Topic: social engineering attack
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Revolut Data Breach Exposes Passports, Financial Info
Revolut confirmed a data breach where an employee disclosed sensitive customer information to a threat actor who impersonated a government agency using forged domain credentials. The compromised dataset includes extensive personally identifiable information, verification documents like passports,...
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Workday Hit by Data Breach Following Salesforce Attack
Workday experienced a security breach via a third-party CRM platform, exposing business contact information but not customer data, due to a social engineering attack impersonating internal personnel. The breach, detected on August 6, involved Salesforce and mirrored tactics used by cybercriminal ...
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Allianz Life US Hit by Major Third-Party Data Breach
Allianz Life suffered a major data breach affecting 1.4 million customers, financial advisors, and some staff due to unauthorized access to a third-party cloud-based system, with attackers using social engineering tactics. The breach, detected on July 17, 2025, likely exposed sensitive personal d...
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Allianz Life Data Breach Affects Over 1 Million Customers
Allianz Life suffered a major data breach compromising sensitive information of over 1 million customers due to unauthorized access to a third-party CRM system, raising identity theft and fraud concerns. Hackers used social engineering tactics on July 16, 2025, to infiltrate the CRM platform, ste...
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73,000 French Government Workers Hit in Tchap Data Breach
A security breach of France's Tchap encrypted messaging platform compromised accounts of over 73,000 public sector employees, representing less than 9% of registered users. While private conversations remained encrypted and protected, the attacker scraped unencrypted public chat rooms, accessing ...
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Clorox Sues Cognizant for $380M Over Help Desk Hack in Cyberattack
Clorox sued Cognizant for $380 million, alleging gross negligence in a 2023 cyberattack caused by lax security protocols and a social engineering scheme. Hackers impersonated Clorox employees to bypass Cognizant’s identity checks, gaining access to critical systems and causing operational disrupt...
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