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Chinese Cyberattack on US Government Exposes Data on 4 Million Employees
On Thursday the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) at the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that data from the Interior Department was compromised. China is suspected in this breach exposing the records of almost four million current and previous federal employees. The OPM acts as HR for… Continue reading
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Tagged almost-four, breach, interior, million-current, office, opm, personnel, records, security and privacy, vodahost
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Australia-Based Telstra Faces Cyberattack on Newly Acquired Pacnet, May Take Legal Action
Attackers used a SQL injection attack on April 3rd to upload malicious code to Pacnet servers. According to a press call on Wednesday, Australia-based Telstra was made aware of the breach on April 16 after its acquisition of Pacnet was finalized. Telstra purchased Pacnet for $697 million to expand in… Continue reading
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Tagged after-its, breach, data-centers, hosting, injection-attack, sql, the-breach, upload-malicious, vodahost, wednesday
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Mandiant Discovers CareFirst Hack from June, Exposing over 1M Customer Accounts
Attackers gained access to a single database at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in June 2014, according to a release issued on Thursday. The hack exposed 1.1 million customers in the Washington, D.C. area. The company discovered the breach after deciding to look at its system after the attacks over the last… Continue reading
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Tagged attacks-over, breach, first-blue, gained-access, release-issued, security and privacy, the-breach, the-last, vodahost
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Cyber Threat Sharing is Great in Theory, But Tough in Practice: Report
Threat sharing has become a frequent response to the increasing number of cyberattacks. The 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report released Tuesday by Verizon found that 40 percent of attacks hit a second organization within just an hour. Three quarters of attacks spread within 24 hours. This information puts a lot… Continue reading
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Tagged attacks-hit, breach, cloud-computing, frequent-response, increasing, report, second-organization, security and privacy, the-increasing, tuesday, verizon
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Scammers Target Customers of UK ISP TalkTalk After Data Breach
The fourth largest Internet service provider in the UK, TalkTalk, was hacked in December exposing four million customers to potential phishing attacks. The company says the breach occurred through a breach at a third-party vendor. Names, addresses, phone numbers and TalkTalk account numbers were stolen. The company confirmed on Friday… Continue reading