#KROGER DATA BREACH 2020 FULL#

In its aftermath, Twitter rolled out security keys to its staff to toughen its defenses against attacks that prevent these kinds of attacks from working in the future. says it was among the multiple victims of a data breach involving a third-party vendor’s file-transfer service and is notifying potentially impacted customers. The attack netted the hacker just over $100,000 in cryptocurrency.

A then-teenage hacker used social engineering techniques to trick some of Twitter’s employees into thinking the hacker was an employee, allowing the hacker access to an internal Twitter “admin” tool, which he used to hijack high-profile accounts and spread a cryptocurrency scam. It’s a similar breach to how Twitter was hacked in July 2020. Kroger was one of many victims of a cyberattack on Accellion’s File Transfer Appliance (FTA) in December 2020. The company said once it secured its systems the hacker then “demanded an extortion payment.” Robinhood instead notified law enforcement and security firm Mandiant to investigate the breach. The pharmacy and supermarket chain Kroger has proposed a 5 million settlement to resolve lawsuits filed by victims of data breach that exposed their personal and protected health information. Robinhood said that 10 customers had “more extensive account details revealed.” Robinhood did not say what information specifically, though no Social Security numbers, bank account numbers or debit card numbers were exposed and caused no immediate financial loss to customers.īut it’s precisely that kind of information that malicious hackers can use to facilitate further attacks against victims, like targeted phishing emails, since names and dates of birth can often be used to verify a person’s identity.

#KROGER DATA BREACH 2020 FULL#

That allowed the hacker to obtain customer names and email addresses, but also the additional full names, dates of birth and ZIP codes of 310 customers.

This information included names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, insurance information, medical history, and more. The company said in a blog post that a malicious hacker had socially engineered a customer service representative over the phone November 3 to get access to customer support systems. Kroger announced the December 2020 breach in February 2021, saying an unauthorized user had accessed the personal information of Kroger pharmacy and money services customers, as well as that of current and former employees. Online stock trading platform Robinhood has confirmed it was hacked last week with more than five million customer email addresses and two million customer names taken, as well as a much smaller set of more specific customer data.

Kroger data breach 2020