Nissan said a third-party data breach allowed hackers to access and exfiltrate customer information for software testing but stored on a misconfigured cloud service by a contracted software development firm.
With a total of €2.92 billion levied throughout the bloc in 2022, GDPR fines are up in spite of a small drop in the overall data breach count as the bloc eyes stronger regulation for AI.
A third-party data breach involving a U.S. contractor exposed the personal information of over 2 million Aflac cancer and Zurich automobile insurance policyholders in Japan.
The Irish DPC probe centers on an API vulnerability that appears to have been exploited by multiple parties before being detected and remediated. The data breach first came to light in August and was acknowledged by Twitter.
Popular password manager LastPass has confirmed that a previously reported November security incident was a data breach that resulted in the theft of customer data, including encrypted password vaults.
The Uber data breach resulted in the theft of a variety of internal company information, and stemmed from a third-party vendor. The thieves also got away with source code and employee personal information.
The announcement has raised questions in some circles as to what the extent of the cyber task force's plans are. "Hacking back" is a very contentious concept that exists in a murky international water of cyber engagement norms and unspoken rules.
Retail behemoth Bed, Bath & Beyond said it suffered a data breach after a hacker compromised an employee in a targeted phishing attack that granted them access to data storage devices.
Australian Clinical Labs reportedly detected the attack not long after it occurred and was contacted by government authorities in March, and were also notified in June that some of the patient data had been found available for sale on the dark web.
The investigation into the August Twilio hack was recently concluded, and the company has found that the same attacker was responsible for a vishing attack that led to a smaller breach in June.
