data breach
Ticketmaster UK becomes a victim of a data breach
Ticketmaster UK, a division of American Ticket sales and distribution company Ticketmaster has admitted that it has become a victim of a data breach last week. A spokesperson from the company said that some hackers placed malicious software on its customer support product which eventually led to the data leak. The leaked info includes names, […]
Database of PDQ restaurant hacked and sensitive info leaked
PDQ Restaurant, a North Carolina based popular chicken restaurant chain has admitted that a massive data breach took place in between May 2017 to April 2018 resulting in the leakage of sensitive info of its customers. This includes name, credit card numbers, expiration dates, cardholder verification value- a 3 digit code on the back of […]
Dixons Carphone admits payment card data breach
London based Dixons Carphone LLC, the largest electrical and telecommunications retailer and service provider has admitted that its servers were hacked by cyber crooks in July Last year who accessed the payment card data of customers in an unauthorized way. The consumer electronics company also admitted that it became a victim of a major cyberattack […]
UK ICO imposes £250k fine on Yahoo
The Information Commissioner Office (ICO) of UK has imposed a fine of £250,000 on Yahoo’s UK Division for failing to notify the 2014 Cyber Attack on time. Yahoo! Officials notified the world about the hack in September 2016 i.e after two years of a data breach which was strictly against UK’s data protection standards. In […]
Ransomware attack on Family Planning NSW
Family Planning NSW(FPNSW), an organization looking into the reproductive and Se$ual health of Australian populace is said to have become a victim of a ransomware on Anzac Day. Officials at the New South Wales based healthcare agency has confirmed that their database was hit by ransomware and information related to the customer’s who contacted the […]
Cyber Attack on Sheffield’s Credit Union members
A Cyber Attack has leaked data of thousands of members belonging to Sheffield’s Credit Union and it includes details such as names, telephone numbers, addresses, savings balances, loan amounts, national insurance numbers, bank sort codes and account numbers. Sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders say that the data breach could have exposed information of more than […]
Cyber Attack leaks payment information of Delta Airlines Customers
A Cyber Attack which occurred on a chat service provider used by Delta Airlines from September 26th to October 12th is said to have leaked payment information to a small subset of customers. The leaked info includes critical details such as passport, certain security credentials, and frequent flyer account information. Though the leak occurred last […]
Health records of 3 million Norwegians compromised in Cyber Attack
Data of over three million Norwegians was compromised when hackers struck the database of Norway’s Health South East RHF responsible for securing records of patients from countries like Vest Agder, Aust Agder, Telemark, Vestfold, Buskerud, Oppland, Hedmark, Oslo, Akershus, and Ostfold. Authorities announced the details of the breach on Monday after it received an alert […]
Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 for Cyber Attack!
British Mobile Phone Retailer Carphone Warehouse has been fined £400,000 by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO) due to a data breach in 2015. Sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders say that hackers gained unauthorized access to the database of the retailer leaking personal data of more than 3 million customers and 1,000 employees during an attack. […]
Pentagon Contractor exposes US Web Monitoring Program by disregarding Cloud Security
A Pentagon Contractor has exposed the US military-sponsored Web Monitoring Program by accidentally revealing 1.8 billion social media posts stored on Amazon Storage Buckets. And this technical blunder happened when the contractor failed to configure the S3 bucket from the public to private. The incident was brought to the notice of the media when a […]
