On January 7, 2025, Casio disclosed that an October 2024 ransomware attack exposed the personal data of approximately 8,500 individuals. This breach affected Casio employees, business partners, and a small number of customers. While the company has taken steps to address the situation, this incident serves as a stark reminder of the ongoing cyber security … Read more
Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers filed a lawsuit last week in Lancaster County District Court against Change Healthcare alleging violations of the state’s Consumer Protection and Data Security Laws. The complaint stems from a February data breach and subsequent operational shutdown that exposed the personal and electronic protected health information of what the Attorney General’s … Read more
Flipaclip, an animation creation app that is particularly popular with youngsters, has exposed the details of over 890,000 users. A vulnerability in the frame-by-frame animation app, which is available for iOS and Android, was initially discovered this month by researcher “BobDaHacker” who responsibly reported it to FlipaClip’s developers Visual Blasters. The vulnerability allowed unauthorised parties … Read more
The financial technology firm Finastra is investigating the alleged large-scale theft of information from its internal file transfer platform, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Finastra, which provides software and services to 45 of the world’s top 50 banks, notified customers of the security incident after a cybercriminal began selling more than 400 gigabytes of data purportedly stolen … Read more
These days, our personal information is everywhere—from online shopping and social media to government databases and healthcare records. With so much sensitive data living across various online platforms, what does this mean for your identity and the risk of identity theft following a data breach? Due to recent major breaches, like the National Public Data … Read more
