Tag: Data breaches
When it comes to the channel, ‘I think even our relationships with our partners are stronger because of this,’ Kurtz says during a CRN interview Tuesday. The massive global outage in July caused by a CrowdStrike update has ultimately “helped transform” the company, which should put the cybersecurity vendor in an even better position to…
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In an interview, Kurtz also discusses the major opportunities for solution and service providers in working with GenAI-powered security. Kurtz On The Record For CrowdStrike co-founder and CEO George Kurtz, the massive IT outage caused by the cybersecurity vendor’s faulty update in July has revealed just how essential the solution and service provider community really…
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The telecom giant says a portion of its customers were impacted by the breach of FBCS, a collection agency formerly used by Comcast. Comcast Cable Communications disclosed that a portion of its customers were impacted by the breach of FBCS (Financial Business and Consumer Solutions), a collection agency formerly used by the telecom giant. In…
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A Wall Street Journal report pointed to Verizon and AT&T among the impacted internet service providers in the China-linked attacks. Verizon and AT&T were reportedly among the affected internet service providers in a China-linked hacking campaign by a group tracked as Salt Typhoon. The report Saturday from the Wall Street Journal followed the outlet’s prior…
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The settlement comes after an FCC investigation into a major 2021 breach as well as three other incidents at T-Mobile in 2022 and 2023. T-Mobile will pay $31.5 million in connection with a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over a series of four breaches from 2021 to 2023, the agency announced Monday. The…
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For the week ending Sept. 27, CRN takes a look at the companies that brought their ‘A’ game to the channel including HP Inc., Torq, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, SafeBreach and Salesforce. The Week Ending Sept. 27 Topping this week’s Came to Win list is HP Inc. for a savvy acquisition that will provide customers with…
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Incidents disclosed over the past week have included attacks targeting Internet service providers and a municipal water treatment system. Threat actors continue to intensify their targeting of U.S. critical infrastructure providers, as demonstrated by a series of recently disclosed attacks. This week has seen incidents disclosed including attacks targeting internet service providers and a cyberattack…
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A threat actor is reportedly claiming to have posted Dell employee data on a hacker forum. After a threat actor claimed this week to have posted stolen data belonging to Dell Technologies employees, the tech giant disclosed Friday that it’s investigating the allegations. The company has not yet specified whether a security incident has affected…
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The January 2023 breach of a vendor’s cloud environment led to the exposure of data from 8.9 million AT&T customers, according to the FCC. AT&T will pay $13 million as part of a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the 2013 cloud breach of a third-party vendor, which shouldn’t have been holding data…
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The percentage equates to a potential 1,500 customers affected in the compromise of Fortinet’s cloud file-share environment. Fortinet disclosed that the breach of its cloud file-share environment impacted “less than 0.3 percent” of customers, while noting that it believes the incident isn’t likely to have a significant impact on its business. The cybersecurity vendor had…
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