This Week in Data Breaches | UpGuard Newsletter

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Published May 3, 2023

Here's your weekly digest of global data breaches. This week's newsletter covers breaches impacting China, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Amnesty International Australia.

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Data Breaches

630 Million Chinese Users’ Sensitive Data Exposed, Attackers Claim

🇨🇳 China | Cyber News | Financial Services

A data leak including personal details such as bank card numbers and home addresses of over 630 million users from China has been claimed on a cybercrime forum. Continue Reading

Major US CFPB Data Breach Caused by Employee

🇺🇸 United States | Dark Reading | Government

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), an agency of the US government that protects consumers in the financial sector, announced that an employee committed a major breach in emailing the personal information of 256,000 consumers to a personal email account. Continue Reading

Amnesty International Australia Suffered a Data Breach in December, but Says Everything is Now Fine

🇦🇺 Australia | Gizmodo | Non-profit

On late Friday, Amnesty International Australia sent an email to supporters informing them their data may be at risk due to “anomalous activity” detected in its IT environment. Continue Reading

Other Cybersecurity News

Yellow Pages Canada Hit by Cyber-Attack, Black Basta Claims Credit

🇨🇦 Canada | Infosecurity Magazine | Advertising

The Yellow Pages Canada company has confirmed to Infosecurity that it has been the victim of a cyber-attack.

IMA Financial Admits Data Breach, Hundreds at Risk

🇺🇸 United States | Cyber News | Financial Services

A finance company worth around $1.5bn that employs 1,800 workers has disclosed a suspected cyberattack that compromised the personal data of around a thousand of its clients.

Cold Storage Giant Americold Outage Caused by Network Breach

🇺🇸 United States | Bleeping Computer | Transportation & Warehousing

Americold, a leading cold storage and logistics company, has been facing IT issues since its network was breached on Tuesday night.

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