In May, Tiffany & Co. confirmed a data breach affecting an unspecified number of customers in South Korea. Tiffany is one of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton’s 75 high-end brands in six different sectors. On May 26, Tiffany Korea emailed select customers to notify them of a cybersecurity breach involving unauthorized access to a vendor…
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Scattered Spider Tied to Fresh Attacks on Financial Services
Mathew J. Schwartz reports: A member of the band of native English-speaking adolescent hackers lately calling itself Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters published Friday a semi-coherent screed proclaiming the collective would be “going dark.” Many cybersecurity experts responded with skepticism. Evidence suggests that at least some members of the loose-knit hacking collective are continuing to hit targets. Threat intelligence…
FBI ‘aware’ of Anchorage health clinic data breach as hackers claim 60K patients impacted
Will Courtney reports: Days after an anonymous hacker group claimed they had leaked an additional 50,000 Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center patient records, an FBI spokesperson confirmed Monday they are aware of the claim. “The FBI Anchorage Field Office is aware of the alleged data breach affecting the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center and takes allegations of this nature…
Jaguar Land Rover issues update on job safety after cyber attack
James Rodger reports: Jaguar Land Rover has issued an update on job security in the wake of the crippling cyber attack. JLR has extended its production shut down in the wake of the cyber attack, with the Birmingham car giant hit by a debilitating cyber security incident last month. JLR said: “Today we have informed colleagues,…
Update: Kering confirms Gucci and other brands hacked; claims no conversations with hackers?
On September 11, DataBreaches broke the story that customers of several high-end fashion brands owned by Paris-headquartered Kering had their personal information acquired by ShinyHunters as part of two Salesforce attacks. As we reported, a spokesperson for ShinyHunters claimed to have acquired more than 43 million customer records from Gucci and almost 13 million records…
FBI Flash Alert: Cyber Criminal Groups UNC6040 and UNC6395 Compromising Salesforce Instances for Data Theft and Extortion
FLASH Alert-20250912-001 TLP:Clear Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is releasing this FLASH to disseminate Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) associated with recent malicious cyber activities by cyber criminal groups UNC6040 and UNC6395, responsible for a rising number of data theft and extortion intrusions. Both groups have recently been observed targeting organizations’ Salesforce platforms via…