It looks like the threat actor known as ShinyHunters was active again. It also looks like there was some drama about a sale of databases that was supposed to be exclusive but wasn’t, and databases and links to databases getting dumped. What databases, you wonder? Well, BleepingComputer reports on the Animal Jam database, and there…
Category: Hack
Melbourne firm denies data stolen during ransomware attack
Sam Varghese reports: A Melbourne firm which suffered a hit from cyber criminals using the Windows REvil ransomware has denied that any data was exfiltrated from its site, as was reported in these columns. A spokesperson from Nexia Australia and New Zealand, a network of solutions-focused accountancy and consultancy firms, said the attack had taken…
It: Gaiba municipality central server hacked
The following is a Google translation: The Municipality of Gaiba informs all interested parties (residents and non-residents) that on the night of 6.11.2020 it was the subject of a cyber attack that violated the personal data on the central server. The Authority has promptly activated and is proceeding to notify the data breach to the…
Alibaba-Backed Bigbasket Suffers Major Data Loss in Cyberattack
Saritha Rai has more on the BigBasket breach reported this past week: Cyberattackers have stolen the personal details of million users of top Indian internet grocer Bigbasket, the latest e-commerce data breach to emerge as home-bound consumers flock online. Bigbasket co-founder and chief executive officer Hari Menon confirmed the attack, which was first reported by…
Luxottica has a lot more explaining to do
Update: My source was correct. On November 12, HHS added Luxottica’s report to their public breach tool. Luxottica reported, as a business associate, that 829,454 patients were impacted by the August breach. In September, we learned that the eyewear giant Luxottica had suffered a massive ransomware attack that resulted in its suspending operations in both…
UK: ‘Thousands’ of people could have had personal details in cyber attack on Sandicliffe car dealership
For what… about 14 years now… I have pointed out how many non-medical entities hold sensitive medical information on consumers that may get caught up in breaches. Today’s example is out of the U.K., where Phoebe Ram reports: The bank account details and medical histories of ‘possibly thousands’ of people were stolen during a cyber…