Tech giant Fujitsu says it was hacked, warns of data breach

Multinational technology giant Fujitsu confirmed a cyberattack in a statement Friday, and warned that hackers may have stolen personal data and customer information. “We confirmed the presence of malware on multiple work computers at our company, and as a result Read More …

A bug in an Irish government website exposed COVID-19 vaccination records

Two years ago, the Irish government fixed a vulnerability in its national COVID-19 vaccination portal that exposed the vaccination records of around a million residents. But details of the vulnerability weren’t revealed until this week after attempts to coordinate public Read More …

Acer Philippines reports data breach in third-party vendor system

Acer Philippines confirmed through an official statement that a security breach occurred within a third-party vendor’s system. The vendor was responsible for managing Acer Philippines’ employee attendance data, and the breach resulted in the unauthorized access of this information. The Read More …

Jersey data breach leaks personal information

A data breach at Jersey’s Financial Services Commission has allowed access to non-public names and addresses. The organisation confirmed a “vulnerability” was detected in its Registry system on 23 January. It said the leak did not link any individuals to registered Read More …

Italy privacy watchdog fines Unicredit $3.1 million for data breach

Italy’s data protection authority has fined UniCredit, the country’s second-largest bank, 2.8 million euros ($3.1 million) for a data breach case in 2018 affecting thousands of customers and former customers, it said on Thursday. The bank responded that it would Read More …

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 …