The most recent company to have fallen victim to hackers is Havenly. They are a US-based interior design firm with an interactive website that allows users to get interior design help from certified professionals. The company reported the breach on August 2nd, 2020 but it was first discovered by researchers at BleepingComputer, on July … [Read more...] about Popular Interior Design Website Havenly Has Breach Of User Accounts
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Billions Of Breached User Credentials Are Available For Purchase
On a regular basis, we see headlines talking about how this or that company got hacked and X number of employee or customer logins got exposed. However, since those headlines happen in isolation, it's easy to lose sight of the bigger picture. A trip to the Dark Web will reveal just how big of a problem the world faces. If you dare venture into … [Read more...] about Billions Of Breached User Credentials Are Available For Purchase
The University of San Francisco Pays Large Ransom After Ransomware Attack
The University of San Francisco (UCSF) is the latest organization to fall victim to hackers, running afoul of a group utilizing the Netwalker ransomware strain. UCSF is a research university whose recent efforts have been focused on health sciences generally and COVID-19-related research specifically. On June 3rd, 2020, Netwalker published a … [Read more...] about The University of San Francisco Pays Large Ransom After Ransomware Attack
Credit Card Data Breach Affects Claire’s, a Popular Jewelry And Accessory Store
Claire's Jewelry and Accessories is the latest company to fall victim a data breach. A recent disclosure made by the company stated that both the retail giant's main website and the website of their subsidiary, Icing, were compromised. They were hit by what appears to be a Magecart attack. Claire's disclosure about the data breach reads in … [Read more...] about Credit Card Data Breach Affects Claire’s, a Popular Jewelry And Accessory Store
Nintendo Switch User Information Breach Affected Over 300,000 Users
A couple of months ago, Nintendo announced that their Switch gaming and live streaming service had been hacked, and as a result, some 160,000 user accounts had been compromised. As the company has continued their investigation into the incident, however, they've updated their disclosure, revealing that an additional 140,000 accounts were … [Read more...] about Nintendo Switch User Information Breach Affected Over 300,000 Users
Old LiveJournal Database Breach Is Now Being Leaked Online
Do you have an account on LiveJournal? If so, you may have heard the persistent rumors that have been circulating since 2014 that the company was breached and some 33 million user records were stolen. To this day, LiveJournal denies that they were breached. Unfortunately, this month (May 2020), a database containing 33,717,787 records, … [Read more...] about Old LiveJournal Database Breach Is Now Being Leaked Online
