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Post-breach, Cathay Pacific hit by group action by UK law firm

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Fresh from launching a £500 million group action against British Airways after a serious security breach, UK law firm SPG Law has wasted no time responding to the announcement last week of a hack at Cathay Pacific which saw the personal data of 9.4 million Cathay Pacific passengers breached.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 30, 2018

Girl Scouts Alerted to Possible Data Breach

Thousands of members of the Girl Scouts in California may have had their personal information stolen after one of its official email accounts was accessed by an unauthorized third party last month.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 29, 2018

Hackers steal personal data of up to 9.4 million Cathay Pacific passengers

Most people in the world would describe it as a company “admitting they’ve been hacked.” But if you’re the breached company and want to apply the maximum amount of PR spin, you might instead issue a release saying you’re “announcing a data security event affecting customer data.”

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 25, 2018

Yahoo agrees to pay $50 million to settle data breach lawsuit

Yahoo must pay $50 million in damages to victims of one of the largest data breaches on record.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 24, 2018

Trade.io Hacked, Loses 50 Million Tokens Worth $7.5 million

In a Medium blog post, Jim Preissler, the CEO of the trade.io cryptocurrency exchange, disclosed a security breach which allows hackers to steal roughly 50 million trade tokens (TIO) worth $7,5 million from a cold storage wallet owned by the company, as first reported by ZDNet.

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Oct 22, 2018

Hackers breach Healthcare.gov system, taking files on 75,000 people

A government system used by insurance agents and brokers to help customers sign up for healthcare plans was breached, allowing hackers to siphon off sensitive and personal data on 75,000 people.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 20, 2018

North Korean hacker crew steals $571M in cryptocurrency across 5 attacks

North Korean hacking outfit “Lazarus” is the most profitable cryptocurrency-hacker syndicate in the world.

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Oct 19, 2018

30 Million Facebook Accounts Were Hacked: Check If You're One of Them

Late last month Facebook announced its worst-ever security breach that allowed an unknown group of hackers to steal secret access tokens for millions of accounts by taking advantage of a flaw in the 'View As' feature.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 13, 2018

This is how much the WannaCry ransomware attack cost the NHS

The WannaCry ransomware cyber attack cost the National Health Service almost £100m and led to the cancellation of 19,000 appointments, the Department of Health has revealed.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 12, 2018

US Indicts 7 Russian Intel Officers for Hacking Anti-Doping Organizations

The US Department of Justice has indicted seven Russian military intelligence officers for alleged hacking activities that were designed to undermine the credibility of international anti-doping organizations and officials.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 06, 2018

Malware Outbreak Causes Disruptions, Closures at Canadian Restaurant Chain

Recipe Unlimited, a publicly traded company that operates nearly 1,400 restaurants under 19 different brands in Canada, has experienced what appears to be a significant security incident impacting several of its brands.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 05, 2018

Burgerville customer credit card info stolen in data breach laid at Fin7's feet

Burgerville has revealed a data breach impacting the chain which may have led to the theft of detailed credit card information belonging to customers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 04, 2018

Hackers demand ransom from hijacked Instagram influencers

Hackers are taking over high-profile Instagram users’ accounts and holding them to ransom, it was revealed this week. At least four influencers have lost control of their accounts and received demands to send bitcoin for their return, but in some cases the attackers retained control or deleted the accounts.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 02, 2018

Tesco Bank Fined £16m After 2016 Cyber Heist

Tesco Bank has been fined £16.4m by the UK’s financial regulator for deficiencies which allowed hackers to steal millions from its customers in 2016.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 01, 2018

Malware steals passwords from 6.4 million SHEIN customers

Women’s fashion retailer SHEIN has suffered a major security breach that has exposed the personal information and passwords of over six million customers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 26, 2018

The Sony hacker indictment: 5 lessons for IT security

In August 2018, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) unsealed the indictment of a North Korean spy, Park Jin Hyok, whom they claim was behind the hack against Sony and the creation and distribution of the WannaCry ransomware. The 170-plus-page document was written by Nathan Shields of the FBI’s LA office and shows the careful sequence of forensic analysis they used to figure out how various attacks were conducted.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 25, 2018

Woman Pleads Guilty to DC CCTV Ransomware Blitz

A Romanian woman has pleaded guilty to charges relating to a major ransomware operation which took out over two-thirds of the CCTV cameras in Washington DC ahead of President Trump’s inauguration.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2018

SingHealth data breach reveals several 'inadequate' security measures

Investigation into Singapore's most severe cybersecurity breach has uncovered several poor security practices, including the use of weak administrative passwords and unpatched workstations.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 21, 2018

Employee Personal Info Exposed in State Department Hack

As detailed by the Politico report confirmed by US officials, the employees affected by the e-mail system hack were notified, but the alert sent also discloses the fact that the e-mail system containing classified information was not breached.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2018

Russian National Extradited for 2014 JP Morgan Hack

Georgian officials have extradited Russian citizen Andrei Tyurin to the United States, where he will face charges related to a wide-ranging hacking campaign that targeted the US financial sector and included the 2014 breach of JP Morgan Chase.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 11, 2018

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