BleepingComputer reports that major U.S. commercial bank Truist Bank disclosed having its systems compromised in October following data theft claims by the threat actor "Sp1d3r" purporting data theft from 65,000 employees.
U.S. safety and location services firm Life360 has confirmed the compromise of its Bluetooth tracking service subsidiary Tile's customer support platform, resulting in attempted data extortion, reports BleepingComputer.
U.S. multinational data broker Verisk has taken down its offering that provides reports based on driver behavior patterns received from automakers that are then sold to insurers months after General Motors was exposed for selling such information, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
TechCrunch reports that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the UK's Information Commissioner's Office have partnered to conduct a joint probe into last year's massive data breach at 23andMe, which resulted in the compromise of sensitive information belonging to 6.9 million users.
Major U.S. internet, phone, and TV service provider Frontier Communications had data from 751,895 individuals, including names and Social Security numbers, compromised following an April cyberattack by the RansomHub ransomware operation, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
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