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Category: Data Breaches, Hacks, and Thefts

The Weekly Roundup – October 31, 2020

October 26, 2020 DeFi Offering $100k Reward A decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol is offering a $100k reward for help in contacting its alleged cyber-attacker. Tweet posted a

Telegram Zero-Day Used to Mine Crypto

Kaspersky Labs revealed today that a previously-unknown attack on the popular messaging app Telegram infects users’ devices with cryptocurrency mining malware. Research indicates that Russian

Alteryx Joins the Data-Breach Club

Alteryx, a data mining and analytics firm, just disclosed it accidentally exposed the personal details of over 120 million American households. This data included the

Nicehash Confirms Theft of Bitcoin

Nicehash, the cryptocurrency mining company, has confirmed the theft of over 4,736.43 Bitcoin, worth over $75 million at today’s prices. What We Know On Wednesday, December

Forever 21 Suffers Credit Card Breach

In yet another episode of the eternal conga line of breaches and thefts, Forever 21 recently announced that hackers stole credit card data from their

Patient Records Exposed in New Breach

Patient Health Records Exposed The fun never ends in the cybersecurity world. Researchers at Kromtech Security Researchers recently disclosed the existence of yet another insecure

The Accenture Data Leak

The Accenture Leak A few days ago, Accenture, the IT consulting giant, confirmed it had exposed sensitive information to the public internet. The finder, Upguard,

Equifax Hacked, Again

Equifax Confirms Yet Another Hack Oops, they did it again? Earlier today, the credit reporting agency Equifax took one of its webpages offline. They confirmed