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Barnes & Noble Cyberattack May Have Exposed Personal Information of Shoppers
Alina Bizga | | Barnes & Noble, cyberattack, Data breach, Digital Privacy, Industry News, personal data exposure, personal identifiable information
Barnes & Noble has fallen victim to a cyberattack, which resulted in unauthorized access to company networks and exposure of customer information, the bookstore giant disclosed earlier this week. The attack also ...

Data Breach: University of York Staff and Student Records Stolen in Third-Party Cloud Service Provider Ransomware Attack
Alina Bizga | | Blackbaud, cyberattack, Data breach, data breach notice, Digital Privacy, Industry News, personal data exposure, personal identifiable information, Ransomware, University of York
Yesterday, the University of York disclosed a security incident that affected Blackbaud, a third-party service provider offering customer relationship management (CRM) tools for nonprofits and educational organizations. According to a data breach ...

Data Leak on Online Gambling App puts Millions of Users at Risk of Cyber Attacks
Alina Bizga | | Clubillion, Data breach, Data leak, Digital Privacy, Industry News, personal data leak, personal identifiable information
A massive data leak discovered on the technical database of popular casino gambling app Cubillion exposed daily activities and personal identifiable information of millions of users, according to vpnMentor researchers. Housed on ...

5 Dating Apps Leak More than 1 Million User Profiles and Sensitive Information
Alina Bizga | | Data breach, Data leak, Dating Apps, Digital Privacy, Industry News, online dating, personal data exposure, personal identifiable information
This month, WizCase researchers discovered 5 separate data leaks of personal information belonging to dating app users in the US, Japan and South Korea. The data, which was easily accessed due to ...

Man Accused of Selling Personal Information of 65,000 UPMC Employees Arrested in Michigan
Alina Bizga | | dark web marketplace, DOJ, DOJ arrest, Industry News, Justin Sean Johnson, personal identifiable information, tax return fraud, UPMC
Last week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the individual who allegedly breached the human resource database of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in 2014 was arrested in Michigan. In ...

Fraudsters Set Up Shop on the Dark Web Promoting How-To Guides on Filing for Unemployment Benefits
Alina Bizga | | COVID-19, dark web marketplace, Industry News, personal identifiable information, unemployment fraud, unemployment scam
In the past 3 months, more than 44 million Americans have filed for unemployment, and as local officials rush to provide benefits for jobless citizens, fraudsters are having a field day. Spikes ...

Data Breach at Independent Artist Marketplace Affects 5 Million Users
Alina Bizga | | Data breach, Data leak, Digital Privacy, Industry News, Minted, online marketplace, personal data exposure, personal identifiable information
Minted, a digital marketplace for independent artists, started informing its members last week about a security incident that exposed personal information of 5 million users. Apparently, the notification was sent after the ...

Airbonne International Discloses Data Breach Affecting Thousands of Californians
Alina Bizga | | Arbonne, Data breach, data breach notice, Digital Privacy, Industry News, personal data leak, personal identifiable information, security breach
Earlier this month, Arbonne, a multi-level marketing company advertising vegan skincare, cosmetics, and nutrition products, disclosed a data breach affecting 3,527 California residents. However, the total number of impacted individuals remains unknown, ...

Home Chef Confirms Data Breach Incident Affecting 8 Million Customers
Alina Bizga | | Data breach, Data leak, Digital Privacy, Home Chef, Industry News, personal identifiable information, Security Incident
Meal kit services have been on popular demand during the lockdown phase of Covid-19. Earlier in the week, Home Chef confirmed a security incident that exposed the personal information of allegedly 8 ...

Brazil’s Natura & Co Cosmetics Accidentally Exposes Personal Details of 192 Million Customers
Alina Bizga | | Brazil Cosmetics, Data breach, Data leak, Digital Privacy, Identity Theft, Industry News, Natura, personal data, personal identifiable information
Nobody gets a free pass when it comes to data breaches. Natura, one of Brazil’s largest cosmetics companies, accidentally exposed the personal identifiable information (PII) of nearly 192 million customers. The leaky ...