There is an update to one of the most controversial data breaches of 2021. Mark Francis of Holland & Knight, who are external counsel for Astoria Company LLC, notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office that Astoria is notifying 940,000 consumers about a breach that occurred in January, 2021. The breach became controversial, in part, because…
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GoDaddy security breach exposed WordPress data of 1.2 Mn users
Reuters reports: Web hosting company GoDaddy Inc said on Monday email addresses of up to 1.2 million active and inactive Managed WordPress customers had been exposed in an unauthorised third-party access. The company said the incident was discovered on November 17 and the third-party accessed the system using a compromised password. Read more on Financial…
DeKalb County School District virtual meeting hacked with obscene images
This week’s reminder to use secured Zoom accounts and not personal unsecured ones.
California Pizza Kitchen spills over 100,000 employee Social Security numbers
Carly Page reports: California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) has revealed a data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers of more than 100,000 current and former employees. The U.S. pizza chain, which has more than 250 locations across 32 states, confirmed the incident in a data breach notification posted this week. The company said it learned of a…
Indonesia probe police hack in latest cyber breach
Stanley Widianto reports: Indonesian police are investigating claims by a hacker who said this week they have stolen personal data of thousands of police officers, the latest in a spate of cyber attacks that has highlighted the country’s digital vulnerabilities. Using a now suspended Twitter handle, a hacker who said they were from Brazil claimed…
Tr: MNG Kargo Hacked: User Information Stolen
Michael Lewis reports: MNG Cargo, which has a wide transportation network in our country, announced that some of its corporate customers were attacked by cyber attacks as a result of their user names and passwords being seized. Notifying the Personal Data Protection Authority, the company announced that the names, surnames, addresses and phone numbers of…