Adidas reported a data breach involving a customer service provider. No passwords, credit card numbers, and payment-related details were affected during the data breach. Cybercriminals had accessed customer data via a third-party customer service provider, while noting that the breach did not involve passwords or credit card data. “We immediately took steps to contain the…
Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, is notifying patients that their personal and health information was stolen in a December 2024 data theft attack, which affected a former business partner. The health network operates 142 hospitals nationwide, has over 142,000 employees, and has reported a total revenue of $28.3 billion in…
UnitedHealth Group is demanding that healthcare providers repay the loans they received from the company after a cyberattack at its tech unit Change Healthcare last year, according to two providers on Friday. The largest U.S. health insurance company loaned out $9 billion to providers who had been struggling after the massive ransomware attack in February…
sAxess App launch Serenity, recently announced the launch of the sAxess App on the App Store® to enhance cybersecurity through fingerprint authentication, cryptocurrency management & data protection The launch delivers the world’s first app to offer external access exclusively through biometric authentication via a physical card, eliminating traditional passwords entirely. With data breaches increasingly tied…
Australian financial services firm FIIG Securities faces legal action from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) following a cybersecurity breach that exposed sensitive information of 18,000 clients. The Australian securities watchdog said on Thursday it is taking fixed-income broker FIIG to court, alleging it failed to implement adequate cybersecurity measures over a four-year period,…
Fidelity Investments has confirmed that it suffered a major data breach to US authorities. In its filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, the US-based asset manager said the incident, which occurred in August, exposed the personal information of more than 77,000 customers. Fidelity Investments added that it had commissioned external security experts…
India’s largest crypto exchange, WazirX, has been hacked, resulting in the transfer of cryptocurrencies worth over ₹1,900 crore to an anonymous wallet. Republic Business has reached out to WazirX for confirmation of the total loss, but the exchange has yet to respond. The hacker swapped Tether (USDT), Pepe tokens, and GALA into Ether. Blockchain data…
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered security shortcomings in SAP AI Core cloud-based platform for creating and deploying predictive artificial intelligence (AI) workflows that could be exploited to get hold of access tokens and customer data. The five vulnerabilities have been collectively dubbed SAPwned by cloud security firm Wiz. “The vulnerabilities we found could have allowed attackers to access customers’ data…
Passwords Leaked: A file with around 10 billion (1,000 crore) passwords was leaked via an online hacking forum, according to a report by Semafor. The compilation, which included old and new password breaches, was posted online on July 4, and is the largest such leak yet, it added. The report noted the risk of credential-stuffing attacks being…
MediSecure, an electronic prescriptions provider, suffered a data breach that compromised people’s health data. The Australian Federal Police have investigated and reported the breach to Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator. In 2023, MediSecure was not selected in a government tender process, but despite this, MediSecure secured over 28 million scripts. Lt Gen Michelle McGuinness, the…
