Apparently, before a child reaches the age of 13, advertisers will have gathered more 72 million data points on them. I knew I’d seen a metric about this sometime recently, so I went looking for “7,000”, which perfectly illustrates how unaware we are of the extent of data collection on all of us. I started … Read more
Nov 01, 2024Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Cloud Security Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a “massive” campaign that targets exposed Git configurations to siphon credentials, clone private repositories, and even extract cloud credentials from the source code. The activity, codenamed EMERALDWHALE, is estimated to have collected over 10,000 private repositories and stored in an Amazon S3 storage bucket … Read more
Change Healthcare says it has notified approximately 100 million Americans that their personal, financial and healthcare records may have been stolen in a February 2024 ransomware attack that caused the largest ever known data breach of protected health information. Image: Tamer Tuncay, Shutterstock.com. A ransomware attack at Change Healthcare in the third week of February … Read more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the state has secured a settlement with Marriott International, Inc., that resolves an investigation into a breach of one of the company’s reservation databases. The breach exposed 131 million guest records pertaining to customers in the United States and these records included contact information, gender, dates of birth, legacy … Read more
– How was MGM Resorts hacked? A cyberattack that lasted for days MGM Resorts, one of the largest casino operators in the world, was hit by a cyberattack that disrupted its operations for several days in September 2023. The attack affected some of the most iconic properties on the Las Vegas Strip, such as the … Read more
