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Canada Goose investigating as hackers leak 600K customer records

ShinyHunters, a well-known data extortion group, claims to have stolen more than 600,000 Canada Goose customer records c...
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Exposed MongoDB instances still targeted in data extortion attacks

A threat actor is targeting exposed MongoDB instances in automated data extortion attacks demanding low ransoms from own...
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Nike investigates data breach after extortion gang leaks files

Nike is investigating what it described as a "potential cyber security incident" after the World Leaks ransomware gang l...
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From Cipher to Fear: The psychology behind modern ransomware extortion

For years, security teams treated ransomware as a technological problem. Security teams hardened backup systems, deploye...
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Have I Been Pwned: SoundCloud data breach impacts 29.8 million accounts

Hackers have stolen the personal and contact information belonging to over 29.8 million SoundCloud user accounts after b...
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US broadband provider Brightspeed investigates breach claims

Brightspeed, one of the largest fiber broadband companies in the United States, is investigating security breach and dat...
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University of Phoenix data breach impacts nearly 3.5 million individuals

The Clop ransomware gang has stolen the data of nearly 3.5 million University of Phoenix (UoPX) students, staff, and sup...
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Clop ransomware targets Gladinet CentreStack in data theft attacks

The Clop ransomware gang (also known as Cl0p) is targeting Internet-exposed Gladinet CentreStack file servers in a new d...
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SoundCloud confirms breach after member data stolen, VPN access disrupted

Audio streaming platform SoundCloud has confirmed that outages and VPN connection issues over the past few days were cau...
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Askul confirms theft of 740k customer records in ransomware attack

Japanese e-commerce giant Askul Corporation has confirmed that RansomHouse hackers stole around 740,000 customer records...