Catalin Cimpanu reports: Video sharing platform DailyMotion announced on Friday that it was the victim of a credential stuffing attack, ZDNet has learned. […] According to an email sent out to impacted customers, and seen by ZDNet, the credential stuffing started last weekend, on January 19, and appears to have been successful in some cases,…
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CO: Critical Care, Pulmonary & Sleep Associates notifies almost 24,000 patients after hack of employee email accounts
Critical Care, Pulmonary & Sleep Associates in Colorado has notified 23,377 patients of a privacy incident. Their on-site notice offers a useful reminder that while bad actors may be seeking to engage in financial theft or fraud, when files with ePHI are connected to employee email accounts, patients and HHS may wind up needing to be…
Darknet vendor attempts to sell 100,000 hacked KYC documents from major cryptocurrency exchanges
Oliver Knight reports: A darknet vendor is attempting to sell 100,000 know-your-customer (KYC) documents supposedly stolen from major exchanges including Binance, Bitfinex, Bittrex, and Poloniex. The vendor, who posts on the darknet forum ‘Dread’ under the ‘ExploitDot’ moniker, claims to have obtained details from a security breach of a third-party KYC solution provider. Among the…
Valley Hope Association notifies patients after employee email hack
Note: VHA’s notice on their web site emphasizes that no diagnostic or treatment information was exposed. Given the nature of this provider, that will be a relief to many patients. Because this incident is not yet posted on HHS’s public breach tool, we do not yet have the number being notified. The following is VHA’s…
PH: Cebuana Lhuillier reveals data breach, tells clients to secure accounts
Katrina Domingo reports: Cebuana Lhuillier on Saturday said one of its servers fell victim to data breach incidents that may have compromised personal information of its customers. Among the data that may have been “exposed” were clients’ names, birth dates, email addresses, mobile numbers and in some cases, income information, Cebuana Lhuillier told its clients…
Portuguese computer hacker named as Football Leaks cyber criminal who revealed Ronaldo rape claim, Beckham’s angry e-mails and Manchester City’s money secrets is arrested in Hungary
Gerard Couzens reports: A Portuguese hacker named as the cyber criminal behind Football Leaks has been arrested in Hungary. The 30-year-old, who media in Lisbon are claiming is a university dropout called Rui Pinto, was held following a lengthy investigation by Portugal’s Policia Judiciaria. Pinto has been forced to deny he is the mystery individual…