Crypto exchange giant Coinbase has confirmed a significant data breach involving bribed support contractors, compromised customer information, and a $20 million extortion demand. The attack is expected to cost the company up to $400 million in remediation and reimbursements—and it didn’t involve a single line of malware. Here’s everything we know so far. How did […]
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4chan data breach: What we know so far
4chan has been unreachable since early Tuesday, with users reporting widespread issues and outage monitoring websites lighting up with user complaints. Speculation is spreading fast across rival forums and social platforms about what’s going on. The leading theory? A massive hack. As background, 4chan is a controversial, anonymous message board that’s been online since 2003. […]
Oracle Health data breach impacts hospitals across the US
ChatGPT said: Oracle Health is at the center of a major data breach impacting several U.S. hospitals and healthcare organizations. The breach, which originated from compromised legacy servers, has led to the theft of sensitive patient records. The attacker is now using ransomware to extort victims, demanding payments to prevent the stolen data from being […]
Has Oracle Cloud really been breached?
Over the weekend, a hacker reportedly breached Oracle Cloud’s infrastructure, siphoning off six million sensitive authentication records and potentially putting over 140,000 enterprise customers at risk. You’d expect Oracle to be scrambling to reassure its users. Instead, the company has flat-out denied the breach ever happened. In a statement to The Register, Oracle insisted: “There […]
Deel vs. Rippling: A corporate espionage scandal unfolds
In the high-stakes world of HR tech, where companies battle to dominate global workforce management, a scandal has erupted that’s straight out of a spy thriller. Rippling, a leading workforce management platform, has accused its rival Deel of orchestrating a corporate espionage plot. The allegations? A mole within Rippling’s ranks stole trade secrets, customer lists, […]
GitHub targeted in supply chain attack
A widely used GitHub Action, relied upon by more than 23,000 repositories, has fallen victim to a supply chain attack, potentially exposing sensitive secrets from CI/CD build logs. The compromised tool, ‘tj-actions/changed-files’, is a popular automation component within GitHub Actions, the platform’s continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) system. It is used to streamline software development […]
Generative AI platform OmniGPT suffers data breach
A threat actor claims to have breached OmniGPT, a widely used AI-powered chatbot and productivity platform. The leaked data reportedly includes 30,000 user email addresses, phone numbers, and more than 34 million threads of user conversations. OmniGPT is a popular ChatGPT alternative that leverages top AI models like Claude 3, GPT-4o, Gemini, and Perplexity. It […]
Otelier data breach highlights the risk of compromised cloud credentials
The cloud-based hotel management solution, Otelier, is in the limelight for all the wrong reasons this week, after it announced a significant data breach exposing the personal data of millions of people. Otelier is a software-as-a-service solution trusted by leading hotel brands, including Marriot, Hilton, and Hyatt—all of whose employees and customers are impacted by […]
Is the Stiiizy breach a POS issue? Here’s what really happened
US cannabis brand, Stiiizy, is in the spotlight this week for all the wrong reasons, after it submitted a data breach notification to California’s attorney general. The contents of the filing detail a shocking data breach: an organized cybercrime group stole troves of sensitive data from the company in November 2024, getting away with confidential […]
Why data breach costs will reach new heights in 2025
In 2024, the average cost of a data breach soared to $4.88 million—a 10% increase over the previous year. This year, analysis indicates we will see the same percentage increase again, teetering over the $5 million mark. Obviously, this is an insane amount of money—an amount that would put many organizations out of business. So, […]
Hidden costs of convenience: Generative AI and the growing risk of data breaches
Generative AI boosts productivity but poses data breach risks if misused. Organizations must set clear AI usage policies, educate employees, and adopt secure enterprise-grade tools. Proactive steps, like restricting sensitive inputs and enhancing cybersecurity, ensure innovation without compromising data security. Generative AI tools are rapidly reshaping the way we work. But the promise of enhanced […]