Sarah Coble reports: A major data breach has occurred at Trident Crypto Fund, resulting in the publication of over a quarter of a million customer usernames and passwords online. According to a report published on March 5, 2020, by Russian media outlet Izvestia, the personal data of 266,000 registered Trident Crypto Fund users was illegally accessed when a…
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Alleged Russian hacker on trial Monday for 2012 LinkedIn, Dropbox hacks
Laura Hautala reports: Everyone makes cybersecurity mistakes. Yevgeniy Nikulin, a Russian national accused of some of the biggest hacks in recent history, is no exception, prosecutors say. Nikulin allegedly stole millions of usernames and passwords by breaching systems at LinkedIn, DropBox and Formspring in 2012. He also attempted to sell hacked information on online black…
Malta-based crypto-fund suffers data breach; 10K user records affected
Namrata Shukla reports: The world of cryptocurrencies is not new to the concept of a hack. However, a data breach isn’t heard of as much. Malta today reported the first case of privacy breach wherein the Trident Crypto Fund was the victim of a large-scale data leak, according to reports. According to the Technical Director of…
Ryuk ransomware hits Fortune 500 company EMCOR
Catalin Cimpanu reports: EMCOR Group (NYSE: EME), a US-based Fortune 500 company specialized in engineering and industrial construction services, disclosed last month a ransomware incident that took down some of its IT systems. The incident took place on February 15 and was identified as an infection with the Ryuk ransomware strain. Read more on ZDNet.
UK: Boots Advantage Card hit by cyber attack
Jane Wharton reports: Boots has suspended payments using loyalty card points after a cyber attack on its customer database. Hackers used passwords taken from other websites in an attempt to break into Advantage Card accounts in a bid to steal customers’ reward points to spend on themselves. The high street chain said the issue affected…
T-Mobile customers notified of breach
This notice of a T-Mobile breach appears to have been published today, although the notice on the site is undated: Dear Customer, We want to let you know about a sophisticated attack that we recently identified and quickly shut down, which may have impacted some of your account information. Our Cybersecurity team recently identified and…