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Oakland Ransomware Leak Affects Thousands
- Saturday, 11 March 2023
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A ransomware group’s leak of stolen data from the City of Oakland may have exposed the personal and financial account details of thousands of city employees and small business owners. So reports local ABC7 News.
Read more...PayPal Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Data Breach
- Saturday, 11 March 2023
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PayPal has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit over a December 2022 data breach affecting almost 35,000 people. So reports CSO Online.
Read more...Chick-Fil-A Admits Data Breach, Two Months Later
- Saturday, 11 March 2023
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Chick-Fil-A has confirmed a data breach, two months after acknowledging that it was looking into complaints of fraud involving its mobile app. So reports Nation’s Restaurant News.
Read more...Stanford Data Breach Exposes Ph.D. Application Info
- Saturday, 04 March 2023
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Stanford University has notified about 900 people who applied to its Economics Ph.D. program that their personal and health information was part of a data breach. So reports Bleeping Computer.
Read more...News Corp. Hackers Ran Amok for Two Years, Media Giant Admits
- Saturday, 04 March 2023
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News Corp. has divulged that hackers stole private business documents while spending almost two years in the media giant’s systems. So reports Ars Technica.
Read more...Ransomware Attack Disrupts Fruit Giant Dole’s Operations
- Saturday, 04 March 2023
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A company memo has revealed that a previously unacknowledged ransomware attack recently forced Dole to pause North American production and grocery store shipments. So reports CNN.
Read more...CISA Director Pushes Tech Giants to Step Up Security
- Saturday, 04 March 2023
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Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, has urged Microsoft, Twitter and other technology companies to do more to protect user accounts. So reports Bloomberg.
Read more...U.S. Marshals Service Suffers 'Major' Data Breach
- Saturday, 04 March 2023
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The U.S. Marshals Service has been hit with a ransomware attack that officials classified as a “major incident.” So reports CBS News.
Read more...Alphabet Spinoff Sandbox AQ Bags $500M for Quantum Security
- Friday, 24 February 2023
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Sandbox AQ, which spun off from Google parent Alphabet last year, has secured $500 million to secure clients’ networks against the potential risks of quantum computing. So reports Reuters.
Read more...Pepsi Bottling Ventures Experiences Malware-linked Breach
- Friday, 24 February 2023
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Pepsi Bottling Ventures has confirmed a data breach impacting several thousand employees. So reports CSO.
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