Figure Technology, a blockchain-based lending company, has confirmed that there has been a data breach. On Friday, Figure spokeswoman Alethea Jadick told TechCrunch in a statement that the breach occurred when an employee was tricked into using a social engineering attack that allowed hackers to steal a “limited number of files.” The statement said the … Read more
Sex toy maker Tenga notified customers of the data breach on Friday, according to an email obtained by TechCrunch. In the report, the Japanese company said that “an unauthorized party gained access to the professional email account of one of our employees,” which allowed the hacker to access the contents of the employee’s email inbox. … Read more
The computer systems of La Sapienza in Rome, one of Europe’s largest universities with around 120,000 students, were down for three days after an apparent ransomware attack. In a post and Instagram stories published on Tuesday, the university said it had taken down its systems as a precaution following the cyber attack, that it was … Read more
A notorious hacking group has claimed responsibility for last year’s data breaches at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), releasing data it allegedly stole from both schools. On Wednesday, a group known as ShinyHunters released what it claims are more than 1 million records from every university on a dedicated leak site used … Read more