SafePay ransomware threatens to leak 3.5TB of Ingram Micro data
- SafePay ransomware gang claims to have stolen 3.5TB of data from Ingram Micro.
- The attack caused a global outage, with employees told to work from home.
- SafePay is known for double-extortion: stealing data before encrypting systems.
- Ingram Micro performed a company-wide password and MFA reset.
- The company restored most internal systems within days.
- SafePay added Ingram Micro to its dark web leak portal.
- Ingram Micro has not confirmed the data theft but acknowledged the ransomware attack.
- The volume and sensitivity of the stolen data remain unconfirmed by the company.
Allianz Life confirms data breach impacts majority of 1.4 million customers
- Allianz Life confirmed a data breach affecting a majority of its 1.4 million customers.
- The breach involved unauthorized access to a third-party, cloud-based CRM system.
- Exposed data includes customer names, contact information, and policy details.
- No financial account numbers or Social Security numbers were reported as compromised.
- The company is working with law enforcement and cybersecurity experts.
- Allianz Life notified affected customers and offered support.
- The breach is linked to the broader Salesforce data theft campaign.
- Enhanced monitoring and additional security measures have been implemented.
Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats
- The Tea app data breach expanded with a second database leak.
- Stolen data now includes 1.1 million private messages between app members.
- The breach was first reported earlier in July and has since grown.
- Data was shared on hacking forums, increasing exposure risk.
- The type of data includes user chats and potentially sensitive communications.
- No financial or payment data exposure was reported.
- The company has not detailed mitigation steps or user notification.
- The incident highlights risks in social media and messaging platforms.
ShinyHunters behind Salesforce data theft attacks at Qantas, Allianz Life, and LVMH
- ShinyHunters extortion group linked to data breaches at Qantas, Allianz Life, LVMH, and Adidas.
- Attackers used voice phishing to compromise Salesforce CRM instances.
- Data theft involved customer information databases, including Accounts and Contacts tables.
- Allianz Life confirmed breach of a third-party cloud-based CRM system.
- Qantas breach reportedly impacted 5.7 million customers: Allianz Life affected majority of 1.4 million customers.
- No public data leaks yet; extortion attempts ongoing via email.
- Companies are urged to strengthen MFA, restrict app permissions, and monitor for suspicious activity.
Pi-hole discloses data breach triggered by WordPress plugin flaw
- Pi-hole disclosed a data breach exposing donor names and email addresses.
- The breach was caused by a vulnerability in the GiveWP WordPress donation plugin.
- Donor information was made publicly accessible in the webpage source code.
- Nearly 30,000 donors were impacted, according to Have I Been Pwned.
- No financial or payment data was compromised; only names and emails were exposed.
- The plugin developer released a patch within hours of the report.
- Pi-hole apologized and accepted accountability for the incident.
