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Capital One Notifies More Clients Of SSNs Exposed In 2019 Data Breach US bank Capital One notified additional customers that their Social Security numbers were exposed in a data breach announced in July 2019. The day the breach was disclosed, the Department of Justice arrested and indicted the suspected hacker, former Amazon Web Services (AWS) employee Paige Thompson, who posted
Ransomware Gang Wanted $40 million In Florida Schools Cyberattack Fueled by large payments from victims, ransomware gangs have started to demand ridiculous ransoms from organizations that can not afford to pay them. An example of this is a recently revealed ransomware attack on the Broward County Public Schools district where threat actors demanded a $40,000,000
GitHub Arctic Vault Likely Contains Leaked MedData Patient Records GitHub Arctic Code Vault has likely captured sensitive patient medical records from multiple healthcare facilities in a data leak attributed to MedData. The private data was leaked on GitHub repositories last year whose contributors carry the “Arctic Code Vault” badge. This means, these repositories could now be a part of a
MacKenzie Scott Grant Scam More Widespread Than Initially Thought A massive phishing campaign reaching tens of thousands of inboxes impersonated the MacKenzie Bezos-Scott grant foundation promising financial benefits to recipients in exchange of a processing fee. Known as an “advance fee,” this scam has been practiced since before then internet and became popularized by its