All news in category "Incidents and Data Breaches"

Avnet Confirms Breach; Stolen EMEA Sales Data Unreadable

🔒 Avnet confirmed unauthorized access to externally hosted cloud storage that supported an internal sales tool used in the EMEA region. The company says most stolen files are not easily readable without access to Avnet's proprietary sales tool, which it says was not impacted, while attackers claim they exfiltrated 1.3TB of compressed (7–12TB raw) data. Avnet detected the activity on September 26, rotated secrets across Azure/Databricks, notified authorities, and will contact affected customers and suppliers; the number of potentially impacted individuals remains unknown.

Qilin Ransomware Disrupts Mecklenburg County Schools

🔒 A Russian-linked ransomware group, Qilin, has claimed responsibility for a September 2, 2025 attack that disrupted Mecklenburg County Public Schools and said it exfiltrated 305 GB of data, including financial records, grant documents, budgets and children’s medical files. The attack forced teachers offline for about a week while internet systems were restored. Superintendent Scott Worner said the district does not currently intend to pay the ransom and is still assessing the scope, urging other districts to review cyber-insurance and preparedness.

Phishers Exploit 1Password Watchtower to Steal Vaults

🔒 Malwarebytes has flagged a phishing campaign that impersonated 1Password’s Watchtower breach alerts, nearly tricking an employee into surrendering their vault credentials. The message used authentic branding, familiar phrasing and urgency cues, and embedded legitimate-seeming support links before redirecting victims via Mandrill to a typosquatted credential‑stealing page. By Oct. 2 multiple vendors had marked the site as phishing and Mandrill blocked the redirect, but earlier clicks may already have exposed entire vaults.

Citizen Lab: AI Influence Operation Against Iran Exposed

🛡️ Citizen Lab has identified a coordinated network of more than 50 inauthentic accounts on X, labeled PRISONBREAK, conducting an AI-enabled influence operation aimed at provoking Iranian audiences to revolt against the Islamic Republic. The network was created in 2023, with most observable activity beginning in January 2025 and intensifying around June 2025, partially synchronized with Israeli military actions. Organic engagement was limited overall, though some posts achieved tens of thousands of views after seeding to large public communities and likely paid promotion. After reviewing alternatives, Citizen Lab assesses the most consistent hypothesis is direct involvement by an unidentified Israeli government agency or a closely supervised subcontractor.

Citizen Lab: AI-Enabled Influence Operation Targets Iran

🔎Citizen Lab reports a coordinated AI-enabled influence operation, dubbed PRISONBREAK, that used more than 50 inauthentic X profiles to push narratives aimed at inciting revolt within Iran. Created in 2023, the network became active mainly from January 2025 and produced bursts of activity synchronized with IDF operations in June 2025. Citizen Lab notes limited organic engagement, though some posts reached tens of thousands of views, and assesses the most consistent attribution is to an Israeli government agency or a closely supervised subcontractor.

Discord Confirms Customer Data Breach via Third-Party

🔒 Discord has disclosed a data breach after a third-party customer support provider was compromised, allowing a ransomware actor to access limited customer information. Potentially exposed data includes names, Discord usernames, contact details, last four digits of payment cards, IP addresses, messages with support agents and a small number of government ID images submitted for age appeals. Discord says no passwords, full card numbers or CVVs were accessed and is contacting affected users and authorities.

Oracle EBS Targeted by Cl0p Exploiting CVE-2025-61882

🚨 CrowdStrike attributes the exploitation of Oracle E-Business Suite to Graceful Spider, also known as Cl0p, with the first observed compromise on August 9, 2025. The attacks exploit a critical pre-authentication remote code execution flaw, CVE-2025-61882 (CVSS 9.8), enabling authentication bypass and the upload of malicious XSLT templates via Oracle XML Publisher. Successful exploitation leads to outbound connections from the Java web server and remote web shell deployment for data exfiltration and persistence; CISA has added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and urged agencies to patch immediately.

ShinyHunters Joins Extortion Effort After Red Hat Breach

🔐 Red Hat is facing renewed extortion after a breach of its GitLab instance used by Red Hat Consulting was claimed to have exposed nearly 570GB of compressed data across thousands of repositories, including about 800 Customer Engagement Reports (CERs). The Crimson Collective initially claimed the theft and says it received no ransom response. The group announced a collaboration with Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters and has used the newly launched ShinyHunters leak site to press extortion demands, publishing CER samples and setting an October 10 deadline. Red Hat did not respond to inquiries.

Critical GoAnywhere MFT Flaw Exploited in Medusa Attacks

⚠️ Microsoft warns that a critical deserialization vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT (CVE-2025-10035) has been actively exploited by a Medusa ransomware affiliate tracked as Storm-1175 since early September. The License Servlet flaw enables remote compromise without user interaction, allowing attackers to gain initial access and persist via abused RMM tools. Administrators should apply Fortra's patches and inspect logs for SignedObject.getObject stack traces.

Cl0p Exploits Critical Oracle E-Business Suite Flaw

🔒 Oracle released an emergency patch to address a critical unauthenticated vulnerability in E-Business Suite (CVE-2025-61882) with a CVSS score of 9.8. The flaw allows remote code execution against the Oracle concurrent processing component over HTTP and has been actively exploited by the Cl0p group in large-scale data theft. Security firms report mass email-based distribution from hundreds of compromised accounts and recommend immediate patching and forensic checks for listed IoCs and suspicious GET/POST activity.

Trinity of Chaos Launches TOR Data Leak Site, Exposes Data

🔓 The Trinity of Chaos collective has opened a data leak site on the TOR network, publishing previously undisclosed records tied to past breaches and listing 39 major global firms. Resecurity says the group claims more than 1.5 billion records across 760 companies and has set an October 10 negotiation deadline. Samples reportedly contain substantial PII and appear to stem from compromised SaaS environments via stolen OAuth tokens and vishing; the FBI has issued a flash alert. The group also threatened to leverage existing litigation and regulatory complaints against Salesforce, which has denied new vulnerabilities.

LinkedIn Sues ProAPIs Over Use of 1M Fake Accounts

⚖️ LinkedIn has filed suit against Delaware-based ProAPIs Inc. and its founder, Rehmat Alam, alleging the company created more than one million fake accounts to scrape member data using a product called iScraper API. The complaint, filed in California, accuses ProAPIs of violating LinkedIn’s terms of service and of using invalid credit cards to obtain premium access. LinkedIn seeks a permanent injunction, deletion of scraped data, and payment of damages and attorney fees.

Report Links BIETA Research Firm to China's MSS Operations

📰 Recorded Future assesses that the Beijing Institute of Electronics Technology and Application (BIETA) is likely directed by China's Ministry of State Security, citing links between at least four BIETA personnel and MSS officers and ties to the University of International Relations. Its subsidiary Beijing Sanxin Times Technology Co., Ltd. (CIII) develops steganography, covert-communications tools, and network-penetration and simulation software. The report warns these capabilities can support intelligence, counterintelligence, military, and other state-aligned cyber operations.

Discord Support Data Stolen in Third-Party Breach Incident

🔒Discord has confirmed that attackers accessed data belonging to users who contacted its customer support after a breach at a third-party provider, reportedly Zendesk. Exposed information includes names, Discord usernames, emails, IP addresses, messages with support agents, limited billing details (payment type and last four card digits), and a small number of government ID images. Discord says full card numbers, CCV codes and account passwords were not accessed, and is contacting affected users while warning of potential phishing attempts.

Chinese Cybercrime Group Runs Global SEO Fraud Ring

🔍 UAT-8099, a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group, has been linked to a global SEO fraud operation that targets Microsoft IIS servers to manipulate search rankings and harvest high-value data. The actor gains access via vulnerable or misconfigured file upload features, deploys web shells and privilege escalation to enable RDP, then uses Cobalt Strike and a modified BadIIS module to serve malicious content when requests mimic Googlebot. Infections have been observed across India, Thailand, Vietnam, Canada, and Brazil, affecting universities, telecoms and technology firms and focusing on mobile users.

Asahi Confirms Ransomware Attack, Data Exfiltrated

🛡️ Asahi has confirmed a ransomware attack that resulted in an "unauthorized transfer of data" from its servers. The Tokyo-based brewer said it isolated affected systems and established an Emergency Response Headquarters to investigate, working with external cybersecurity experts. Operational impacts in Japan include suspended system-based ordering, shipments and call centers, with partial manual processing underway. The company has not disclosed whether a ransom demand was made.

Renault Notifies Customers After Supplier Data Breach

🔒 Renault has informed customers that a cyber-attack on a third-party supplier led to the extraction of personal data from one of the supplier's systems. The vendor confirmed the breach affected names, gender, contact details, postal addresses and vehicle identification and registration numbers, though no financial information or passwords appear to have been taken. Renault says its own systems were not compromised and that the incident has been contained, and it has notified the relevant authorities. Affected customers are warned to expect targeted phishing using the stolen information.

Mass Exploitation of Oracle E-Business Suite Zero-Day

🔒 CrowdStrike is tracking a mass exploitation campaign abusing a novel zero-day, CVE-2025-61882, against Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) that enables unauthenticated remote code execution and data exfiltration. First observed on 2025-08-09, activity accelerated after a proof-of-concept surfaced on 2025-10-03 and Oracle released an advisory with IOCs on 2025-10-04. CrowdStrike assesses likely involvement by the actor tracked as GRACEFUL SPIDER (moderate confidence) while acknowledging multiple actors may be exploiting internet-exposed EBS instances; detection and mitigation guidance and Falcon tooling are provided to help defenders.

Oracle patches critical EBS zero-day used by Clop gang

⚠️ Oracle has released an emergency update addressing CVE-2025-61882, a critical unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in Oracle E-Business Suite (Concurrent Processing / BI Publisher Integration). The vulnerability affects versions 12.2.3–12.2.14 and carries a CVSS base score of 9.8. Customers must first install the October 2023 Critical Patch Update before applying the new fix. Intelligence firms say the Clop extortion gang actively used the bug in August 2025 to steal data.

ParkMobile settlement: $1 credits for 2021 breach victims

🔒 ParkMobile has settled a class action tied to its 2021 data breach, offering affected users a $1 in-app credit as part of a $32.8 million resolution. Threat actors leaked a 4.5 GB CSV exposing nearly 22 million customers' names, contact details, bcrypt-hashed passwords, mailing addresses, license plates and vehicle information. Claimants must manually apply promo code P@rkMobile-$1 (most codes expire Oct 8, 2026; California codes do not), and the company warns of continuing SMS phishing campaigns targeting users.