Uber Data Leaked Following Breach at Third-Party Vendor

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Information apparently belonging to ride-hailing giant Uber has been leaked online and the source of the data is likely a third-party IT vendor.

Over the weekend, a user with the moniker ‘UberLeak’ made public on a hacker forum a 600 Mb archive file allegedly containing 20 million records of data coming from Uber systems.

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CloudSEK Blames Hack on Another Cybersecurity Company

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Digital risk protection company CloudSEK claims that another cybersecurity firm is behind a recent data breach resulting from the compromise of an employee’s Jira account.

As part of the targeted cyberattack, an unknown party used session cookies for the employee’s Jira account to gain access to various types of internal data.

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New Zealand Government Hit by Ransomware Attack on IT Provider

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The New Zealand government this week confirmed being impacted by a ransomware attack on managed service provider (MSP) Mercury IT, which has disrupted businesses and public authorities in the country.

A small business with only 25 employees, Mercury IT provides cybersecurity, IT, telecoms, and support services for multiple organizations in the country.

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