Reuters reports: Star Health has sued Telegram and a self-styled hacker after Reuters reported that the hacker was using chatbots on the messaging app to leak personal data and medical reports of policy holders. The lawsuit comes amid growing scrutiny of Telegram globally and the arrest of its founder Pavel Durov in France last month,…
Massive French citizens data leak exposes 95 million records
The Express Tribune reports: A serious data breach has exposed the personal information of millions of French citizens. Cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews discovered an open Elasticsearch server containing a trove of data from at least 17 separate data breaches. This database, nicknamed “vip-v3,” held information on an estimated 95 million French individuals, representing a significant…
SANS Institute: Top 5 dangerous cyberattack techniques in 2024
Josh Nadeau writes: SANS Institute — a leading authority in cybersecurity research, education and certification — released its annual Top Attacks and Threats Report. This report provides insights into the evolving threat landscape, identifying the most prevalent and dangerous cyberattack techniques that organizations need to prepare for. This year’s report also highlighted the main takeaways from the SANS…
More details on the massive MC2 data leak
Several days ago, Cybernews claimed “exclusive research” that they headlined by claiming, “One-third of the US population’s background info is now public.” DataBreaches pointed out that their reporting was missing important details. DataBreaches wrote: Unfortunately, they fail to clearly report when they discovered the leak, whether or when they contacted the entity to alert them…
US Capitol Hit by Massive Dark Web Cyber Attack: Reports
Theo Burman reports: Personal information of more than 3,000 congressional staffers has been leaked across the dark web in a wide-ranging cyberattack on the Capitol, according to reports. Internet security firm Proton found over 1,800 passwords used by staffers in Congress available on the dark web, through an investigation of exposed accounts among U.S. political staffers, according…
Telegram now shares users’ IP and phone number on legal requests
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Telegram will now share users’ phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement if they are found to be violating the platform’s rules following a valid legal request. According to a newly updated privacy policy announced by CEO Pavel Durov on Monday, Telegram will comply with such requests only after receiving a valid court…