Mike Stevens reports: An unknown number of Uber drivers have been informed by a legal firm that represents Uber Technologies that sensitive data, including their identities and Social Security numbers, has been taken by cyberattackers. This data includes the drivers’ names. The world’s largest ride-sharing company has suffered its third data hack in the last half a…
Category: Business Sector
NCB Management breach affected almost 500,000 former Bank of America credit card holders
NCB Management is an “accounts receivable management company.” In this case, that means collections. According to NCB’s March 24 letter, NCB discovered on February 4 that an unauthorized party gained access to their systems on February 1, 2023. They confirmed on March 8 that some information on consumers’ Bank of America past-due credit card accounts…
KFC & Pizza Hut Discloses Data Breach – Users Personal Information Stolen
Guru reports: Yum! Brands, Inc., which runs the restaurants KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill, submitted a notice of security breach to warn of a cybersecurity incident affecting individuals’ personal information that happened in mid-January 2023. Although some data had been taken from the company’s network, the company had previously claimed…
SD Worx forced to pause operations following cyberattack
Sead Fadilpašić reports: HR software and payroll powerhouse SD Worx suffered a cyberattack last week, forcing it to shut down some of its IT systems. In a notification issued to potentially affected customers, SD Worx said it spotted malicious behavior in its networks and, so in order to isolate the threat, ceased operation of its systems for…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
CL: Attack on multinational SONDA claimed by Medusa The Chilean IT multinational SONDA, which has a presence in 11 countries, has been placed on the leaks page of the threat actor Medusa Locker. Medusa’s leak site displays some file captures from different countries where this company operates. The proof includes an affidavit from SONDA Peru,…
NZZ has to shut down the newspaper production system after a cyber attack
APA/SDA reports: The “exceptional situation” is also associated with a reduction in the size of the print edition. According to media reports, the attackers are demanding a ransom for the blocked system. The “Neue Zürcher Zeitung” continues to struggle with problems two weeks after a cyber attack on its computers. The publisher shut down central…