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Aflac Japan has notified regulators that policy details and personal and banking information have been compromised
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Aflac Japan has notified regulators that policy details and personal and banking information have been compromised
American insurance giant Aflac has disclosed a new data breach after attackers breached its Japan subsidiary's systems and stole personal and bank account information of 4.38 million customers. [...]
The Dutch Ministry of Finance took some of its systems offline, including the digital portal for treasury banking, while investigating a cyberattack detected two weeks ago. [...]
The French Ministry of Finance has published an announcement informing of a cybersecurity incident that has impacted 1.2 million accounts. [...]
Names, addresses, bank account numbers accessed – but biz insists passwords and call data untouched The Netherlands' largest mobile network operator (MNO) has admitted that a breach of its customer contact system may have affected around 6.2 million people.…
Travel biz tells customers to change passwords beyond its own services Eurail has confirmed customer information was stolen in a data breach, according to notification emails sent out this week.…
Also: npm Packages Infiltrated, FBI Issues Fraud Alert, Campbell's Soup Cans CISOThis week, a recently fixed Oracle flaw is being actively exploited, Shelly tackled Pro 4PM DoS bug, "Shai-Hulud 2.0" hit npm, the FBI warned of rising bank account takeover scams, regulators fined Comcast over a vendor breach, Iberia reported a supplier incident and Campbell's canned its CISO.
JP Morgan Chase, Citi and Morgan Stanley Among Banking Customers ImpactedMajor U.S. banks are assessing their exposure to a cybersecurity incident at real estate financial technology company SitusAMC, which disclosed Saturday that a breach may have affected client data. The New York firm uncovered the incident on Nov. 12.
A breach at the New York Blood Center resulted in theft of data for 194,000 people, including SSNs, IDs, bank and health information
An insider data breach at FinWise may have impacted 689,000 customers
FinWise Bank is warning on behalf of corporate customers that it suffered a data breach after a former employee accessed sensitive files after the end of their employment. [...]
Cybercrime Group ShinyHunters Advertises 160 Million Stolen RecordsVietnam's central bank is probing a hack attack that breached its credit reporting division, exposing personally identifiable information. The cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed credit for the breach, advertising on a cybercrime forum 160 million stolen records for $175,000.
HSBC and Another Firm Hit After Service Provider Breached; Some Funds RecoveredAttackers on Friday used valid credentials for financial technology provider Sinqia to steal $130 million from two financial services firms in Brazil, using the country's real-time payment system Pix. The Brazilian Central Bank moved quickly to freeze the funds and has recovered some of the money.
Hackers tried to steal $130 million from Evertec's Brazilian subsidiary Sinqia S.A.after gaining unauthorized access to its environment on the central bank's real-time payment system (Pix). [...]
Bouygues Telecom revealed the attackers stole personal data of 6.4 million customers, including contact details, contractual data and international bank account numbers
A covert ATM attack used a Raspberry Pi to breach bank systems, employing stealthy malware and anti-forensics techniques
Also: Clorox Sues IT Vendor Over Password BlunderThis week, XSS forum admin arrested, Clorox sued Cognizant, Lumma Stealer is back, NY regulates water, U.S. maritime cybersecurity rules in effect, new Coyote banking Trojan, a hacker nabbed details of Mexico City auxiliary police, Latin America cyberattacks, and World Leaks stole synthetic data.
Also: Clorox Sues IT Vendor Over Password BlunderThis week, XSS forum admin arrested, Clorox sued Cognizant, Lumma Stealer is back, NY regulates water, U.S. maritime cybersecurity rules in effect, new Coyote banking Trojan, a hacker nabbed details of Mexico City auxiliary police, Latin America cyberattacks, and World Leaks stole synthetic data.
Also: Train Hack Risks Outed by CISA Alert; AI Comprehension Issues Won't Go AwayIn this week's update, four ISMG editors discussed the potential global implications of the Seychelles Commercial Bank data breach; the real-world threat of train hacks following an alert about a critical railway vulnerability; and growing concerns around AI's "comprehension problem."
Hacker Claims to Have Exploited Flaw in Oracle WebLogic Server, Sold Stolen DataSeychelles Commercial Bank is warning customers that a hacker stole their personal information - but no money - from their accounts after breaching its systems. The hacker involved claims to have stolen and sold two gigabytes of customer data from the bank, which paid no ransom.