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Companies Confirm Data Breaches Affecting Millions
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Pornhub, SoundCloud and Japan's Askul this week confirmed data breaches affecting millions of users, with incidents traced to a compromised analytics vendor (Mixpanel) and a separate ransomware attack. SoundCloud said about 20% of its ~140 million users (roughly 28 million) had emails or public-profile data exposed; Askul reported about 740,000 customer records leaked. Companies say passwords and payment details were not accessed.
Key Points
- 1Confirm breaches at Pornhub, SoundCloud, Askul exposing user data via Mixpanel and ransomware
- 2Highlight third-party analytics and subcontractor MFA failures as common attack vectors and gaps
- 3Advise practitioners to audit vendors, enforce MFA, deploy EDR, and monitor ancillary systems
Scoring Rationale
High relevance and credible company disclosures, but limited novelty beyond recurring third-party and ransomware incidents.
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