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The contract comes as Equifax faces fierce criticism over a major data breach that affected over 145.5 million users.

The National Internet Exchange of India described the hackers' claim as "audacious".

Hackers stole a trove of valuable personal and financial details in the record-breaking data breach.

"They left a nice ransom message, but we have no reason to believe that they kept any data," the team said.

Whole Foods is the latest in a series of major US chains to have suffered a data breach.

Around 5 million stolen credit and debit card accounts were put up for sale, priced between $25 and $50 per piece.

Passwords and account details could be put at risk by weak app cybersecurity.

CEO Richard Smith criticised for lax security in the wake of breach.

Experts reportedly uncovered that 35% of all S3 buckets were unencrypted, potentially leaving data under risk of exposure.

Leaked folders allegedly included passwords linked to internal Verison systems.

The data came from SVR Tracking and exposed users' vehicle licence plates, VIN numbers and more.

The Canadian bank said the glitch was related to an electronic form on its website.

Company data from its 'Edgar' system used for 'illicit gain' through trades.

Equifax mistakenly tweeted out a link to the fake phishing site at least eight times.

Equifax confirmed that hackers may have stolen Canadian consumers' data, including names, addresses and more.

'This cloud leak exposed the master controls of the world's sixth-largest media corporation,' UpGuard researchers said.

The company recently revealed it suffered a major breach this summer that affected about 143 million Americans.

Previously, news broke that hackers successfully stole over 200,000 credit card accounts in the massive breach.

The trove of stolen data includes private dossiers on 90 different artistes, ranging from Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber to Madonna.

The firm's chief security officer, who has a degree in Fine Arts, has also drawn criticism.

University team able to access personal data and create false activity records.

Last week, Equifax disclosed a historic data breach that compromised valuable financial data of about 143 million Americans.

This incident is the latest in a spate of inadvertent data leaks caused due to cloud configuration errors.

'To me, this is just negligence,' Hold Security founder Alex Holden said.

The massive hack is one of the largest in US history and the biggest known leak this year so far.

Preliminary investigations reveal that the attack 'originated in the Western region,' officials said.

Less than 24 hours after Equifax confirmed it was affected by a massive data breach, the firm now faces a mammoth compensation suit.

Credit card data, passports, travel information and more of nearly half a million people were exposed.

'A thorough review of our IT systems is underway,' AXA Singapore CEO Jean Drouffe said.

The breach, which saw hackers steal critically sensitive and personal data, is estimated to have affected nearly half of the US population.