Data Breaches October / November 2016

By Manny Fernandez

November 18, 2016

Data Breaches October / November 2016

ORGANIZATION:FriendFinder Networks
DATE OF BREACH:October 2016
DATE MADE PUBLIC:November 14,2016
RECORDS AFFECTED: 412 Million
DATA COMPROMISED:
FriendFinder Networks, the parent company of many adult sites, was reportedly hacked through a local file inclusion exploit which enabled the hackers to access all of the network’s sites. Compromised information includes customer usernames, passwords and email addresses.

ORGANIZATION:GitHub/GeekedIn
DATE OF BREACH:Unknown
DATE MADE PUBLIC:November 17, 2016
RECORDS AFFECTED:8.2 Million
DATA COMPROMISED:
A third party acquired data from GitHub and used it for commercial purposes. Security researcher, Troy Hunt, announced, “This incident is not about any sort of security vulnerability on GitHub’s behalf, rather it relates to a trove of data from their site which was inappropriately scraped and then inadvertently exposed due to a vulnerability in another service.”

ORGANIZATION: DealerBuilt
DATE OF BREACH:Unknown
DATE MADE PUBLIC:November 8, 2016
RECORDS AFFECTED: Unknown, but could be up to 5 million
DATA COMPROMISED:
DealerBuilt sells management systems for car dealerships across the US. 128 car dealerships were backing up to DealerBuilt’s systems without any encryption or security and information for both customers and employees have leaked online. Compromised information includes names, Social Security numbers, addresses, and phone numbers.

ORGANIZATION:Three Mobile
DATE OF BREACH:Unknown
DATE MADE PUBLIC:November 18, 2016
RECORDS AFFECTED:Unknown
DATA COMPROMISED:
Hackers allegedly accessed UK-based Three Mobile’s database using stolen employee credentials. After gaining access, they tricked it into sending high-end upgrade handsets to an address where they could intercept them. Compromised information includes names, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, addresses, marital status, previous addresses, genders, and employment status.

ORGANIZATION:Integrity Transitional Hospital
DATE OF BREACH:August 15, 2016
DATE MADE PUBLIC:November 4, 2016
RECORDS AFFECTED: 29,514
DATA COMPROMISED:
An unauthorized individual may have accessed some of the lab results, lab testing information, health insurance information, and scanned driver’s licenses associated with the laboratory’s services. Compromised information includes results of lab tests, health insurance data, and driver’s license numbers.

TOTAL BREACHES IN 2016: 873
TOTAL RECORDS EXPOSED: 29,865,748

Data Breaches October / November 2016

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