17 Apr 2024
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 4/17/2024

Giant Tiger breach sees 2.8 million records leaked Someone has posted a database of over 2.8 million records to a hacker forum, claiming they originated from a March 2024 hack at Canadian retail chain Giant Tiger. When asked, they posted a small snippet as proof. The download of the full database is practically free for other active members of that forum. In March, one of Giant Tiger‘s vendors, a company used to manage customer communications…
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13 Mar 2023
By Mary

InfoSec News Nuggets 03/13/2023

FBI Warns of Crypto-Stealing Play-to-Earn Games  Consumers have been warned not to fall for a new type of fake gaming application which has already stolen millions in cryptocurrency from victims. Victims are typically contacted by scammers online, before being introduced in time to the online or mobile game, according to a new Public Service Announcement from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). The game purports to reward the user with cryptocurrency simply for playing. Although there…
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