This Week in Data Breaches | UpGuard Newsletter
Here's your weekly digest of global data breaches. This week's newsletter covers breaches impacting Duolingo, Pareto Phone, and St Helens Council.
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Data Breaches
Scraped Data of 2.6 Million Duolingo Users Released on Hacking Forum
?? Global | Bleeping Computer | Technology
The scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users was leaked on a hacking forum, allowing threat actors to conduct targeted phishing attacks using the exposed information. This data includes a mixture of public login and real names, and non-public information, including email addresses and internal information related to the DuoLingo service. Duolingo is one of the largest language learning sites in the world, with over 74 million monthly users worldwide. Read More
Thousands of Charity Donors Have Data Leaked on Dark Web After Telemarketer Hack
???? Australia | Cybersecurity Connect | Communications?
A cyber attack on a telemarketer has resulted in the data of thousands of charity donors being leaked on the dark web. The attack hit Brisbane-based telemarketing firm Pareto Phone back in April. Following the hack, the data of donors across multiple charities was leaked on the dark web. While at this stage, it is unknown how many donors or charities have been compromised, with Pareto Phone responsible for more than 70 charities. Read More
Cyber Attack Hits St Helens Council
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???? United Kingdom | UKAuthority | Government
St Helens Council has said that some of its IT systems and networks have been affected by a ransomware attack. It has issued a statement saying: "We are currently dealing with a suspected ransomware incident on the councils IT systems and networks." The council also recommended that residents take action to keep themselves safe online.?Read More
Other Cybersecurity News
?? Global | The Hacker News | Technology
Software services provider Ivanti is warning of a new critical zero-day flaw impacting Ivanti Sentry (formerly MobileIron Sentry) that it said is being actively exploited in the wild, marking an escalation of its security woes.
???? The Netherlands | SecurityWeek | Technology
Danish cloud hosting services provider CloudNordic has announced that all its systems were rendered unusable following a ransomware attack. According to CloudNordic, the attackers took advantage of an ongoing transition to a new data center and likely leveraged an existing, dormant infection to encrypt all systems.
?? Global | SC Media | Technology
Microsoft Threat Intelligence has observed a new version of the BlackCat ransomware being used in recent campaigns based on the open-source communication framework tool Impacket, which threat actors use to facilitate lateral movement in target environments.
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