Data Breaches Digest

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Data-Leaking Ransomware Attacks Tracked This Month

Data-Leaking Ransomware Attacks Tracked This Year

Thursday, 8 April 2021

Swarmshop: Stolen Payment Card Trading Forum's Data Breach Results In 623,036 Card Details And 12,344 Users' Data Leaked On Dark Web

Hackers leak data, 600k card info from Swarmshop cybercrime forum

Posted by Dunkie at 22:15

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Labels: #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #darkweb, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #hacked, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #malware, #personallyidentifiableinformation, #PII

Wednesday, 7 April 2021

REvil/Sodinokibi: Ransomware Operator's New Ransomware Update Can Now Change Windows Passwords To Auto-Login In Safe Mode

REvil ransomware now changes password to auto-login in Safe Mode

Posted by Dunkie at 23:15

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Labels: #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #hacked, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #malware, #microsoft, #ransomware, #revil, #sodinokibi

Phishing Emails Most Commonly Originated From Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia, Ukraine And Russia In 2020

Phishing Emails Most Commonly Originate from Eastern Europe

Posted by Dunkie at 23:00

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Labels: #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #hacked, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #latvia, #lithuania, #malware, #phishing, #russia, #serbia, #ukraine

Russian Hacker Sells 330,000 Payment Cards And 895,000 Gift Cards From 3,010 Brands With $38 Million Redemption Value On The Dark Web

Hacker Sold 330,000 Credit Cards and 895,000 Gift Cards on the Dark Web

Posted by Dunkie at 22:45

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Labels: #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #darkweb, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #hacked, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #malware

Haverhill Public Schools: US Public School District's Ransomware Attack Forces IT Systems Shutdown And School Closures

Ransomware Attack on Haverhill Schools Shuts Down Remote Learning, Cancels Thursday’s First Day Back for Some

Posted by Dunkie at 22:30

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Labels: #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #education, #hacked, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #malware, #massachusetts, #pysa, #ransomware, #US

Office Depot Europe: Dutch Office Equipment Retailer's Unsecure Server Exposes 974,050 Employees' And Customers' Personal Information

Office Depot Europe Exposed One Million Customer Records Online

Posted by Dunkie at 22:15

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Labels: #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #GDPR, #hacked, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #internalerror, #malware, #netherlands, #unsecure

European Commission: Belgian European Union Organization Suffers Cyber Attack Affecting Multiple EU Organizations' IT Systems

European Commission, other EU orgs recently hit by cyber-attack

Posted by Dunkie at 22:00

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Labels: #belgium, #cyberattack, #cybersec, #cybersecurity, #databreach, #databreaches, #dataprivacy, #GDPR, #government, #hacked, #informationsecurity, #infosec, #malware

Global Data Breaches - March 2021

March 2021 saw another 152 Data Breaches reported which accounted for 120.2 Million Data Records reported compromised.

March's total amount of Data Breaches reported increased by over 28% from last month, but the total amount of Data Records reported compromised decreased by over 94% from last month.

The hardest hit sectors were Healthcare, Education and Public Sector, with most breach types continuing to be Cyber Attack, Internal Error and Ransomware, accounting for over 74% of total Data Breaches reported this year.

Currently this takes the yearly totals so far to 352 Data Breaches reported and 3.3 Billion Data Records reported comprised as of the end of March 2021.