Internet Archive hacked, data breach impacts 31 million users
Internet Archive's "The Wayback Machine" has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole a user authentication database containing 31 million unique records. News of the breach began circulating Wednesday afternoon after visitors to archive.org began seeing a JavaScript alert created by the hacker, stating that the Internet Archive was breached.
New York Times warns freelancers of GitHub repo data breach
The New York Times notified an undisclosed number of contributors that some of their sensitive personal information was stolen and leaked after its GitHub repositories were breached in January 2024.
Europol confirms web portal breach, says no operational data stolen
Europol, the European Union's law enforcement agency, confirmed that its Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) portal was breached and is now investigating the incident after a threat actor claimed they stole For Official Use Only (FOUO) documents containing classified data. #Breach #Computer #Data #EPE #Europol #InfoSec #Leak #Security #Theft
UK confirms Ministry of Defence payroll data exposed in data breach
The UK Government confirmed today that a threat actor recently breached the country's Ministry of Defence and gained access to part of the Armed Forces payment network.
Switzerland: Play ransomware leaked 65,000 government documents
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of Switzerland has released a report on its analysis of a data breach following a ransomware attack on Xplain, disclosing that the incident impacted thousands of sensitive Federal government files.
23andMe data breach: Hackers stole raw genotype data, health reports
Genetic testing provider 23andMe confirmed that hackers stole health reports and raw genotype data of customers affected by a credential stuffing attack that went unnoticed for five months, from April 29 to September 27. #23andMe #Breach #Computer #Credential #DNA #Data #Genetics #Health #InfoSec #Leak #Security #Stuffing