All news with #breach tag

🔒 NVIDIA confirmed that GeForce NOW user information was exposed in a breach limited to Armenia after a regional partner's infrastructure was compromised. The company said its own network and NVIDIA-operated services were not affected and it is assisting the partner. Regional operator GFN.am said the incident occurred March 20–26 and that impacted users will be notified. Exposed fields reportedly include names, emails, phone numbers, dates of birth and usernames; no passwords were exposed.

🔍 Cybersecurity researchers uncovered 28 fraudulent Android apps on the official Google Play Store that claimed to show call, SMS and WhatsApp histories for any number but instead pushed paid subscriptions that delivered fabricated, hard‑coded data. The apps, labeled CallPhantom by ESET, amassed over 7.3 million downloads—one exceeded 3 million—primarily targeting users in India and the Asia‑Pacific region before removal. Payments were processed via Google Play billing, UPI apps (including Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm), or in‑app card forms, limiting refund options for non‑Play transactions. The apps requested few permissions, used simple UIs and even displayed deceptive notifications to coerce payments.

🔒 RansomHouse has claimed responsibility for last week's intrusion into Trellix's source code repository, publishing a small set of images as proof of access to the vendor's appliance management system. Trellix confirmed unauthorized access on May 1 and said it immediately engaged leading forensic experts and notified law enforcement. The company reported no evidence so far that its source code release or distribution process was affected and continues to investigate.

🔒 Instructure says it is investigating a breach after the extortion group ShinyHunters claimed to have stolen 280 million records tied to students, teachers, and staff across 8,809 colleges, school districts, and online education platforms. The actors allege they accessed names, email addresses, private messages and enrollment data by abusing Canvas export features such as DAP queries, provisioning reports and user APIs. Instructure has acknowledged the incident but has not provided detailed public answers; several universities have begun their own inquiries.

⚠️ DAEMON Tools installers hosted on the official site were trojanized beginning April 8, delivering a backdoor to thousands of systems worldwide. Compromised, digitally signed installers (versions 12.5.0.2421–12.5.0.2434) contained malicious code in binaries such as DTHelper.exe, DiscSoftBusServiceLite.exe, and DTShellHlp.exe. The initial payload is an information stealer used to profile victims; select hosts received a lightweight second-stage backdoor capable of executing commands and loading code in memory. In at least one targeted case researchers observed deployment of a more advanced QUIC RAT, and Kaspersky warns the campaign evaded detection for nearly a month.

🔒Trellix disclosed unauthorized access to a portion of its source code repository and says it is working with outside forensic experts to investigate the incident. The company reports it has found no evidence so far that the accessed code was altered, exploited, or that its release and distribution processes were affected, and it has notified law enforcement. Trellix intends to share further details as appropriate once the investigation concludes. Formed from McAfee Enterprise and FireEye, Trellix protects over 200 million endpoints and serves more than 50,000 customers, and this event follows recent breaches at other security vendors.

🔒 Two former employees of incident response firms Sygnia and DigitalMint were each sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiring to obstruct commerce by extortion for acting as affiliates of the BlackCat (ALPHV) ransomware group between May and November 2023. Prosecutors say they paid a 20% share for access to BlackCat's ransomware and extortion platform and breached multiple U.S. companies, including medical and manufacturing firms; one Tampa medical device company paid $1.27 million after a $10 million demand. DigitalMint said the individuals were immediately terminated and their conduct was condemned by the company.

🚨 Ukrainian police arrested three individuals accused of hacking and selling over 610,000 Roblox accounts, reportedly generating about $225,000 in proceeds. The Lviv authorities executed ten searches, seizing $35,000 in cash and multiple devices including 37 mobile phones, 11 desktop PCs, seven laptops, five tablets, and four USB drives. Prosecutors say the suspects — aged 19, 21, and 22 — used info‑stealing malware disguised as a game-enhancer, harvested credentials, categorized accounts by value, and sold high‑value profiles via a Russian website and closed online communities.

🔒 Vimeo says an unauthorized actor accessed certain user and customer data following the breach at Anodot. Initial findings indicate the impacted databases primarily contained technical data, video titles and metadata, and, in some cases, customer email addresses. Vimeo confirmed that uploaded video content, account credentials, and payment card information were not exposed, and that platform operations were unaffected. The company has disabled Anodot credentials, removed the integration, and engaged third-party security experts and law enforcement to investigate.

🔒 Itron, a global provider of utilities technology, disclosed an unauthorized third-party breach of its IT systems in an 8-K filed on April 24. The company immediately activated its cybersecurity response plan, engaged external advisors and notified law enforcement while launching a comprehensive investigation. Itron says it has remediated and removed the unauthorized activity, observed no further access, and found no intrusion in customer-hosted systems. It reports operations were not materially disrupted and expects insurers to cover a significant portion of direct costs while it evaluates required legal and regulatory notifications.

🔒 Medtronic disclosed a network intrusion after the ShinyHunters extortion group claimed to have stolen more than 9 million records and multiple terabytes of internal corporate data. The company said the incident affected "certain corporate IT systems" but has not impacted products, patient safety, manufacturing, or hospital customer networks, which it says are segregated. An investigation is underway to determine whether personal data was accessed, and Medtronic said it will notify affected individuals and provide support if exposure is confirmed.

🔒 On April 13, 2026, Itron, Inc. detected unauthorized access to certain internal IT systems and activated its cybersecurity response plan. The company notified law enforcement and engaged external advisors to investigate, mitigate, remediate, and contain the activity. Itron reports the intrusion has been blocked with no observed follow‑up, no customer impact, and no material disruption to business operations. The investigation is ongoing and the company expects a significant portion of incident-related costs to be covered by insurance.

🔒 Tyler Buchanan has pleaded guilty in a Florida court to conspiring with others to hack company computer systems and steal at least $8 million in virtual currency. He faces sentencing later this year. Buchanan is tied to the notorious Scattered Spider group, which has used SMS phishing and colleague impersonation to target employees. Security leaders are urged to reinforce defenses and train staff against social engineering.

🔒 CISA and the U.K. NCSC disclosed that a federal civilian agency's Cisco Firepower device running ASA firmware was compromised in September 2025 by a persistent backdoor dubbed FIRESTARTER. The ELF bootkit alters the startup mount list and attempts to hook LINA to execute arbitrary shellcode and sustain post-patching persistence. Cisco recommends reimaging; a cold power cycle is a temporary mitigation.

🛰️ The NASA Office of Inspector General (OIG) says a Chinese national, identified in a 2024 indictment as Song Wu, posed as U.S. researchers to obtain sensitive aerospace modeling software and source code from NASA employees, universities, and private firms. The campaign ran from January 2017 through December 2021 and also targeted multiple U.S. government agencies. Song faces wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges and remains at large.

🔒 The personal health data of more than 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers was briefly listed for sale on Chinese e-commerce platforms, prompting removal of the adverts and joint action by UK and Chinese authorities. UK Biobank says the datasets were de-identified and did not include direct identifiers such as names or NHS numbers, and there is currently no evidence the data were purchased. The organisation has suspended researcher access, restricted downloads on its cloud research platform and launched a forensic investigation into misuse by researchers at three academic institutions.

🔒 Rituals has disclosed a data breach affecting members of its My Rituals loyalty program after attackers downloaded customer records. The company said the compromised data may include full name, email address, phone number, date of birth, gender and home address. Rituals confirmed no passwords or payment information were accessed, and said it has blocked the attackers' access and notified relevant authorities while initiating a forensic investigation. The firm has not disclosed the number of affected members despite a loyalty base of more than 41 million and said it has informed affected customers directly.

🔒 Two U.S. nationals were sentenced to prison for facilitating a scheme that placed North Korean IT workers as faux U.S. employees at more than 100 American companies, including Fortune 500 firms. Between 2021 and October 2024 the pair generated over $5 million for DPRK-linked operations and caused roughly $3 million in corporate losses by using the stolen identities of more than 80 U.S. citizens. They set up shell companies, fake websites, bank accounts, and even hosted company-issued laptops in U.S. homes to mask the remote workers' true locations.

🔒 Kraken says a criminal group is attempting to extort the exchange by threatening to release videos that show internal support systems containing client data. The company says the incident resulted from an insider threat, with two instances of improper access by support employees and exposure limited to client support data. About 2,000 accounts (0.02% of users) were affected; Kraken says funds were never at risk. The exchange will not pay or negotiate and is working with federal law enforcement.

🔒 Basic-Fit, one of Europe's largest gym operators, disclosed unauthorized access to the system that records members' visits and said about 1 million members across the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain and Germany were affected. The intrusion was detected and stopped within minutes, but investigators determined the attacker exfiltrated data including full name, address, email, phone number, date of birth, bank account details and membership information. Franchise-held customer records were stored separately and were not exposed. Basic-Fit says no identification documents or account passwords were accessed, and the company has notified regulators and continues to monitor the situation with external experts.