Donnie O’Sullivan reports: Almost 30 million Facebook users’ phone numbers and email addresses were accessed by hackers in the biggest security breach in the company’s history, Facebook said Friday. The attackers accessed even more details on 14 million of those users, including the area where they live, their relationship status, their religion, and part of…
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Hackers breach web hosting provider for the second time in the past year
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The South African branch of Hetzner, a well-known web hosting provider, has suffered its second security breach in the past year, ZDNet has learned from the company’s customers. According to an email affected users received this week, this second breach came to light last week, on Friday. Read more on ZDNet.
Five years later, Italian police identify hacker behind 2013 NASA hacks
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A 25-year-old Italian man pleaded guilty this week for defacing NASA websites and 60 other Italian government sites back in 2013. The suspect, identified only by his initials of Z.R., was a member of the “Master Italian Hackers Team” that claimed responsibility for the hacks at the time on social media. Italian…
Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery reports data breach
CISOMAG reports: The officials at Rebound Orthopedics & Neurosurgery stated that they’ve fallen victim to a major data theft that exposed its customers’ personal data, including Social Security numbers and limited health information. The Vancouver-based diagnosis and treatment services company stated around 2,800 of its patients and employees may have been affected by the incident….
Russian hackers ‘target Cancer Research UK’ with Magecart
Faith Ridler reports: Cancer Research UK customers have been targeted by the same Russian hackers behind recent cyber attacks on Ticketmaster and British Airways. Magecart, an anonymous group of cyber criminals, attempted to steal the card details of people buying gifts through the charity’s website, cyber security experts at consultancy RiskIQ said. The hackers reportedly…
IE: Cork local investigated over hacking of council’s parking app
The Journal reports: The Garda Computer Crime Unit has been drafted in to probe how 5,000 people’s personal information collected by Cork City Council had been illegally accessed by a hacker. Detectives in that garda unit are investigating the breach which saw thousands of people who used a parking app potentially having their data stolen….