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Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) discloses data breach after ransomware attack

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The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) finally disclosed a data breach impacting students, past students, and teachers after the June attack. In June a ransomware attack hit the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE), now the organization disclosed a data breach.

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Reddit discloses a data breach, a hacker accessed user data

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Reddit Warns Users of Data Breach. Reddit is warning its users of a security breach, an attacker broke into the systems of the platform and accessed user data. Reddit is warning its users of a security breach, a hacker broke into the systems of the platform and accessed user data.

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Reddit Says Attackers Bypassed SMS-Based Authentication

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Yes, Reddit Was Breached; No, Don't Dump Multifactor Authentication Reddit suffered a data breach in June after attackers managed to bypass its SMS-based two-factor authentication system. User data from 2007 and before was compromised.

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Hacking firm I-Soon data leak revealed Chinese gov hacking capabilities

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An analyst based in Taiwan, known as Azaka, discovered the data leak and shared their findings on social media. i-SOON is a prominent contractor for various agencies of the Chinese government, including Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of State Security, and the People’s Liberation Army.

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Reddit locked Down accounts due to alleged security breach

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Reddit locked down a large number of user accounts after due to a security concern after detecting suspicious activity on them. . A large group of accounts were locked down due to a security concern. If confirmed this means that Reddit was the victim of a data breach. SecurityAffairs – Reddit, data breach).

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North Korea-linked Zinc group posed as Samsung recruiters to target security firms

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North Korea-linked threat actors posed as Samsung recruiters in a spear-phishing campaign aimed at employees at South Korean security firms. North Korea-linked APT group posed as Samsung recruiters is a spear-phishing campaign that targeted South Korean security companies that sell anti-malware solutions, Google TAG researchers reported.

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173 Million Zynga accounts were impacted in the September hack

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In September Zynga, the American social game developer running social video game services suffered a data breach that 173 Million accounts. Zynga Inc is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007, it primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Pierluigi Paganini.