American Express (Amex) has notified its customers of a data breach that affected a third-party merchant processor, leading to the exposure of sensitive credit card information. The breach was first reported on March 4, with American Express taking quick action to inform impacted cardholders and
Cencora, a pharmaceutical giant formerly known as AmerisourceBergen, has confirmed that it experienced a significant cyberattack earlier this month. According to Cencora’s SEC filing, the attack was discovered on February 21, 2024 and involved the exfiltration of data from its IT systems, which may
Southern Water, a leading utility firm in the UK, has disclosed that the personal data of nearly half a million customers may have been compromised. The breach is one of the largest affecting the water industry in recent times and has raised serious concerns over its digital security. The
Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained more than 200,000 records, which included sensitive files containing PII of students and parents. The non-password protected cloud storage database contained a
In a significant breach of privacy, TheTruthSpy, a surveillance application, has been hacked, compromising the data of over 50,000 Android devices across the globe. This incident marks the fourth time the application has fallen victim to hackers due to the same unfixed security flaw. According
Over 33 million individuals in France — nearly half the country’s population — have had their personal data exposed. This breach targeted Viamedis and Almerys, two prominent service providers in the French healthcare and insurance sectors. The French data protection authority, the National
In a significant cybersecurity incident, Keenan & Associates, a subsidiary of AssuredPartners Inc., has reported a data breach impacting approximately 1.5 million individuals. The breach, which was discovered on August 27, 2023, involved unauthorized access to the company's internal systems
On January 22, 2024, Bob Dyachenko, owner of SecurityDiscovery.com, along with researchers from Cybernews, announced they had discovered a massive leak containing 26 billion records. The data consists of sensitive user information from popular sites like Twitter, Weibo, Tencent, LinkedIn, Dropbox,
Microsoft has disclosed that a Russian hacking group, identified under the aliases Midnight Blizzard, APT29, Cozy Bear, and Nobelium, infiltrated the email accounts of several of the company’s senior leaders. The attack was first detected on January 12, 2024. It marks another significant breach by
Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained nearly 1.3 million records, which included COVID-19 testing information and personally identifiable information such as the patient’s name, date of birth, and