Mohammad Musharraf reports: Major cryptocurrency hardware wallet provider Ledger has alerted customers to a data breach it faced in June and July. In an email on July 29, the company said it was made aware of the breach on July 14 when a researcher participating in its bounty program reached out with details of a…
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Hackers stole GitHub and GitLab OAuth tokens from Git analytics firm Waydev
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Waydev, an analytics platform used by software companies, has disclosed a security breach earlier this month. The company says that hackers broke into its platform and stole GitHub and GitLab OAuth tokens from its internal database. Read more on ZDNet.
Hiscox Hack Suit Advances as Warden Grier Loses Dismissal Bid
Julia Weng reports: Hiscox Insurance Co. Inc. can move forward with claims against Warden Grier LLP, which lost a bid to dismiss allegations that fault the law firm’s handling of a hack that exposed the insurer’s data. Read more on Bloomberg. As reported on DataBreaches.net in 2018, thedarkoverlord (“TDO”) had started leaking what they claimed…
Blackbaud believes your data is safe from further misuse. Do you?
You may have seen a number of headlines from schools and non-profits disclosing that their students or donors’ information was impacted by a May, 2020 ransomware incident at UK software firm, Blackbaud. According to Blackbaud’s notice: Prior to our locking the cybercriminal out, the cybercriminal removed a copy of a subset of data from our…
Ca: Employee charged in 407 ETR data breach involving 60,000 customers
Canadian Press reports: An employee from a company that operates a well-traveled toll road in southern Ontario has been charged in a major breach of customer data. York Regional Police allege the 407 Express Toll Route employee used a company computer to access and compile a list of names, addresses and phone numbers of 60,000…
Es: Adif hit by cyberattack
Some people might remind us all that threat actors don’t need the media giving them free publicity, but the public is still interested in knowing about what impacts them. And attacks on infrastructure tend to be newsworthy. David Burroughs reports: Spanish infrastructure manager Adif has been hit by a cyberattack in which hackers have claimed…