Over 100,000 UN employee records were accessed by security researchers in a Git data breach originating from repositories associated with UNEP and ILO domains.
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SolarWinds hackers suspected to have breached email security provider Mimecast compromising its Microsoft 365 Exchange connection certificate, and affecting 10% of its customers.
Security researchers found more than 500,000 stolen employee credentials from leading gaming companies circulating on the dark web, exposing the companies to potential data breaches and ransomware.
Payment processor Juspay downplayed the data breach affecting 100 million customers, failed to notify them for five months until a researcher found the data selling on the dark web.
Experts say the pro-Trump Capitol riot posed cybersecurity risks as protesters read email(s), plucked documents, and stole devices, including one connected to the federal network.
T-Mobile disclosed a second data breach in 2020 in which hackers illegally accessed call-related and customer proprietary network information for about 200,000 subscribers.
Sansec researchers found a new Magecart credit card skimmer capable of exfiltrating payment information from stores on multiple eCommerce platforms, including ZenCart, WooCommerce, Shopify and BigCommerce.
Microsoft disclosed that besides using the trojanized Orion software on its platform, SolarWinds hackers accessed Microsoft source code after compromising internal accounts.
SolarWinds hack may impact cloud services from major providers such as Microsoft and Amazon, especially since the Orion software stores API keys and other security credentials.
CISA says that SolarWinds hack possibly affected federal, state, and local government agencies and critical infrastructure entities dealing with gas, electricity, and manufacturing.
