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Cyber Attack of the Week 15 – Honda Hit with Another Cyber Attack

  It looks like this week, Honda isn’t hitting the road, but maybe the cyber security department…   Honda Halts Production Hello everyone, and welcome back for our 15th article in the cyber attack of the week series! This week, we are switching lanes (no pun intended) from the beauty industry, the automobile industry.  This week, Honda announced that they halted production at several plants across the world due to a cyber attack.  Now, the pause on production is not something that is entirely a choice made by Honda. Actually in this scenario, the company had no other choice then to halt production due to the cyber attack bringing down… Read More

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Beauty Multi-Level Marketing Company, Arbonne hit with Data Breach

  It appears that maybe applying extra concealer and setting powder may not be enough to fix this hot mess… Welcome Back! Welcome back for another installment of the cyber attack of the week series. Today, CPG released the 14th article in the series in a continuation of informing the public on recent data breaches.  Overall, it is our hope to keep our readers informed on the latest breaches across all companies and platforms. This is the goal in which we hope to achieve as well as spread awareness and insight.  Now, this week, CPG is taking a look at Arbonne. This is another play on a multi-level marketing beauty… Read More

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Cyber Attack of the Week 12 – Hacking Group “ShinyHunters” Lists over 160 Million User Records for Sale on the Dark Web

  One hack, two hack, three hack, four hack … where will the list of attacks end?    Checking all the Boxes Today is Friday, May 15th, 2020. The current status of the US entails scattered quarantine lockdowns and a prolonged “rough start” to 2020. Well, we’re five months in now, so it can only go up from here, right? All right, did we come here for a pep talk? Maybe… but more so for the 12th installment of the cyber attack of the week series here at CPG. This week, we have several incidents on our hands. We can all give the trophy to hacking group, ShinyHunters for all… Read More

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Cyber Attack of the Week 09 – SFO Airport Faces Data Breach

  Now when customers experience issues online, missing baggage or delayed flights, the airport might have an actual reason for the issue!   Airport Issues It’s Friday, so you know what that means… a new installment of the cyber attack of the week series! This week, CPG is taking a look at the San Francisco International Airport, SFO, who recently underwent a data breach on multiple sites.  To begin, if you couldn’t guess, the airport in question is indeed based near San Francisco. The San Francisco International Airport is a major gateway for travelers headed to Europe and Asia.  Now, one can only imagine the complications a data breach on… Read More

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Cyber Attack of the Week 08 – Faulty Server leads to 1.1 Million Customer Records being Exposed

  So you are telling me that I can’t do a hard shut down on my PS4 and this will all go away?     Welcome back to the cyber attack of the week series! I think this marks the third or fourth Friday of quarantine? Regardless, the cyber criminals of the world are apparently still in office, hacking away. This week, we are taking a look at a gaming controller manufacturer who faced an enormous data breach.   When you want to End, but not Save – Server Edition Earlier this month, the gaming controller manufacturer, SFU Gaming announced that the company endured a major security and data breach. This… Read More

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Cyber Attack of the Week 02 – 10 Million MGM Grand Hotel Guests’ Information Exposed

  Malicious cyber criminals are at it once again. But this time, they are hoping to win the jackpot by attacking the MGM Grand hotel in Las Vegas. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas… right?     The MGM (not so) Grand Hotel This week, the report of a massive data breach took over the internet. Further, in the hot seat this week, we have the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.  To begin, the personal information of over 10 million guests of the MGM was breached. Continuing, the cloud server storing such information was accessed by unauthorized personnel. Then, uploaded and leaked to an online hacking forum. The… Read More

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disa

Cyber Attack of the Week 01 – US Government IT Agency Faces Major Data Breach

  It’s Friday, so you know what that means, it’s data breach of the week time!   US Government To begin our first article in the series, this week we are looking at a massive data breach within the US government. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) recently announced a data breach that possibly affected 200,000 people between May and July 2019. Further, possible victims of the breach began to receive notification from the agency in February.  For example, in the tweet featured below, this is the letter victims began receiving from the DISA.    Awesome. Got another #PII #breach letter from DoD. Is this like pokemon where I want… Read More

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equifax

US Charges Individuals Responsible for the 2017 Equifax Hack and Data Breach

  In 2017, Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting companies in the world, faced an enormous hack and data breach. Now in 2020, the individuals responsible are facing charges for the attack.      Flashback to 2017 To begin, last week, the DOJ accused four members of the People’s Liberation Army in China of performing the hack against Equifax. After releasing the nine-count indictment regarding the breach, the document portrays how the members allegedly pulled off one of the largest hacks in US history. Now, before we get into the indictment, let’s take a look back at how the attack on Equifax went down.    The Hack On September… Read More

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Thousands of Disney+ Accounts Hacked!

  A platform now exists where any and every Disney movie ever created resides. From Cinderella to Lady and the Tramp. Now, how can something this wonderful, cause so many problems for customers?     On November 12th, 2019, Disney launched their new streaming service titled Disney+. This platform has all of the original Disney movie and tv show. Not only does it have all things Disney – but also Marvel, Pixar, National Geographic and Star Wars.    What’s the Deal? Millions of people anxiously awaited the arrival of this service. The excitement surrounding this launch was astronomical. Disney+ is $6.99 a month and comes with a seven day free… Read More

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