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Slack hacked, confidential code repositories breached

On December 31st, Slack informed users about the issue. Slack said that it became aware of the suspicious behavior on December 29; thus, it is probable that the company just wanted to alert consumers about the situation as quickly as possible. According to the findings of the investigation, the perpetrators of the breach accessed confidential […]

Ransomware attack stalls operations of big mining company

The CMMC is owned by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation. It generates an average of 100 million pounds of copper per year and has an anticipated mineral reserve capacity for another 32 years. The Canadian Copper Mountain Mining Corporation (CMMC), which is located in British Columbia, recently made an announcement stating that it was the subject of a […]

Data on 270,000 patients was stolen from the medical hospital in Louisiana by ransomware cybercriminals

During the month of October, cybercriminals broke into the computer system of a health care system in Louisiana, gaining access to the personal information of roughly 270,000 individuals. According to a representative named Allison Livingston, the hackers’ effort to encrypt the computers belonging to the Lake Charles Memorial Health System, which includes a hospital with […]

Christmas Casino heist: BetMGM hacked, data of 1.57 million gamblers leaked , while data of 68,000 DraftKings customers also hacked

BetMGM, an online sports betting website owned by MGM Resorts, announced a data breach on the same day hackers attempted to sell a database holding 1.5 million BetMGM user records. BetMGM said on its website on December 21 that “unauthorized access was gained to customer information.” MGM Resorts had 142 million customer details released on […]

Australian telecom company TPG hacked as threat actor got access to a server that hosts the email accounts of 15,000 clients

This week, an announcement was made by TPG Telecom in Australia stating that an unidentified threat actor had acquired unauthorized access to a server that hosts the email accounts of 15,000 subscribers. After Singtel-owned Optus, Medibank, and a second Singtel subsidiary were hacked, this event is one of the numerous recent high-profile hacks that have […]

Rackspace hacked by Ransomware gang via Microsoft exchange vulnerability

Rackspace, a provider of cloud computing services, has admitted that it was the victim of a ransomware incident, which resulted in the business being forced to shut down its Hosted Exchange environment. Since Friday, December 2, the hosted Microsoft Exchange service provided by Rackspace has been experiencing a variety of issues. The affected environment was […]

LASTPASS: The world’s most popular password manager hacked third time along with GoTo (formerly known as LogMeIn)

Another data breach has occurred this year as a direct result of the master password vault known as “LastPass.” According to LastPass, unidentified attackers penetrated the company’s cloud storage and used information that was obtained in a prior security incident that occurred in August 2022.According to what is said in the weblog, LastPass Recently, we […]

A hacker has posted data of 5.3 million Twitter accounts on a Raidforums, while another researcher confirmed another hack involving 100 million Twitter accounts

Earlier we published an article that provided details of a data breach that occurred on Twitter and affected 5.4 million accounts. Now, the exact same information has been published on a hacker forum that emerged as an alternative to the well-known and large Raidforums. Having said that, there is more to it. Due to the fact […]

DropBox hacked again via simple phishing email. Is cybersecurity awareness training is important for employees ?

Threat actors used employee login information they had obtained through phishing to log into one of Dropbox’s GitHub accounts, where they stole 130 code projects. As a result, Dropbox announced a security breach. Both some of Dropbox’s private repositories and its public repositories are hosted on GitHub. Additionally, they employ CircleCI for a few internal […]

Hacker group Black Reward leaks confidential data of Iran’s nuclear program along with passports, visas of Iranian and Russian specialists involved in the program

An group going by the name “Black Reward” said that it had obtained and stolen data pertaining to “Iran’s public and private contacts with the International Atomic Energy Agency,” as well as other documents, such as building blueprints, management and operation schedules, and the “passports and visas of Iranian and Russian specialists” involved in the […]

Microsoft leaked confidential data of 150,000 businesses across 123 nations

Microsoft has been informed about the incorrectly configured Microsoft endpoint by security experts at SOCRadar. This results in unauthorized access to some business transaction data pertaining to exchanges between Microsoft and potential clients, such as the preparation for and future deployment of Microsoft services. Papers that may include intellectual property are also included in the […]

Verizon prepaid customers data leaked and many become victim of SIM swapping attacks

Unknown numbers of prepaid subscribers received warnings from Verizon that attackers had accessed their accounts and were using SIM swapping attacks to exploit credit card information that had been exposed second time this year. On hacked accounts, the threat actors may have had access to names, phone numbers, billing addresses, pricing information, and other service-related […]