Data Breach

Okta Investigating Claims of Customer Data Breach From Lapsus$ Group Okta, a leading provider of authentication services and Identity and access management (IAM) solutions says it is investigating claims of data breach. On Tuesday, data extortion group Lapsus$ posted screenshots in their Telegram channel of what it alleges to be access Read more…

SEC Wants Public Companies to Report Breaches Within Four Days The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rule amendments to require publicly traded companies to report data breaches and other cybersecurity incidents within four days after they’re determined as being a material incident (one that shareholders would likely Read more…

E-commerce Giant Mercado Libre Confirms Source Code Data Breach Argentinian e-commerce giant Mercado Libre has confirmed “unauthorized access” to a part of its source code this week. Mercado additionally says data of around 300,000 of its users was accessed by threat actors. The company’s announcement follows a poll by the data extortion Read more…

Ukrainian Government and Banks Once Again Hit by DDoS Attacks The sites of several Ukrainian government agencies (including the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Internal Affairs, the Security Service, and the Cabinet of Ministers), and of the two largest state-owned banks are again targeted by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. Internet watchdog NetBlocks also confirmed that Read more…

US says Russian State Hackers Breached Defense Contractors Russian-backed hackers have been targeting and compromising U.S. cleared defense contractors (CDCs) since at least January 2020 to gain access to and steal sensitive info that gives insight into U.S. defense and intelligence programs and capabilities. CDCs are private entities with clearance from Read more…

Red Cross: State Hackers Breached our Network Using Zoho Bug The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said today that the hack disclosed last month against its servers was a targeted attack likely coordinated by a state-backed hacking group. During the incident, the attackers gained access to the personal information Read more…

Ukrainian Military Agencies, Banks Hit by DDoS Attacks, Defacements The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two of the country’s state-owned banks, Privatbank (Ukraine’s largest bank) and Oschadbank (the State Savings Bank), are being hammered by Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks. Today, Ukraine’s Cyberpolice also reported that bank customers received text Read more…

Puma Hit by Data Breach After Kronos Ransomware Attack Sportswear manufacturer Puma was hit by a data breach following the ransomware attack that hit Kronos, one of its North American workforce management service providers, in December 2021. The data breach notification filed with several attorney generals’ offices earlier this month says the Read more…