Insurance giant Fidelity hit by data breach

Sensitive information belonging to tens of thousands of Fidelity Investments Life Insurance customers was stolen, reportedly thanks to a supply chain attack that happened in 2023. The insurance giant has filed a data breach notification with the Maine attorney general’s Read More …

Third-party breach leads to American Express customer data compromise

Payment card provider American Express Company is warning customers that their credit card details may have been exposed following a breach involving a third-party provider. The details were first revealed in a filing with the State of Massachusetts, with a Read More …

20 million Cutout.Pro AI service users hit by massive data breach

AI-powered photo and video editing platform Cutout.Pro has become the latest victim to what has turned out to be a pretty sizeable data breach. Personal information relating to as many as 20 million users, including email addresses, hashed and salted Read More …

LockBit cyberattack: Fulton County refuses to pay ransom as deadline passes

Fulton County leaders say they have not paid any ransom to the criminal group claiming responsibility for the cyberattack that affected several of the county’s agencies. The group LockBit had set a deadline of 8:49 a.m. on Thursday for Fulton Read More …

Hackers stole ‘sensitive’ data from Taiwan telecom giant

Hackers stole “sensitive information” including military and government documents from Taiwan’s largest telecom company and sold it on the dark web, the island’s ministry of national defence has said. The confirmation of the democratic island’s latest major data leak followed Read More …

Golden Corral Corporation Provides Notice of Data Privacy Event

Golden Corral Corporation is notifying certain individuals of a recent incident that may impact the privacy of past and present employees, dependents, and beneficiary personal information. Golden Corral is unaware of any misuse of the information and is providing notice Read More …

Sharp rise in cyber attacks at UK law firms as hackers eye sensitive data

The number of reported cyber attacks on UK law firms has increased 36 per cent over the past year. According to data by speciality reinsurance group Chaucer, there were 166 reported cyber breaches in 2021/22, this number jumped to 226 Read More …

India: EPFO, PMO data breach, Centre says aware of reports, Cert-In looking into details

The government is aware of reports of a data breach that claims having datasets from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation, and has asked the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) to look into it, Read More …

Toronto Public Library uncertain whose data stolen in October cyber attack

The Toronto Public Library needs more time to investigate whether cardholder, volunteer and donor data has been compromised during a serious cyberattack four months ago. In a final report to the board on the October 2023 security breach that the Read More …