Data Breaches
Discover expert analysis on data breaches with news, features and insights from the team at IT Pro.
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Banking details of 30 million Santander customers exposed during breach allegedly up for sale on the dark webNews The ShinyHunters threat group claims to have financial data stolen during a data breach on 14 May after an attack on an unknown third party
By Solomon Klappholz Published
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BBC pension scheme data breach exposes more than 25,000 current and former employeesNews Thousands of current and former BBC employees have been impacted by the breach, prompting the corporation to offer credit monitoring services
By Emma Woollacott Published
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Speculation mounts over how Ticketmaster hackers stole half a billion customer recordsNews More than half a billion Ticketmaster users have been impacted by the breach
By Solomon Klappholz Published
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Dell hacker claims they had access to systems for nearly three weeksNews The hacker trying to sell a Dell database containing 49 million customer records claims he was able to persist on the company’s systems for several weeks
By Solomon Klappholz Published
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Zscaler praised for swift response amid data breach claims – but what happened?Zscaler has received praise from cyber professionals for its response to an alleged data breach, but as the saga continues, customer uncertainty remains
By Solomon Klappholz Published
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Dell says data breach affecting 49 million customers poses no 'significant risk’News Dell claims customers aren’t exposed to significant risk in the wake of a major breach, but they should be wary of targeted social engineering attacks.
By Solomon Klappholz Published
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Nearly half of EMEA data breaches were due to internal blunders in 2023News Misuse of privileges and other human errors are rife, with two-thirds of breaches involving a non-malicious human action
By Emma Woollacott Published
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Sisense breach could have far-reaching consequences as CISA urges businesses to rotate credentialsNews Millions of access tokens, keys, and passwords were exposed in a major breach affecting data analytics company Sisense, with CISA urging businesses to rotate and reset any credentials they may have shared with the company
By Solomon Klappholz Published
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Roku issues warning over massive customer account breachNews Criminals exploited reused passwords for a credential stuffing attack that hit 576,000 accounts
By Emma Woollacott Published
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Two massive healthcare data breaches just exposed more than half of France's populationNews French data regulator CNIL confirms attacks on healthcare payment service providers Viamedis and Almerys
By Emma Woollacott Published
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The Verizon data breach that exposed 63,000 employees is a reminder of how a simple mistake can have costly implicationsNews A Verizon employee exposed thousands of staff records after accessing files they shouldn't have
By George Fitzmaurice Published
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The 23andMe data breach is getting messier by the dayNews 23andMe said it was unaware a cyber attack occurred for several months, just weeks after an embarrassing public spat with concerned customers
By George Fitzmaurice Published
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