A number of people have been posting comments or actually calling me about class action lawsuit settlements. This site reports news about lawsuits and settlements. Sometimes this site may show up in a Google search for those looking for information about a breach or class action lawsuit, but this site only reports news. This...
Valéry Rieß-Marchive reports: In the first half of the year, more than 420 victims were claimed on the showcase site of the LockBit 2.0 franchise. This figure is lower than the reality. But to what extent? The examination of clues present in the source code of the showcase site sheds new light… on the level...
Uber’s former Chief Security Officer Joseph Sullivan will have to face wire fraud charges over his alleged role in covering up a 2016 hack that exposed the personal information of millions of Uber passengers and drivers. The breach and its aftermath continue to reverberate after it was disclosed that although Uber knew it had...
An FBI Public Service Announcement June 28, 2022 Alert Number I-062822-PSA The FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) warns of an increase in complaints reporting the use of deepfakes and stolen Personally Identifiable Information (PII) to apply for a variety of remote work and work-at-home positions. Deepfakes include a video, an image, or recording...
Bill Toulas reports: The Ukrainian cyberpolice force arrested nine members of a criminal group that operated over 400 phishing websites crafted to appear like legitimate EU portals offering financial assistance to Ukrainians. The threat actors used forms on the site to steal visitors’ payment card data and online banking account credentials and perform fraudulent,...
Ever since threat actor groups started naming and leaking victims who do not pay their demands, groups have occasionally misidentified their victims. Today’s example is courtesy of Avos Locker, who added the Canadian Mental Health Association to their leak site in April. Inspection of the data in the leak, however, quickly raised questions as...
SuperAlloy Industrial Company Ltd. (SAI) is an international company specializing in engineering and manufacturing lightweight metal products predominantly for the automotive industry. You may not recognize their name but might be driving around on their wheels, as SAI has produced lightweight forged aluminum wheels for McLaren, Ferrari, AMG, BMW, Jaguar, Daimler, and other manufacturers....
A proposed Canada-wide Settlement has been reached in a putative class action relating to the StockX data breach that occurred on May 14, 2019, when an unknown third-party was able to gain unauthorized access to certain customer data from StockX’s cloud environment. This proposed Settlement is subject to Court approval. On May 2, 2022, the Superior Court...
Tzvi Joffre reports: A hacker group called Sharp Boys claimed that it had obtained data from Israeli tourism sites on Tuesday, including ID numbers, addresses, credit card information and more. Which sites were affected? The affected sites, according to the hackers, are hotels.co.il, isrotel.com, minihotel.co.il, tivago.co.il and danhotels.com. Read more at Jerusalem Post.
1011 News reports: The NEworks website is currently unavailable as the result of a cyberattack involving NDOL’s web vendor: Geographic Solutions, Inc. GSI discovered a cyberattack that required its state labor exchange and unemployment claims systems to be taken offline. GSI is working around the clock to restore access to its systems as soon as possible....
Stephen Gutowski reports: California gun owners have been put at risk by the Attorney General’s office after a new dashboard leaked their personal information. The California Department of Justice’s 2022 Firearms Dashboard Portal went live on Monday with publicly-accessible files that include identifying information for those who have concealed carry permits. The leaked information includes the...
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