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Cybersecurity Community Offers Assistance in Wake of 3CX Supply Chain Attack
3CX is facing backlash from customers who are dissatisfied with how the company has handled the recent security incident. Initially, the company dismissed reports of malware as false positives and some users claim they were even told to pay for a support ticket to resolve the issue. CEO Nick Galea has admitted that the company…
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Florida Sheriff’s Office Suffers Data Leak due to Lockbit Ransomware Attack
Washington County, Florida – The Washington County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that it has suffered a ransomware attack by the notorious Lockbit group. The attack resulted in the encryption of the Sheriff’s Office’s computer systems and the unauthorized release of sensitive information. According to a statement from the Sheriff’s Office, the attack involved the encryption…
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SafeMoon Suffers Major Loss in Security Exploit
In a major setback for the popular DeFi protocol, SafeMoon, the platform has suffered an exploit that resulted in the loss of approximately 8.9 million tokens from its liquidity pool. The attack, which took place on March 28th, 2023, was carried out by exploiting the token burn mechanism, causing the funds to be lost. According…
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT suffers security breach through open-source library bug
OpenAI, the organization behind the popular chatbot ChatGPT, has confirmed a data breach that exposed users’ personal information. The breach was caused by a bug in an open-source library called Redis-py, introduced by OpenAI on March 20. As a consequence, users were able to access chat data that did not belong to them, and sensitive…
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Latitude Financial Services Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Massive Data Breach
Latitude Financial Services is facing the possibility of a class action lawsuit following the revelation that personal information of 14 million customers has been exposed in a data breach. The breach, which took place over several years, included customer names, addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth, along with 7.9 million Australian and New Zealand…
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Law Firm Fined $200K for Data Breach Caused by Cybersecurity Lapses
The Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach law firm has agreed to pay $200,000 to the state of New York over data security lapses that led to a data breach in 2021. The breach exposed the private data of nearly 115,000 hospital patients, including over 61,000 New Yorkers, due to the firm’s failure to comply with…
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Sun Pharma Reports Security Incident, Ransomware Group Claims Massive Data Breach
Sun Pharmaceutical, one of India’s largest drug makers, reported an information security incident on March 2nd, 2023, which impacted some of its IT assets. The company has taken appropriate containment and remediation actions to address the incident and stated that it did not impact its core systems and operations. However, the threat actor group ALPHV…
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Dole Food Company Confirms Employee Data Breach Following Ransomware Attack
Dole Food Company, a leading global supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables, has acknowledged that the ransomware attack it suffered in February 2023 led to unauthorized access to employee information. The company employs around 38,000 people worldwide and serves customers in over 75 countries. In its annual report submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange…
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Student Loan Servicers Expose Data of Over 2.5 Million Borrowers
EdFinancial and the Oklahoma Student Loan Authority announced that personal information for more than 2.5 million student loan borrowers was exposed in a breach at their servicing provider, Nelnet. According to notices mailed to affected customers, the breach targeted Nelnet Servicing and impacted its servicing system and web portal. Nelnet revealed the incident on July…
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Oakland, California Falls Victim to Ransomware Attack by LockBit 3.0
The city of Oakland, California is the latest victim of a ransomware attack, with LockBit 3.0 claiming responsibility. The cybercriminals have threatened to release sensitive data if the ransom is not paid by April 10, 2023. This development has put the residents of Oakland at risk, with the possibility of their personal information being leaked…
