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Forever 21, a clothing and accessories retailer, suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of over 500,000 individuals Hackers had intermittent access to Forever 21 systems between January and March, and stole select files during this time The breach primarily affected current and former Forever 21 employees, not customers Forever 21 has taken steps to ensure the stolen data has been erased, indicating potential communication with the attackers There is no confirmation of a ransomware attack, and the company believes the risk to exposed individuals is low Impacted individuals will receive instructions on enrolling in a free 12-month fraud and identity theft protection service This is not the first data breach for Forever 21, as they previously notified customers of a breach in 2017 affecting payment card data from transactions made between March and October

The website of the AI-powered coding platform Sourcegraph was breached using a leaked admin access token. The token was accidentally leaked online on July 14th, and an attacker used it on August 28th to create a new site-admin account. The breach was discovered after an increase in API usage was observed by Sourcegraph's security team. The attacker probed Sourcegraph's system by switching account privileges multiple times. Sourcegraph customers' information, including license keys, names, and email addresses, was accessed, but no sensitive data such as private code or passwords was exposed. Sourcegraph took immediate action by deactivating the malicious account, reducing API rate limits, and rotating potentially exposed license keys.