Brian Kelman reports: A Nashville corporation paid at least $300,000 in ransom to a extortionist who claimed he stole private info of thousands of employees and more than a million customers, according to new court records from an ongoing FBI investigation. Asurion, a global phone insurance and tech support company headquartered in the city, confirmed the breach but said it believes the suspect…
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Epic Games hit with class action suit over Fortnite security breach
James Brightman reports: Fortnite has been a wild ride for Epic Games and has taken the entire industry by storm. Its audience, however, may have gotten more than it bargained for when it learned at the start of the year that a massive security breach potentially exposed credit card data, personal information, and even voice…
SEC Investigating Data Leak at First American Financial Corp.
Brian Krebs has a follow-up to a previously reported vulnerability that exposed almost 900 million mortgage title-related documents: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating a security failure on the Web site of real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. that exposed more than 885 million personal and financial records tied…
Delta Airlines sues [24]7.ai over 2017 data breach
Those with good memories may recall that in April, 2018, we learned that hundreds of thousands of customers of Delta Airlines, Sears, Kmart, and BestBuy were impacted by a breach involving [24]7.ai – a California headquartered service that provides online customer chat for their clients’ web sites. The breach occurred between September 26 and October…
Air New Zealand data breach: 112,000 Airpoints customers potentially affected after employees fell for phishing attack
TVNZ reports: Air New Zealand is warning over 100,000 Airpoints members that some of their data may have been breached in a cyber attack. The airline emailed customers today apologising and warning them to be on the lookout for phishing emails. The Privacy Commissioner John Edwards told 1 NEWS he was made aware of the…
Online lender backed by Nas says it was hit by security breach
Kevin Dugan reports: A Silicon Valley tech company backed by rapper Nas was hit by a security breach earlier this year that revealed it had been lax with users’ sensitive personal information, including bank account numbers, The Post has learned. Earnin, which is also backed by tech investor Andreesen Horowitz, discovered in February that a…