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HealthEquity said in an 8-K filing with the SEC that it detected “anomalous behavior by a personal use device belonging to a business partner.”
Roll20 said that on June 29 it had detected that a “bad actor” gained access to an account on the company’s administrative website for one hour.
Twilio says “threat actors were able to identify” phone numbers of people who use the two-factor app Authy.
Newsletter writer covering Evolve Bank’s data breach says the bank sent him a cease and desist letter
The situation around a data breach that’s affected an ever-growing number of fintech companies has gotten even weirder. Evolve Bank & Trust announced last week that it was hacked and…
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The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising
Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records.
The company “identified a security incident that involved bad actors targeting a limited number of HubSpot customers and attempting to gain unauthorized access to their accounts” on June 22.
Startups scramble to assess fallout from Evolve Bank data breach
Fintech-friendly Evolve Bank disclosed a data breach, saying it may have impacted customers and partners.
Hacker claims to have 30 million customer records from Australian ticket seller giant TEG
A hacker is advertising customer data allegedly stolen from the Australia-based live events and ticketing company TEG on a well-known hacking forum. On Thursday, a hacker put up for sale…
CDK said it “does not have an estimated time frame” for recovery, as car dealerships and auto shops face continued outages.
Mandiant says hackers stole a ‘significant volume of data’ from Snowflake customers
The security firm said the attacks targeting Snowflake customers is “ongoing,” suggesting the number of affected companies may rise.
UK and Canada privacy watchdogs investigating 23andMe data breach
Privacy watchdogs in the U.K. and Canada have launched a joint investigation into the data breach at 23andMe last year. On Monday, the U.K,’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the…
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What Snowflake isn’t saying about its customer data breaches
As another Snowflake customer confirms a data breach, the cloud data company says its position “remains unchanged.”
Hundreds of Snowflake customer passwords found online are linked to info-stealing malware
Snowflake is the latest company in a string of high-profile security incidents and sizable data breaches caused by the lack of MFA.
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Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster was hacked, says personal information stolen in data breach
Live Nation says its Ticketmaster subsidiary was hacked. A hacker claims to be selling 560 million customer records.
Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin confirmed on Friday that it had been the victim of a hack resulting in the theft of 4,502.9 bitcoin, or about $305 million. According to…
Spyware maker pcTattletale says it’s ‘out of business’ and shuts down after data breach
The spyware maker’s founder, Bryan Fleming, said pcTattletale is “out of business and completely done,” following a data breach.
pcTattletale’s website was briefly defaced and contained links containing files from the spyware maker’s servers, before going offline.
US pharma giant Cencora says Americans’ health information stolen in data breach
About half a million patients have been notified so far, but the number of affected individuals is likely far higher.
U.S. cell carrier Patriot Mobile experienced a data breach that included subscribers’ personal information, including full names, email addresses, home ZIP codes and account PINs, TechCrunch has learned. Patriot Mobile,…
Healthcare company WebTPA discloses breach affecting 2.5 million people
A Texas-based company that provides health insurance and benefit plans disclosed a data breach affecting almost 2.5 million people, some of whom had their Social Security number stolen. WebTPA said…
Ireland privacy watchdog confirms Dell data breach investigation
A top European privacy watchdog is investigating following the recent breaches of Dell customers’ personal information, TechCrunch has learned. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) deputy commissioner Graham Doyle confirmed to…
Threat actor scraped Dell support tickets, including customer phone numbers
The person who claimed to have stolen the physical addresses of 49 million Dell customers appears to have taken more data from a different Dell portal, TechCrunch has learned. The…
Threat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out
The person who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records told TechCrunch that he brute-forced an online company portal and scraped customer data, including physical addresses, directly from Dell’s…
Technology giant Dell notified customers on Thursday that it experienced a data breach involving customers’ names and physical addresses. In an email seen by TechCrunch and shared by several people…
US Patent and Trademark Office confirms another leak of filers’ address data
The federal government agency responsible for granting patents and trademarks is alerting thousands of filers whose private addresses were exposed following a second data spill in as many years. The…
U.S. realty trust giant Brandywine Realty Trust has confirmed a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of data from its network. In a filing with regulators on Tuesday, the Philadelphia-based…
UnitedHealthcare CEO says ‘maybe a third’ of US citizens were affected by recent hack
Two months after hackers broke into Change Healthcare systems stealing and then encrypting company data, it’s still unclear how many Americans were impacted by the cyberattack. Last month, Andrew Witty,…
TikTok faces a ban in the US, Tesla profits drop and healthcare data leaks
Welcome, folks, to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s regular newsletter covering this week’s noteworthy happenings in tech. TikTok’s fate in the U.S. looks uncertain after President Joe Biden signed a…
Health insurance giant Kaiser will notify millions of a data breach after sharing patients’ data with advertisers
Kaiser, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the United States, said it was notifying 13.4 million members of a data breach earlier in April.
India’s ICICI Bank exposed thousands of credit cards to ‘wrong’ users
ICICI Bank, one of India’s top private banks, exposed the sensitive data of thousands of new credit cards to customers who were not their intended recipients. The Mumbai-based bank confirmed…
