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Fintech giant Finastra investigates data breach after SFTP hack
Finastra has confirmed it warned customers of a cybersecurity incident after a threat actor began selling allegedly stolen data on a hacking forum. Finastra is a financial software company serving over 8,000 institutions across 130 countries, including 45 of the world’s top 50 banks and credit unions. The company employs 12,000 people, and last year, it reported a revenue of…
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US govt officials’ communications compromised in recent telecom hack
CISA and the FBI confirmed that Chinese hackers compromised the “private communications” of a “limited number” of government officials after breaching multiple U.S. broadband providers. The attackers also stole other information from the companies’ compromised systems, including information related to customer call records and law enforcement requests. “Specifically, we have identified that PRC-affiliated actors have compromised networks at multiple telecommunications…
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US consumer protection agency bans employee mobile calls amid Chinese hack fears
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued an urgent directive barring employees and contractors from using mobile phones for work-related calls, following a major breach in US telecommunications infrastructure attributed to Chinese-linked hackers. According to an internal memo, CFPB’s chief information officer advised staff to move sensitive discussions to secure platforms like Microsoft Teams and Cisco WebEx, reported…
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These tech firms downplayed the impact of the SolarWinds hack – now they’ve been fined by the SEC
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged four major tech firms with failing to tell the truth about their exposure to the 2020 SolarWinds hack. Unisys, Avaya Holdings, Check Point Software, and Mimecast have agreed to pay civil penalties of $4 million, $1 million, $995,000, and $990,000 respectively. “As today’s enforcement actions reflect, while public companies may become…
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Home Office confirms Russian threat actors accessed emails after Microsoft hack
The Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard breached the UK Home Office and stole sensitive data as part of the hacking campaign revealed earlier this year. Freedom of Information (FoI) requests from Recorded Future News indicate that the Russia-backed hacking group was able to access corporate emails and data shared with Microsoft. The Home Office said its own systems weren’t affected,…
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