Cybersecurity

United Kingdom – BMW UK

A customer database containing information for BMW owners in the UK was recently discovered for sale by cybersecurity researchers, The database…

4 years ago

United States – Twitter

Twitter sent a notification to business clients last week acknowledging a data breach that exposed the personal and billing information of some users. The breach…

4 years ago

United States – Ambry Genetics

An employee failed to identify a phishing scam, interacting with the message and giving hackers access to patient data between…

4 years ago

United States – CivicSmart

A ransomware attack encrypted CivicSmart’s network and exfiltrated company and customer data. The attack, which took place in March, was identified when…

4 years ago

United States – GoDaddy

A spear phishing attack tricked a customer service employee into providing information that ultimately allowed hackers to view and modify customer records. As…

5 years ago

Canada – Data Deposit

Cybersecurity researchers identified an unsecured database containing thousands of customer files uploaded to the company’s secure cloud storage service. The…

5 years ago

United States – St. Louis Community College

Several employees fell for a phishing scam that compromised students’ personal information. The phishing scam, which took place on January…

5 years ago

United States – Altice USA

A phishing scam tricked an employee into providing hackers with email credentials that were used to access and download inbox…

5 years ago

United States – The Heritage Company

An October ransomware attack ultimately forced The Heritage Company to close its doors. Shortly before Christmas, the company informed the…

5 years ago

United Kingdom – London Stock Exchange

Authorities are reexamining an August outage at the London Stock Exchange that was initially attributed to a software glitch. The…

5 years ago