U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence told SolarWind hack affected 60 Microsoft customers

During a U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Microsoft Corp’s president Brad Smith stated, the company has notified 60 customers that their data was most likely compromised by hackers during a hacking campaign revolving around Texas-based software firm SolarWinds Corp. In prepared remarks, Smith told members of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that…

SolarWinds hack was the largest and most sophisticated cyber attack to date: Microsoft president

In a statement, Microsoft Corp’s President Brad Smith said, the SolarWinds hacking campaign that used the U.S. tech company as a springboard to compromise many U.S. government agencies is “the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen”. The hacking campaign, identified in December 2020, was allegedly orchestrated by China and Russia, had…

DOJ indicts 4 members of China’s People’s Liberation Army for Equifax hack

In September 2017, credit reporting agency Equifax decided to come clean: it had been hacked and personal sensitive information of 143 million, which was later revised to 147.9 million, U.S. citizens had been compromised. The stolen personal data included names, date of birth, and Social Security numbers. Earlier this week on Monday, the U.S. Department…

Capital One Financial Corp faces potential class-action lawsuit over cyber breach

A lawsuit, seeking class-action status, has been filed in a federal court in Washington, D.C. Following a cyber breach at Capital One Financial Corp, the bank stated it is now facing a potential class-action lawsuit. A lawsuit, filed by Kevin Zosiak, is seeking class-action status was filed in the federal court in Washington, D.C. Zosiak,…

Hackers access a further 185,000 payment cards at British Airways

British Airways has clarified that customers who were potentially impacted by the hacking attack are those who opted for reward bookings between April 21 2018 and July 28 2018 using a payment card. In yet another hacker attack, the International Airlines Group disclosed following an investigation into the theft of customers’ data at its British…

Hackers gains access to millions of payment card details from Hudson’s Bay Co

JokerStash, a well known criminal group, has managed to breach Hudson’s Bay Co’s security systems and gain access to its payment cards data. Having penetrated the security systems of Hudson’s Bay Co, hackers have gained access to data on payment cards used at Saks and Lord & Taylor stores in North America, said Hudson’s Bay…