TechCrunch reports that leading U.S. life insurance firm Allianz Life had information from 1.1 million customers exfiltrated following a breach impacting its Salesforce-hosted database late last month.
TPG Telecom, which is Australia's second-largest fixed voice and data network, had its customers' information pilfered following the breach of its iiNet order management system, which helps the firm monitor customer orders, according to Reuters.
Organizations in the U.S, Europe, and other parts of the world have been targeted with spear-phishing emails purporting to be copyright infringement notices that facilitate Noodlophile information-stealing malware deployment, reports The Hacker News.
CyberScoop reports that the Federal Communications Commission's combined $92 million penalty imposed on T-Mobile and Sprint over customer geolocation data sale to third parties has been unanimously decided to be proper by the U.S.
WestJet, which is Canada's second-largest airline, had its passengers' personal information confirmed to be compromised following a cyberattack in June, Cybernews reports.
More than 15.8 million email and plaintext password pairs purportedly stolen from PayPal have been promoted to be on sale by threat actor "Chucky_BF" on a hacking forum, according to HackRead.
Canada's House of Commons has allegedly been hit by a cyber attack caused by a threat actor who is targeting employee information, reports Security Affairs.
TechCrunch reports that TeaOnHer a men-only alternative to the women-only dating safety app Tea that has immediately gained popularity on the Apple App Store had its users' data leaked within 10 minutes of app link delivery due to vulnerabilities in its API.
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