British Council Exposed More than 100,000 Files with Student Records More than 100,000 files with student records belonging to British Council were found exposed online. An unsecured Microsoft Azure blob discovered on the internet by a cybersecurity firm revealed student names, IDs, usernames and email addresses, and other personal information. British Council promotes the Read more…
Goodwill Discloses Data Breach on its ShopGoodwill Platform American nonprofit Goodwill has disclosed a data breach that affected the accounts of customers using its ShopGoodwill.com e-commerce auction platform. ShopGoodwill’s Vice President Ryan Smith said in data breach notification letters sent to impacted individuals that some of their personal contact information was exposed due Read more…
FCC Wants New data Breach Reporting Rules for Telecom Carriers The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed more rigorous data breach reporting requirements for telecom carriers in response to breaches that recently hit the telecommunications industry. On Wednesday, Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel shared the proposal in the form of a Notice of Proposed Read more…
FlexBooker Discloses Data Breach, Over 3.7 million Accounts Impacted Accounts of more than three million users of the U.S.-based FlexBooker appointment scheduling service have been stolen in an attack before the holidays and are now being traded on hacker forums. The same intruders are offering databases claiming to be from Read more…
US Online Pharmacy Ravkoo Links Data Breach to AWS Portal Incident Ravkoo, a US Internet-based pharmacy service, has disclosed a data breach after the company’s AWS hosted cloud prescription portal was involved in a security incident that may have led to personal and health information being accessed. “Ravkoo utilizes AWS Read more…
UScellular Discloses Data Breach After Billing System Hack UScellular, self-described as the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the US, has disclosed a data breach after the company’s billing system was hacked in December 2021. The mobile carrier said in data breach notification letters sent to 405 impacted individuals that the attackers also ported Read more…
Have I Been Pwned Warns of DatPiff Data Breach Impacting Millions The cracked passwords for almost 7.5 million DatPiff members are being sold online, and users can check if they are part of the data breach through the Have I Been Pwned notification service. DatPiff is a popular mixtape hosting service Read more…
University Loses 77TB of Research Data Due to Backup Error The Kyoto University in Japan has lost about 77TB of research data due to an error in the backup system of its Hewlett-Packard supercomputer. The incident occurred between December 14 and 16, 2021, and resulted in 34 million files from 14 research groups Read more…
LastPass Users Warned their Master Passwords are Compromised Many LastPass users report that their master passwords have been compromised after receiving email warnings that someone tried to use them to log into their accounts from unknown locations. The email notifications also mention that the login attempts have been blocked because Read more…
Pro Wrestling Tees Discloses Data Breach After Credit Cards Stolen Popular wrestling t-shirt site Pro Wrestling Tees has disclosed a data breach incident that has resulted in the compromise of the financial details of tens of thousands of its customers. Pro Wrestling Tees is a website allowing professional wrestlers to Read more…
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