Identity verification company IDScan has confirmed that hackers accessed customer data stored in its cloud platform, days after reports linked the company to a massive database containing more than 153 million driver's license scans. [...]
Exclusive: An exposed Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) database held 220 million passenger and crew records containing names, passport numbers, dates of birth, nationalities, and flight details spanning 2017 to 2026. Researchers accessed the Vietnam-linked system through a cloud-based path using default credentials. [...]
France's data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Hôpital privé de la Loire €500,000 ($580,000) for failing to adequately protect patients' and their relatives' data. [...]
Sealed court information and sensitive personal data were exposed in a breach of a Thomson Reuters records platform affecting courts in at least 12 U.S. states, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Canada.
Hackers reportedly gained access to payment accounts used by two Russian fundraising projects supporting Ukrainians and political prisoners, exposing donor email addresses and limited payment card information.
A new dark web platform called Nexus claimed to be selling 153 million driver’s license scans and millions of other identity and medical cards. According to reports, the collection included more than 153 million driver’s licenses, 10 million ID cards, 3 million travel documents, and 579,000 medical cards, including marijuana dispensary cards. The trove of driver’s license scans reported by KrebsOnSecurity is a sharp reminder that identity verification is not a harmless box-ticking exercise. The…