Hackers leaked around 50 million records full of private information.
According to cybersecurity company Resecurity, they noticed that right before Christmas Eve, various hackers released a lot of data all at once.
Some of this data seemed to come from previous security breaches, but there were also new breaches involved.
The information was either stolen or copied from people worldwide.
One of the largest data releases came from a hack at the Peruvian telecom company Movistar.
In this data dump, there were about 22 million records with sensitive information like customer phone numbers and DNI numbers.
Other big leaks around Leaksmas included one with 2.5 million records from a Vietnamese fashion store's customers and another with 1.5 million records from a French company's customers.
Not all the shared data Resecurity noticed during the holidays were from recent hacks; some seemed to be from older incidents.
There was info about customers from a Swedish fintech company, Klarna.
The hackers might have gotten this data from a rumoured breach in 2022.
Another example was a data dump with 2 million records from customers of a Mexican bank.
Resecurity's analysis suggested it might have come from a breach in 2021 or 2022.
SeigedSec targeted critical infrastructure in Israel and claimed responsibility for a breach in the Idaho National Laboratory.
Some criminals selling credit card data offered discounts.
Cybercriminals are keen on getting personal info and exploiting weaknesses in websites and software.
This Cyber News was published on www.cysecurity.news. Publication date: Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:43:05 +0000