Evolve data breach impacted upward of 7.64 million consumers
The number of persons affected by a recent data breach at Evolve Bank & Trust exceeds 7.64 million, a document submitted to the Office of the Maine Attorney General this week by the law firm representing the financial services organization reveals. According to the document, the breach occurred on February 9, but was not discovered…
Groups Ask HHS for Guidance on Massive Change Breach Reports
Two weeks ago, Change Healthcare began notifying thousands of medical practices about a massive data breach affecting millions of patients. The healthcare software firm says it will handle breach notifications, but industry groups want to guarantee the government will go along with that plan. If not, the groups fear that small medical practices, hospitals and…
Roku disclosed a new security breach impacting 576,000 accounts
Roku announced that 576,000 accounts were hacked in new credential stuffing attacks, threat actors used credentials stolen from third-party platforms. “Credential stuffing is a type of attack in which hackers use automation and lists of compromised usernames and passwords to defeat authentication and authorization mechanisms, with the end goal of account takeover (ATO) and/or data…
Boat Dealer MarineMax Confirms Data Breach 
The company disclosed the incident in a regulatory filing on March 10, when it admitted that the attack caused some disruption and involved unauthorized access to some of its IT systems. However, MarineMax said at the time that the breached environment did not store any sensitive data. Roughly 10 days later, the Rhysida ransomware group…
South Korea Says Presumed North Korean Hackers Breached Personal Emails of Presidential Staffer
Yoon’s office said the cyberattack only affected the personal account of the unidentified employee, who violated security protocols by partially using commercial email services to handle official duties. Officials did not specify what type of information was stolen from the staff member’s personal emails but stressed that the office’s overall security system was not affected….
35.5 Million Customers Affected by Apparel Maker VF’s Breach
Skateboarding shoe and outdoor apparel maker VF Corp. said data pertaining to 35.5 million customers appears to have been stolen in a recent data breach. The Colorado maker of apparel and footwear brands including Vans, Supreme, The North Face and Timberland told investors Thursday that its data breach estimate is based on a “preliminary analysis.”…
Toyota Financial Services discloses a data breach
Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is warning customers it has suffered a data breach that exposed sensitive personal and financial data. “Due to an attack on the systems, unauthorized persons gained access to personal data. Affected customers have now been informed. Toyota Kreditbank’s systems have been gradually restarted since December 1st.” reads a statement published by…
23andMe Says Hackers Saw Data From Millions of Users
While the hackers were only able to get into about 14,000 accounts, or 0.1 percent of its customers, they were able to see information shared by genetically linked relatives at 23andMe, a spokesperson said in reply to an AFP inquiry. 23andMe is in the process of notifying affected customers and has hardened account security by…
23andMe: Data Breach Was a Credential-Stuffing Attack
DNA testing company 23andMe has released further details surrounding an October data breach, where user profile information had been accessed and downloaded at the hands of a threat actor. On Oct. 1, a threat actor made a post on the Dark Web claiming to possess profile information of 23andMe users; later, the perpetrators released 4…
Ukraine’s intelligence service hacked Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia
Ukraine’s intelligence service announced they have hacked Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, ‘Rosaviatsia.’ The attack is the result of a complex special cyber operation. “The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine informs that as a result of a successful complex special operation in cyberspace, a large volume of confidential documents of the structural subdivision of the Russian…
