Live Nation Faced with Suit after Recent Data Breach
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A hacker group known as ShinyHunters, claims to have breached Ticketmaster’s systems and exfiltrated a staggering 1.3 terabytes of data belonging to approximately 560 million customers worldwide. Ticketmaster is an event ticket broker owned by the global entertainment company, Live Nation. The compromised data included names, addresses, phone numbers, credit card information, and other payment details (more…)
Elaborate Email Deception Scam Swindles $445,000 from Victim
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The town of Arlington, Massachusetts, discovered firsthand how well-organized cybercriminal organizations on the other side of the world can steal money from unsuspecting victims. On June 5, 2024, the Town Manager published a letter to the community outlining how the local municipality had fallen victim to a business email compromise (BEC) email scheme attack in which more than $445,000 was diverted to an account in control (more…)
Employees’ Personal Data Exposed in Automotive Ransomware Breach
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Nissan North America issued a letter to its employees on May 15, providing an update on a data breach involving the personal identifiable information of approximately 53,000 employees. The letter addressed a cybersecurity incident that occurred on November 7, 2023, during which unauthorized cybercriminals gained access to Nissan’s systems.
Initially, an investigation conducted by external experts immediately after the incident suggested that no personal information had (more…)
Dell Computer Data Breach Potentially Impacts 49 million Customers
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Dell Computer sent out data breach notifications to its customers alerting them of a data breach that may have compromised the data of as many as 49 million customers on May 8, 2024. According to the letter, the information obtained in the breach includes names, physical addresses, and details related to the customer’s Dell purchase, such as the seven-digit service tag, system serial (more…)
