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Incident of the Week: Impact Mobile Home Communities Breached
One of the largest owner-operators of manufactured housing communities in North America experienced a data privacy breach on July 3, 2019. Although Impact Communities isn’t aware of any misuse of the…
Incident of the Week: Nintendo Investigating 160,000 Account Breaches
The Japanese video game company has since readdressed weak points in its security. Rumors of a breach circulated throughout the month as users noticed unusual account behavior. Players reported that f…
Incident of the Week: Cognizant Attacked By Maze
Hackers had likely crawled its network for weeks, if not longer, spreading through the system as they stole data and administrator credentials.
Incident Of The Week: How Hackers Are Taking Advantage of Coronavirus
While hackers direct some of their attacks at health organizations, CISOs should be cognizant of cybercriminals’ capabilities. From the World Health Organization (WHO) to Italy’s INPS, these are the p…
Incident of the Week: Marriott Phishing Breach
The breach originated from a franchise hotel that operates under the Marriott brand. Unknown individuals used the log-in credential of two employees at the hotel to access the guests’ information.
Incident Of The Week: Finastra’s Ransomware Attack
Finastra reported that it detected a ransomware attack on its servers, last Friday. The company followed by acknowledging it had detected ransomware activity – but that customer and employee data rema…
Incident Of The Week: Health and Human Services Hit with Security Breach
On March 15th, the HHS’s network security system detected a sharp increase in activity. Over several hours, hackers tried to overload the department’s servers with millions of requests. The hackers we…
Incident of the Week: Virgin Media Exposes Data of 900,000 People
The company attributed the hacking to a member of staff who had “incorrectly configured” the database, and promised it’s building a specific online service which will allow individuals to find out if…
Incident Of The Week: Defense Electronics Manufacturer CPI Succumbs To Ransomwar…
Electronics manufacturer Communications & Power Industries (CPI) was victimized by having its data encrypted and held ransom. Some of its customers include the US Department of Defense and the DoD’s D…