Zack Whittaker reports: Manhunt, a gay dating app that claims to have 6 million male members, has confirmed it was hit by a data breach in February after a hacker gained access to the company’s accounts database. In a notice filed with the Washington attorney general’s office, Manhunt said the hacker “gained access to a database that…
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Swedish prosecutor says Russia’s GRU hacked Sweden’s sports body, WADA
Reuters reports: Swedish prosecutors said on Tuesday an investigation showed that Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency had carried out serious data secrecy breaches at Sweden’s sports confederation in 2017 and 2018 but it was nevertheless dropping the case. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement that repeated and comprehensive breaches had resulted in the…
Lawsuit accuses Pennsylvania addiction treatment center of failing to protect patient information from data hack
In February, HHS added an incident to their public breach tool involving Pennsylvania Adult & Teen Challenge, an addiction treatment center. In July, 2020, PPATC had discovered that an unauthorized individual had accessed some employee email accounts. A forensic investigation could not determine what information in those accounts had been accessed, and they wound up…
Justice Department announces court-authorized effort to disrupt exploitation of Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerabilities
Action copied and removed web shells that provided backdoor access to servers, but additional steps may be required to patch Exchange Server software and expel hackers from victim networks. HOUSTON – Authorities have executed a court-authorized operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable computers in the United States. They were…
ParkMobile Breach Exposes License Plate Data, Mobile Numbers of 21M Users
Brian Krebs reports: Someone is selling account information for 21 million customers of ParkMobile, a mobile parking app that’s popular in North America. The stolen data includes customer email addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, license plate numbers, hashed passwords and mailing addresses. KrebsOnSecurity first heard about the breach from Gemini Advisory, a New York City based…
Upstox alerts users of data breach; says funds, securities remain safe
PTI reports: Retail broking firm Upstox has alerted customers of a security breach that included contact data and KYC details of customers, but assured users that their funds and securities remain safe. The development comes close on the heels of reports of data breaches at organisations like MobiKwik, Facebook and LinkedIn. “On receipt of e-mails claiming unauthorised…