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Top toymaker Mattel revealed it was a victim of a ransomware attack that successfully encrypted some data and temporarily crippled a limited number of business functions. The disclosure was part of a U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosure filed in late October. #children #ransomware #family #Hackers #cybersecurity #infosecurity https://buff.ly/2Gu4NZZ

One of Sweden’s largest private insurers says it inadvertently allowed some of the world’s biggest tech companies to gain access to private data in a breach that affected up to 1 million clients. #Sweden #databreaches #CyberSecurity #infosec #technology https://buff.ly/2TRMfpn

Southeast Asian e-commerce firm Lazada said last week it detected a data breach that exposed personal details of many users in Singapore. It was reported that as many as 1.1 million accounts on RedMart were compromised and personal information linked to those accounts were illegally accessed. #databreach #Alibaba #Grocery #cybersecurity #customers #shopping #infosecurity https://buff.ly/3mMk07Y

Home Depot has exposed the private order confirmations of hundreds of Canadian consumers, containing names, physical addresses, email addresses, order details and partial credit-card information. #HomeDepot #databreach #cybersecurity #infosec #security https://buff.ly/2HK4tXc

Federal agencies have warned that the US healthcare system is facing an increased and imminent threat of cybercrime, and that cybercriminals are unleashing a wave of extortion attempts designed to lock up hospital information systems, which could hurt patient care just as nationwide cases of Covid-19 are spiking. #hospital #cybersecurity #infosec #technology #COVID19 #FBI #patients #patientsafety #Hacked #Hackers #FBI #cybercrime https://buff.ly/31UOJHZ

Magecart is just one of the more potent types of attacks to emerge in recent months. Over one September weekend alone, the group’s card-skimmer malware was launched against 2,000 online retailers, compromising more than 10,000 shoppers. #cybersecurity #security #infosec #online #shopping #retail #cyberattack #databreach

Immigration law firm Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy has confirmed a data breach involving the personal information of current and former Google employees. The New York-based law firm provides companies with employment verification screening services to determine if employees are eligible and authorized to work in the United States. #Google #databreach #hacker #employees #cybersecurity #security #employment https://buff.ly/2HCoO0w

News of an unusual data breach at a psychotherapy center in Finland broke over the weekend, after affected patients began receiving emails telling them to pay up or risk their personal and health data being publicly released. #cybersecurity #databreach #hackers #health #email https://buff.ly/3mlUCG2

A company says it has found a hacker selling personally identifying information of more than 200 million Americans, including the voter registration data of 186 million. #Hacked #cybersecurity #Election2020 #hacker #information #vote https://buff.ly/3dLdA5Z

The majority of the bugs in Cisco’s Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) and Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software can enable denial of service (DoS) on affected devices. https://buff.ly/34iD0ES #cybersecurity #infosec #Devices #Cisco #informationsecurity #Hackers #bugs

Ahead of the November U.S. elections, #cybercriminals are stepping up their offensive in both attacks against #security infrastructure and #disinformation campaigns but this time, social media giants, the government and citizens are more prepared. https://buff.ly/2FOSlU9

The U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment yesterday against six Russian intelligence officers alleged to be behind some of the most destructive and costly cyberattacks in history, including two hacks that brought down parts of the Ukrainian power grid. #cybersecurity #Hackers #Russia #Intelligence #cyberattacks #Utilities #electricity #infosec https://buff.ly/3kj3lIj

Approximately 2,000 Robinhood accounts were accessed by hackers and looted during the week of October 5. #robinhood #Hackers #trading #StockMarket #stocks #cybersecurity #infosec #security #databreach https://buff.ly/3jdDv7a