Kyle Alspach reports: Mandiant ‘assesses with high confidence’ that state-backed Chinese hackers carried out attacks on customers of Barracuda’s Email Security Gateway Hackers working for China’s government are the likely culprits behind the recent cyberattack campaign targeting customers who use Barracuda’s Email Security Gateway, according to prominent incident response firm Mandiant. The attacks, which have…
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BlackCat claims they hacked Reddit and will leak the data
As if Reddit wasn’t already having serious issues these days, they have allegedly been hacked by AlphV (aka BlackCat), who write: Operators broke into Reddit on February 5, 2023, and took 80 gigabytes (zipped) of data. Reddit was emailed twice by operators, once on April 13 and one again on June 16. There was no…
Big Law, Big Problems: Fox Rothschild LLP Employees Face Serious Allegations of Malpractice and Criminal Activity
The following is a law firm-generated press release about a case they have filed. Keeping in mind that a complaint is allegations that have yet to be proven or disproven, DataBreaches has included this item on this site because if true, it would be a case of insider-wrongdoing via misuse of a client’s information. NEWS…
South Korea indicts ex-Samsung executive for alleged data leak to China
Reuters reports: South Korean prosecutors said they indicted a former Samsung Electronics executive on Monday on suspicions of stealing the company’s technology to build a chip factory in China. The defendant, who also formerly worked at SK Hynix as a vice president, is accused of illegally acquiring Samsung data to build a factory in the…
Singapore regulator decision reminds entities of duty to monitor vendors
Even though RAIDForums was seized in early 2022, data leaks and breaches on the site are still having repercussions for entities. On May 11, the Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) issued a decision involving Kingsforce Management Services Pte Ltd. On January 31, 2022, the firm had notified the PDPC that on or about December…
Website leak exposes sensitive data of 85 million Turkish residents: report
Medya News reports: Sensitive personal data of Turkish citizens and residents of Turkey has been compromised, according to the Free Web Turkey, a platform dedicated to combating internet censorship in the country. On Friday, the platform exposed the existence of a website called Sorgu Paneli, which allows unrestricted access to personal data such as identification numbers,…