{"id":5666,"date":"2024-10-08T11:07:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/?p=82057"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:07:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:07:30","slug":"security-provider-adt-discloses-second-cybersecurity-incident-in-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ddi.mohflo.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/08\/security-provider-adt-discloses-second-cybersecurity-incident-in-two-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Security provider ADT discloses second cybersecurity incident in two months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/adt-security-hack-employee-data\/#main\" class=\"skip-to-content-link visually-hidden-focusable\">Skip to main content<\/a> <\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--top ad--top-desktop\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<header class=\"site-header\" aria-label=\"Scoop News Group Header\" role=\"banner\"> <\/header>\n<p> <main 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and Exchange Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The company detected the unauthorized access Oct. 2, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1703056\/000119312524233900\/d876174d8k.htm\">according to the filing<\/a>, and said the \u201cunauthorized actor had illegally accessed ADT\u2019s network using compromised credentials obtained through a third-party business partner.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The incident is the second cyberattack disclosed by the company in two months. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1703056\/000095015724001064\/form8k.htm\">In an Aug. 7 SEC filing<\/a>, the company disclosed that during a \u201ccybersecurity incident \u2026 unauthorized actors illegally accessed certain databases containing ADT customer order information\u201d that included email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses.<\/p>\n<p>That incident did not include credit card data or banking information, the company said in the filing, nor was there any reason to believe 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