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Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after a third-party vendor hack

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Acer Philippines disclosed a data breach after employee data was leaked by a threat actor on a hacking forum. Acer Philippines confirmed that employee data was compromised in an attack targeting a third-party service provider. The hacked third-party company manages the Acer employee attendance data.

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Maze ransomware operators claim to have breached LG Electronics

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Maze ransomware operators claims to have breached the South Korean multinational electronics company LG Electronics. Researchers at Cyble discovered a data leak of LG Electronics published by Maze ransomware operators. In 2014 its global sales reached $55.91 ” reads the post published by Cyble. .

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Ukraine: SSU dismantled cyber gang that stole 30 million accounts

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The gang was offering the stole accounts for sale on the dark web, according to the SSU they earned almost UAH 14 million from the sale. They gang was received money through electronic payment systems YuMoney, Qiwi, and WebMoney, which are prohibited in Ukraine. ” reads the press release from SSU. Pierluigi Paganini.

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REvil ransomware gang recommends that Apple buy back its data stolen in Quanta hack

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REvil ransomware gang is attempting to extort Apple ahead of the Apple Spring Loaded event threatening to sell stolen blueprints belonging to the IT giant that were stolen from Quanta Computer. Quanta Computer is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. Source Bleeping Computer.

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FBI Raids Chinese Point-of-Sale Giant PAX Technology

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federal investigators today raided the Florida offices of PAX Technology , a Chinese provider of point-of-sale devices used by millions of businesses and retailers globally. has more than 60 million point-of-sale terminals in use throughout 120 countries. organizations. FBI agents entering PAX Technology offices in Jacksonville today.

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Ukraine’s cyber police dismantled a massive bot farm spreading propaganda

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The gang used a massive bot farm to distribute illegal content, personal data of Ukrainian citizens and commit frauds. 361 (Unauthorized interference in the work of information (automated), electronic communication, information and communication systems, electronic communication networks), Art. 190 (Fraud), Art.

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Acer suffered the second security breach in a few months

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Taiwanese electronics technology giant Acer discloses a security breach suffered by its after-sales service systems in India after an isolated attack. Bad news for the Taiwanese electronics technology giant Acer, it disclosed a second security breach this year. ” Steven Chung, Acer Corporate Communications, told the media.