Latest coverage for Data Exfiltration

Agentforce Agentic AI Tool Was Exposed to Indirect Prompt Injection AttacksSalesforce has patched a vulnerability involving its Agentforce agentic artificial intelligence tool, discovered by researchers, that attackers could have exploited using an indirect prompt injection attack to steal sensitive customer data and leads being stored in the CRM system.

Company Says No Evidence of Customer Data ExfiltrationBritish carmaker Jaguar Land Rover shut down its Liverpool assembly line Tuesday following a cyberattack. "At this stage, there is no evidence any customer data has been stolen, but our retail and production activities have been severely disrupted," the company said.

Farmers' HIPAA Breach Affects 1.1 Million; Aflac Is Still Counting VictimsTwo major U.S.-based insurers - Farmers Insurance and Aflac Inc. - have each reported to regulators data breaches involving two recent separate cyberattacks. The breaches follow a spring and summer spree of data exfiltration incidents that hit multiple large players in the insurance sector.

Absolute Security's Herrema on Why Ransomware Is a Broader Business Problem TodayRansomware attacks have evolved from simple IT disruptions to systematic, ongoing data exfiltration attacks. John Herrema, chief product officer at Absolute Security, discusses why a 15% endpoint security gap creates critical exposure and why firmware-based persistence is key to closing it.

Landmark Admin Compromise Affects More Than a Dozen Insurance and Annuity CarriersLandmark Admin, a third-party vendor that provides administrative services to life insurance and annuity companies, said 1.6 million people are potentially affected by 2024 ransomware and data exfiltration incidents that compromised a wide range of personal, financial and health information.

Latest Exfiltration and Hacking Incidents Highlight Health Sector Cyber ChallengesWhat do a California cancer research center; an Indiana ear, nose and throat practice; an Oklahoma ambulance company; and a New York billing firm all have in common? They're among the latest firms to report data exfiltration breaches, which have affected millions of U.S. patients so far this year.

California Firm Said August Attack Affected Clients' DataA California insurance broker that handles employee benefits, workers' compensation and property liability is notifying more than 1.5 million individuals about a ransomware/data exfiltration attack last August that involved health insurance information, passport numbers and Social Security numbers.