Tag: personal details
News and information from the Advent IM team.
More than 30TB of Sensitive Data Stolen with Ransomware in 2022
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
Atlas VPN researchers have found that ransomware hackers have been terrorising businesses of all sizes and industries worldwide. Ransomware hackers have stolen more than 30 terabytes (TB) of personal and other sensitive data throughout more than 300 attacks in 2022.
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Neopets security breach: users’ data reportedly stolen
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
The popular virtual pet website Neopets says it has launched an investigation after a hacker breached its databases, with one website claiming the personal data of up to 69 million users may have been stolen. Read via Guardian
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Japanese city worker loses USB containing personal details of every resident
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
Contractor said he lost the device – storing names, addresses, dates of birth and tax details of 460,000 people – after an alcohol-fuelled night out Read via Guardian
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Twitter fined $150m for exploiting users’ personal data
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
US authorities fined Twitter $150 million (£119 million) for misusing users’ data in order to help sell targeted ads. Read via Computer Weekly
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Raidforums marketplace shut down in global operation
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
An online forum providing criminals with stolen personal data has been taken down, in a global operation which saw its founder arrested. Read via BBC
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Morgan Stanley agrees to $60M settlement over compromised personal data
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
Morgan Stanley has agreed to establish a $60 million fund to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by nearly a dozen customers regarding personal data that was compromised when the bank decommissioned two wealth management centers. The proposed settlement, filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, will allow class members […]
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Hackers targeted thousands of online retailers to steal credit card details
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
Over 4,000 online retailers have been warned that their websites had been hacked by cybercriminals trying to steal customers’ payment information and other personal information. In total, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has identified a total of 4,151 retailers that had been compromised by hackers attempting to exploit vulnerabilities on checkout pages to divert […]
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Data of thousands of Dutch citizens leaked from government Covid-19 systems
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Weak access controls and outdated systems blamed for leaking of the personal details of thousands of Dutch citizens tested for Covid-19 Read via Computer Weekly.
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Virgin Media data breach affects 900,000 people
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Advent IM News
A Virgin Media database containing the personal details of 900,000 people was left unsecured and accessible online for 10 months, the company has admitted. Read via BBC News.
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