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Dell warns of user data breach — 49 million customers affected in security incident, here’s what we know

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Dell warns of user data breach — 49 million customers affected in security incident, here’s what we know

Dell has begun sending breach notification emails to some 49 million people whose data was apparently stolen in a recent cyberattack. The type of information involved includes people’s names, postal addresses, and Dell hardware and order information, such as service tags, item description, order dates, and different warranty information. “We are currently investigating an incident … Read more

Cisco Duo says a third-party data breach stole MFA SMS logs

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Cisco Duo says a third-party data breach stole MFA SMS logs

Cisco Duo has confirmed some sensitive customer data was stolen after a third-party cyber-incident. In a breach notification letter sent to affected customers, Cisco Duo said that its telephony provider, which it didn’t name, was compromised on April 1 2024. Unidentified threat actors mounted a phishing attack against the third party, through which they stole … Read more

Top yacht retailer MarineMax says cyberattack led to major online data breach

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Top yacht retailer MarineMax says cyberattack led to major online data breach

MarineMax has confirmed suffering a cyberattack, thought to be ransomware, in which threat actors stole sensitive customer information. In an 8-K form, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 1, the company, one of the leading yacht sellers worldwide, said a third party “gained unauthorized access to portions of our information environment.” … Read more

Ray framework flaw exploited for hackers to breach servers

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Ray framework flaw exploited for hackers to breach servers

The Ray framework, an open source tool for AI and Python workload scaling, is vulnerable to half a dozen flaws that allow hackers to hijack the devices and steal sensitive data.  This is according to cybersecurity researchers from Oligo, who published their findings on a new hacking campaign they dubbed “ShadowRay”.  Apparently active since early … Read more

Millions of users may have had data leaked in new French government agency security breach

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Millions of users may have had data leaked in new French government agency security breach

A French government agency suffered a cyberattack which has apparently resulted in the country’s largest-ever data leak incident, affecting as many as 43 million victims. The agency is called France Travail, the country’s unemployment registry and assistance organization, which helps find jobs for the unemployed, and provides them with financial aid. The organization was created … Read more