DreamHost database leak exposed nearly 815 million records of customer data from the WordPress hosting platform. User account and configuration information was exposed.
Hackers breached UScellular’s retail CRM software and accessed customer data, including PIN and CPNI, and ported some subscribers’ mobile phone numbers to a different carrier.
As consumers demand greater corporate responsibility for their personal information, business and technology leaders face an ever-expanding list of challenges pertaining to cybersecurity and privacy of customer data.
A cyber attack has compromised UK fashion retailer JD Sports with 10 million records of customer data stolen from online purchases made between November 2018 and October 2020.
Security firm disclosed a Microsoft data breach that exposed customer data affecting over 65,000 organizations in 111 countries. Microsoft expressed disappointment at the security firm for exaggerated numbers and releasing a search tool.
With an increase in legislation, the privacy landscape is a moving target for brands. Businesses are diverting precious resources away from improving personalization relevance to maintaining global privacy compliance. The two shouldn’t be working against each other.
Password manager LastPass notified its customers of a second security breach in 2022, with the threat actor accessing customer data stored on a shared cloud service.
The company arranged a payment of $200,000 through a third party, but customer data from the T-Mobile hack was subsequently seen for sale on dark net forums.
T-Mobile appears to have suffered a devastating data breach as a reported 100 million records have appeared for sale on a dark web forum. The customer data is about as sensitive as possible, containing accurate Social Security and driver's license numbers.
Thomson Reuters database leak exposed 3TB of platform information and customer data after the media company left three databases unsecured and publicly accessible for days.
