Zach Whittaker reports: India-based technology startup Salesken.ai has secured an exposed server that was spilling private and sensitive data on one of its customers, Byju’s, an education technology giant and India’s most valuable startup. The server was left unprotected since at least June 14, according to historical data provided by Shodan, a search engine for exposed…
Category: Exposure
Morningstar data breach reveals KPMG deal maker lists
Liam Walsh and Edmund Tadros report: A software glitch has exposed the key companies garnering the interest of big four advisory group KPMG’s deal makers and restructuring experts. The flaw in an alert system, run by US financial research firm Morningstar, for ASX-listed companies meant third parties could even view project names KPMG had assigned. That included…
Leaked by ‘mistake’ on IBBI portal: Aadhaar, PAN data of workmen in multiple cos under insolvency
Karunjit Singh reports: In an inadvertent data leak, the country’s insolvency regulator has put out the Aadhaar and Permanent Account Number (PAN) details of the workmen of multiple companies undergoing insolvency proceedings in the public domain. Officials aware of developments admitted to the “mistake”, which happened as the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)…
Mercedes-Benz data breach exposes SSNs, credit card numbers
Ax Sharma reports: Mercedes-Benz USA has just disclosed a data breach impacting some of its customers. The company assessed 1.6 million customer records which included customer names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and some purchased vehicle information to determine the impact. It appears the data breach exposed credit card information, social security numbers, and driver license numbers of…
Springfield Psychological Provides Notice of a Security Incident
SPRINGFIELD, Pa., June 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Springfield Psychological is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the security of certain information relating to current, former, and prospective patients. On June 9, 2020, Springfield Psychological sent a routine marketing email to some past, current, and prospective patients advising them of services we offer. Unfortunately, the email was…
First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine – Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: In May 2019, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that the website of mortgage settlement giant First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] was leaking more than 800 million documents — many containing sensitive financial data — related to real estate transactions dating back 16 years. This week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission settled its investigation into the matter after the…