This Week in Cybersecurity
Each week at Applied Tech we recap the biggest cybersecurity news headlines from the week to keep you informed and ready to face the latest threats. Here’s your breakdown for the week of March 14th – March 20th.
Earthbound Breach
Earthbound Holding LLC, parent company of Earthbound Trading Company, has disclosed a data breach that occurred in December of last year. After a few months of investigation, the company has released details about the scope of the breach and has notified affected individuals.
The company detected suspicious activity in its network on December 18th, immediately prompting security action and an investigation. It has been confirmed that 6,766 people in the US have been affected, mostly including former and current employees. Those impacted have had their names, SSNs, addresses, birth dates, and government-issued IDs exposed.
Source: Claim Depot
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Starbucks Employees Affected by Breach
Starbucks Coffee recently sent out data breach notification letters disclosing an incident that was discovered last month.
The company launched an investigation with the help of cybersecurity experts and determined that 889 accounts of their employment management platform Starbucks Partner Central were compromised. Highly sensitive employee information was exposed in this breach, including names, SSNs, birth dates, and financial account and routing numbers.
Two free years of identity theft protection and credit monitoring services are being offered to affected employees.
Source: Bleeping Computer
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Phishing at Intuitive Surgical
Biotech company Intuitive Surgical, maker of the da Vinci surgical robot, has disclosed a “cybersecurity incident” after hackers gained access to internal applications.
Not many details of the breach have been made public, but the incident was reportedly caused by a targeted phishing attack.
Source: Cybernews
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Massive CarGurus Data Breach
Last month, hackers allegedly gained access to automotive marketplace CarGurus systems by using a vishing attack on the company’s employees.
This attack, like many others that have made headlines recently, is linked to ShinyHunters. The estimated 3.7 million new records posted on the dark web include names, contact information, physical and IP addresses, and, for some, finance pre-qualification details.
Source: The Auto Wire on MSN
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Verizon Customer Data Exposed
A cyber attack on Russell Cellular has led Verizon to launch investigation into the incident involving one of its largest authorized retailers in the US.
6.2 million customer records have been posted for sale for $1,200 on a popular hacking forum. The data included in the hacker’s files allegedly include names, contact information, account numbers, device identifiers, invoices and tracking numbers, contract details, device models and plans, and employee account access information.
This leak is the most concerning for Verizon, as some of the employee account credentials include plaintext passwords and may lead to attackers attempting to access internal systems. Verizon is still investigating the incident.
Source: Cybernews
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ShinyHunters Strike Again
US identity protection services provider Aura has suffered a data breach which is being claimed by ShinyHunters.
The attack compromised 900,000 records, some relating to users of the service. Aura assures users that no customer data is at risk, and the hackers only accessed marketing lists.
Source: PC Mag
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