A cyber attack by a suspected cybercrime group has forced Frontier Communications, a Dallas, Texas-based optic-fiber Internet provider, to temporarily shut down its information systems to contain the incident.
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Global chipmaker Nexperia confirmed a significant data breach after hackers accessed some of its systems and potentially stole sensitive information, including the company’s intellectual property.
A “large-scale cyber attack” has taken down local government services in several French municipalities since the night of Tuesday, April 9. Local media reported that municipal workers who reported to work on Wednesday were instructed not to switch on their computers or use other devices.
Home improvement retail chain Home Depot suffered a third-party data breach when a trusted vendor leaked a sample of 10,000 employee records during software testing.
A password compromise affecting business intelligence and analytics firm Sisense has triggered a CISA alert urging customers to reset their account login credentials and secrets.
Microsoft has experienced another security lapse after inadvertently exposing employee credentials for accessing internal databases and systems via an unsecured Azure cloud server, which was accessible over the public Internet without a password for nearly a month after discovery.
The Department of State is investigating an alleged data breach exposing sensitive government data from the Pentagon, the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, and other US allies.
The Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) suffered a data breach stemming from a server misconfiguration that leaked members' personal information.
Online shopping platform Pandabuy confirms a data breach that impacted over 1.3 million customers after an apparent cover-up when data surfaced on BreachForums.
The Inc Ransom cyber gang has published part of NHS Scotland's stolen data and threatened to release the entire trove of 3 terabytes online unless a ransom is paid.
