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@vlemmy.nethttps://techcrunch.com/2023/07/07/bangladesh-government-website-leaks-citizens-personal-data/
A Bangladeshi government site leaked the personal data of "millions" of citizens, according to a researcher who found the leaked data.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/nickelodeon-investigates-breach-after-leak-of-decades-old-data/
Nickelodeon has confirmed that the data leaked from an alleged breach of the company is legitimate but some of it appears to be decades old.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/more-organizations-confirm-moveit-related-breaches-as-hackers-claim-to-publish-stolen-data/
New victims of the MOVEit mass-hacks, including oil giant Shell and First Merchants Bank, have confirmed that hackers accessed sensitive data.
https://apnews.com/article/schools-ransomware-data-breach-40ebeda010158f04a1ef14607bfed9b0
Ransomware gangs have been stealing confidential documents from schools and dumping them online. The documents describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents — even suicide attempts.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/japans-largest-port-stops-operations-after-ransomware-attack/
The Port of Nagoya, the largest and busiest port in Japan, has been targeted in a ransomware attack that currently impacts the operation of container terminals.
https://securityaffairs.com/148152/data-breach/dublin-airport-data-breach.html
Personal data of the personnel at the Dublin Airport was compromised due to a MOVEit attack on professional service provider Aon.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-denies-data-breach-theft-of-30-million-customer-accounts/
Microsoft has denied the claims of the so-called hacktivists "Anonymous Sudan" that they breached the company's servers and stole credentials for 30 million customer accounts.
https://securityaffairs.com/148022/cyber-crime/tsmc-lockbit-ransomware.html
The notorious LockBit ransomware gang claims to have hacked Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/30/tiaa-teachers-retirement-fund-moveit/
U.S. schools were notified that TIAA was caught up in a mass-hack exploiting a security vulnerability in the MOVEit file transfer tool.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/30/tsmc-confirms-data-breach-after-lockbit-cyberattack-on-third-party-supplier/
One of the world's biggest chipmakers confirmed a data breach after the LockBit ransomware gang targeted one of its third-party providers.