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Evolve Bank says ransomware gang stole personal data on millions of customers

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U.S.-based banking-as-a-service giant Evolve Bank & Trust has said that cybercriminals accessed the personal data of millions of customers during a recent cyberattack. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Monday, Evolve confirmed that the personal data of at least 7.6 million people, including more than 20,000 customers based in Maine, was accessed during […]

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India’s Airtel dismisses data breach reports amid customer concerns

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Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, on Friday denied any breach of its systems following reports of an alleged security lapse that has caused concern among its customers. The telecom group, which also sells productivity and security solutions to businesses, said it had conducted a “thorough investigation” and found that there has been no breach whatsoever

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HealthEquity says data breach is an ‘isolated incident’

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On Tuesday, health tech services provider HealthEquity disclosed in a filing with federal regulators that it had suffered a data breach, in which hackers stole the “protected health information” of some customers.  In an 8-K filing with the SEC, the company said it detected “anomalous behavior by a personal use device belonging to a business

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Roll20, an online tabletop role-playing game platform, discloses data breach

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The popular online tabletop and role-playing game platform Roll20 announced on Wednesday that it had suffered a data breach, which exposed some users’ personal information.   In a post published on its official website, Roll20 said that on June 29 it had detected that a “bad actor” gained access to an account on the company’s administrative

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Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users

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Last week, a hacker claimed to have stolen 33 million phone numbers from U.S. messaging giant Twilio. On Tuesday, Twilio confirmed to TechCrunch that “threat actors” were able to identify the phone number of people who use Authy, a popular two-factor authentication app owned by Twilio. In a post on a well-known hacking forum, the

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In a major update, Proton adds privacy-safe document collaboration to Drive, its freemium E2EE cloud storage service

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Proton, the Swiss-based pro-privacy productivity app maker, has a new feather in its cap after bringing document creation, editing and collaboration capabilities to its secure cloud storage offering. The launch of Docs in Proton Drive, as the new product is branded, follows its acquisition of secure note-taking app Standard Notes in April. Proton launched Proton

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Yieldstreet says some of its customers were affected by the Evolve Bank data breach

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The alternative investment platform Yieldstreet is the latest company to reveal that its customers were affected by the recent data breach at Evolve Bank and Trust, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.  On Tuesday, Yieldstreet spokesperson Clare Burrows confirmed to TechCrunch that “some Yieldstreet customer information may have been impacted” as a consequence of the Evolve breach. 

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Hubspot says it’s investigating customer account hacks

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Marketing and sales software giant HubSpot said on Friday that it’s investigating a cybersecurity incident. On Friday, rumors of some kind of cyberattack against HubSpot began circulating on social media. When reached for comment, HubSpot spokesperson Camille Uzel told TechCrunch that on June 22 the company “identified a security incident that involved bad actors targeting

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Remote access giant TeamViewer says Russian spies hacked its corporate network

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TeamViewer, the company that makes widely used remote access tools for companies, has confirmed an ongoing cyberattack on its corporate network.  In a statement Friday, the company attributed the compromise to government-backed hackers working for Russian intelligence, known as APT29 (and Midnight Blizzard). The Germany-based company said its investigation so far points to an initial

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