All news with #data breach tag

🔒 Huntsman Security's analysis of ICO reports from Q3 2024 to Q2 2025 indicates the retail and manufacturing sector experienced only minor seasonal peaks, with 1,381 incidents overall and quarterly counts clustered in the mid-300s. The firm reported 618 breaches caused by brute force, misconfigurations, malware, phishing and ransomware, and urged a shift to continuous assurance so defenses do not drift into vulnerable states. Other vendors cautioned that more than half of recent ransomware incidents occurred on weekends or holidays, while researchers warned of AI-enabled fake e-commerce sites, typosquatted domains and package-tracking scams targeting shoppers.

🔒 Gainsight disclosed that suspicious activity affecting its Salesforce-connected applications has expanded beyond an initial three-customer list provided by Salesforce, with the company saying it presently knows of "only a handful" of customers whose data were affected. Salesforce revoked access and refreshed tokens for impacted Gainsight-published apps after detecting "unusual activity" claimed by the ShinyHunters group. Several vendors suspended integrations while investigations continue; Gainsight advised rotating credentials, resetting non‑SSO passwords, and reauthorizing connectors as preventive measures.

🔒 Comcast will pay $1.5 million to settle an FCC investigation after a February 2024 vendor breach at Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) exposed the personal data of 273,703 current and former Xfinity customers. Under the consent decree Comcast must implement a compliance plan with enhanced vendor oversight, biennial risk assessments, and biannual reporting. Comcast says its network was not breached and has not conceded wrongdoing.

⚠️ A cyber-attack on the OnSolve CodeRED platform disrupted emergency alerts used by state and local agencies across the US and exposed user data. Crisis24 shut down the legacy environment and is rebuilding the system in a new, isolated infrastructure. Investigators confirmed data theft — including names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and passwords — though there is no evidence the data has been posted online. The threat actor INC Ransom claims responsibility and has published screenshots and is selling samples of the files.

🔒Gainsight has confirmed the cyber‑attack tied to Salesforce affected more customers than initially reported, though the vendor says the number remains limited and affected customers were notified. As a precaution Gainsight temporarily disabled Salesforce read/write access for several products, including Customer Success (CS), Community (CC), Northpass (CE), Skilljar (SJ) and Staircase (ST). Other vendors such as Gong.io, Zendesk and HubSpot have also disabled their connectors. Gainsight engaged Mandiant for an independent forensic investigation and is advising customers to rotate credentials and S3 keys, reset NXT passwords where appropriate, re-authorize integrations, and follow proactive hardening guidance while the investigation continues.

🚨 Crisis24 confirmed its CodeRED emergency-notification platform was breached, disrupting alerts for state and local governments, police, and fire agencies nationwide. The company decommissioned the legacy environment and is rebuilding from a March 31, 2025 backup, so recent accounts may be missing. Crisis24 says the incident was contained to CodeRED, but names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and passwords were stolen; no public posting has been confirmed.

🔒 Security researchers at watchTowr discovered that two popular code utility sites — JSON Formatter and Code Beautify — inadvertently exposed thousands of developer submissions containing sensitive secrets and credentials. By querying a public API and the sites’ “Recent Links” listings, the team extracted over 80,000 submissions spanning years, including API keys, private keys, database and cloud credentials, JWTs, and PII. The exposure remained until the sites disabled the save feature; watchTowr also confirmed active scraping by third parties and reported limited response from affected organizations.

🔒 New research from watchTowr Labs found over 80,000 files saved to online code-formatting tools, exposing thousands of passwords, API keys, repository tokens and other sensitive credentials across government, telecoms, finance, healthcare and critical infrastructure. The datasets comprise five years of JSONFormatter content and one year of CodeBeautify content (about 5GB), and both services used predictable, shareable URLs and a Recent Links page that made mass crawling trivial. Researchers uploaded decoy AWS keys that were abused within 48 hours, and both sites have temporarily disabled save functionality while implementing enhanced content-prevention measures.

🔓 Researchers at external attack surface management firm watchTowr discovered more than 80,000 JSON snippets saved via JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify's unprotected Recent Links feature, exposing credentials, private keys, tokens, and configuration files. The platforms generated predictable, shareable URLs when users saved snippets and stored them without access controls, allowing anyone to scrape content via the services' APIs. Leaked material spans government, finance, healthcare, telecoms, and other sensitive sectors. watchTowr's Canarytoken test showed attackers accessed planted fake AWS keys after links had expired, indicating active scanning.

🔓 Researchers discovered that the code-formatting services JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify exposed more than 80,000 user-saved JSON pastes totaling over 5GB via an unprotected Recent Links feature. The listings and predictable URLs allowed simple crawlers to enumerate and retrieve sensitive data including credentials, API keys, private keys, and PII. The findings show active scraping and confirmed access attempts after uploads expired.

🔒 Dartmouth College says threat actors linked to the Clop extortion gang exploited a zero-day in Oracle E-Business Suite to steal files and leak them on a dark web site. The college reported unauthorized access between August 9 and August 12, 2025, and on October 30 identified files containing names and Social Security numbers. A filing with Maine's Attorney General lists 1,494 individuals whose data was found in reviewed files and notes that financial account information was also taken. Dartmouth has not provided details on any ransom demand or the full scope of impacted people.

🔒 SitusAMC, a major real-estate finance services firm that supports banks and lenders, disclosed a November data breach that compromised some client and customer information. The company says business operations remain unaffected and investigators found no evidence of encrypting ransomware. External experts have been retained, and affected clients and residential customers are being notified directly as the scope is determined.

📞Harvard University disclosed that systems used by Alumni Affairs and Development were accessed in a phone‑based phishing attack discovered on November 18, 2025. Exposed information includes email addresses, phone numbers, home and business addresses, event attendance records, donation details, and biographical data for alumni, donors, some students, faculty and staff. The university stated the compromised systems did not contain Social Security numbers, passwords, payment card data, or financial account information. Harvard sent notifications on November 22 and is working with law enforcement and third‑party cybersecurity experts to investigate and remediate the incident.

🔒 Major US banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citi and Morgan Stanley are assessing potential customer data exposure after third-party mortgage servicer SitusAMC disclosed a breach discovered on Nov. 12 and confirmed on Nov. 22. SitusAMC says corporate records and 'certain data' related to clients' customers may have been accessed; the company reports services remain operational and the incident is contained. The FBI is investigating, has found no operational impact to banking services so far, and the company has implemented credential resets, disabled remote access tools, updated firewall rules and engaged third-party advisors while forensic analysis continues.

⚠️ Iberia has notified customers that personal data was exposed after unauthorized access to a supplier's systems, potentially including names, email addresses and Iberia Club loyalty numbers. The carrier says no login credentials or payment card details were taken and that it has implemented additional verification checks and mitigation measures. Customers are urged to watch for phishing and suspicious communications. The airline is investigating and has informed authorities.

🔔 Iberia has informed customers of a security incident after unauthorized access to a supplier's systems exposed limited customer information. The airline says affected fields may include full name, email address, and Iberia Club loyalty identification numbers, while login credentials and payment card data were not accessed. Iberia says it activated its security protocol, added verification codes for email changes, is monitoring systems, and has notified authorities as it works with the third-party vendor. Customers are urged to watch for suspicious messages and report anomalies to the airline.

🔒 Cox Enterprises says hackers accessed its network after exploiting a zero-day in Oracle E‑Business Suite, with activity occurring between Aug. 9–14 and detected on Sept. 29, 2025. The company notified 9,479 impacted individuals and is offering 12 months of credit monitoring and identity protection through IDX. The Cl0p ransomware gang has claimed responsibility and posted stolen files after Oracle issued a patch on Oct. 5. Cox did not specify the types of data exposed in the notice.

🔒 Two British teenagers, identified by authorities as suspected members of the Scattered Spider collective, have pleaded not guilty to computer misuse and fraud-related charges at Southwark Crown Court. The charges stem from an August 2024 breach of Transport for London (TfL) that disrupted online services, caused millions in losses, and later was found to have exposed customer names, addresses, and contact details. Arrested in September 2024 by the NCA and City of London Police, the defendants face additional alleged conspiracies involving US healthcare networks and separate counts tied to seized passwords.

🛡️ Mozilla announced it will end its partnership with Onerep and discontinue Monitor Plus on Dec. 17, 2025. Current subscribers will retain access through the wind-down period and receive prorated refunds for any unused portion of their subscriptions. Mozilla said it will continue to offer its free Monitor breach service integrated with Firefox’s credential manager and is focusing on integrating more privacy and security features, including its VPN. The company cited high vendor standards and the realities of the data broker ecosystem as reasons for ending the collaboration after reporting revealed Onerep’s founder maintained ties to other people-search services.

🔓 A threat actor claims to have stolen 2.3 terabytes of data from IT services provider Almaviva and posted the material on a dark web forum. The leak reportedly includes confidential documents and sensitive information related to FS Italiane Group, such as internal shares, technical documentation, contracts, HR and accounting archives. D3Lab's Andrea Draghetti says the files are recent (Q3 2025) and not recycled from a 2022 Hive incident. Almaviva confirmed a breach, says affected systems were isolated, and that authorities have been notified while an investigation continues.