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Nearly 500,000 Fortinet VPN Accounts Leaked By Hackers

It has been reported that almost 500,000 Fortinet VPN login names and passwords have been stolen after the data was recently leaked onto hacking forums. The threat actor that obtained the data claims the info was taken from exploitable devices last summer and although the vulnerability has been patched, many of the VPN credentials are still valid.

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100 Million T-Mobile Customers' Info Up For Sale After Hacking Incident

Another cyber security blow has been dealt to T-Mobile in what seems to be a string of cyber attacks and incidents. A hacker is now claiming to be in possession of personal information data related to over 100 million T-Mobile customers. The data is said to include social security numbers, phone numbers, names, addresses and unique IMEI numbers and drivers’ licenses of T-Mobile customers.

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3rd Party Data Breach Potentially Affects BC School District’s Int’l Students

A British Columbian school district, School District No. 73 (SD73, Kamloops-Thompson), was recently notified of a third-party data breach that may have led to student information being compromised. SD73’s third-party travel and medical insurance provider for its international student program released a statement confirming a cyber security incident during June 2021, led to this potential data leak.

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Failed Extortion Attempt Leads To Massive Data Leak

After a failed attempt at extorting video game giant, Electronics Arts (EA), for the return of stolen data and later failing to sell the stolen files to a third-party, the hackers responsible for the breach have released approximately 751 GB of EA’s stolen data online. The dumped files are being reported to have contained the source code for EA’s FIFA 21 soccer game.

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