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Stanley Steemer says nearly 68,000 people affected by data breach in March

  • 7th December 2023
Carpet cleaning giant Stanley Steemer said nearly 68,000 people were affected by a cyberattack the company experienced in March. In documents filed with regulators in Maine, the Ohio-based cleaning business said hackers broke into its systems on February 10 and were discovered on March 6. “Stanley Steemer undertook a comprehensive review of ...
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Hershey warns of data breach following phishing attack

  • 5th December 2023
The American manufacturer of popular sweets such as Kit Kat and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups told regulators that more than 2,200 people were potentially affected by a data breach after hackers gained access to some of the company’s email accounts. The Hershey Company submitted a security notification to the Maine Attorney General's office on ...
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Microsoft warns of Cactus ransomware actors using malvertising to infect victims

  • 5th December 2023
Hackers are using malware distributed through online advertisements to infect victims with Cactus ransomware, according to new research. In a warning published on Friday, researchers at Microsoft said that the ransomware actor behind the campaign — which Microsoft calls Storm-0216 but others refer to as Twisted Spider and UNC2198 — had ...
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