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Oxford City Council suffers breach exposing two decades of data
Oxford City Council warns it suffered a data breach where attackers accessed personally identifiable information from legacy systems. The incident has also caused an ICT service disruption, as announced on the website, and although most of the impacted systems have been brought back online, the remaining backlogs may continue to cause delays. Oxford City Council is the local government authority…
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Education giant Pearson hit by cyberattack exposing customer data
Education giant Pearson suffered a cyberattack, allowing threat actors to steal corporate data and customer information, BleepingComputer has learned. Pearson is a UK-based education company and one of the world’s largest providers of academic publishing, digital learning tools, and standardized assessments. The company works with schools, universities, and individuals in over 70 countries through its print and online services. In…
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Cisco warns of Webex for BroadWorks flaw exposing credentials
Cisco warned customers today of a vulnerability in Webex for BroadWorks that could let unauthenticated attackers access credentials remotely. Webex for BroadWorks integrates Cisco Webex’s video conferencing and collaboration features with the BroadWorks unified communications platform. While the company has yet to assign a CVE ID to track this security issue, Cisco says in a Tuesday security advisory that it already pushed…
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National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers
Background check service National Public Data confirms that hackers breached its systems after threat actors leaked a stolen database with millions of social security numbers and other sensitive personal information. The company states that the breached data may include names, email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers (SSNs), and postal addresses. Breach linked to late 2023 hack attempt In the…
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