage as much as possible ». The letter, via e-mail, was sent to thousands…
Upstox alerts users of data breach; says funds, securities remain safe
PTI reports: Retail broking firm Upstox has alerted customers of a security breach that included contact data and KYC details of customers, but assured users that their funds and securities remain safe. The development comes close on the heels of reports of data breaches at organisations like MobiKwik, Facebook and LinkedIn. “On receipt of e-mails claiming unauthorised…
Clubhouse data leak: 1.3 million scraped user records leaked online for free (UPDATED- REFUTED)
Update: There is more detailed report refuting the claimed leak that can be found at this link. At this point, DataBreaches.net considers the Clubhouse claim as refuted. CyberNews reports: So far, it seems like it’s been the worst week of the year for social media platforms in terms of data leaks, with Clubhouse seemingly joining…
Br: Leak exposes 1.7 TB of customer data from Brazilian fintech iugu
Felipe Demartini reports (translation): A serious security breach exposed the information of, it is believed, all customers of the iugu services company, which operates in Brazil through financial management and automation systems. Users’ personal, banking and transaction data was available on an unprotected server for at least an hour. The discovery is by security expert…
SG: Possible data breach involving 62,000 e-mails sent to Certis
Kenny Chee reports: About 62,000 e-mails from the public, businesses and customers of local security firm Certis, some containing NRIC and credit card numbers, may have been accessed by cyber criminals, the company said on Friday (April 9). This includes customers of Certis’ safe deposit box service. The e-mails all came from a customer service…