data breach

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November 23, 2021

GoDaddy Breach Exposes SSL Keys of Managed WordPress Hosting Customers

The incident, which affected 1.2 million users, raises concerns about domain impersonation attacks and other malicious activities.

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October 20, 2021

Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina’s entire population

A hacker has breached the Argentinian government’s IT network and stolen ID card details for the country’s entire population.

October 14, 2021

Over 1.5 billion Facebook users’ personal data found for sale on hacker forum

Unrelated to other recent problems Facebook has had, this particular batch of data was scraped from profiles, meaning it’s publicly available knowledge. That doesn’t stop it from being dangerous.

September 8, 2021

Turkey fines WhatsApp over data breach

Turkey joined a host of other countries in fining Facebook’s ubiquitous WhatsApp messaging service for failing to sufficiently protect user data.

September 2, 2021

Regulators Tighten Scrutiny of Data Breach Disclosures by Companies

Companies must pay closer attention to what they say after hackers strike, lawyers warn, as regulators crack down on inaccurate disclosures and Congress debates mandatory reporting of cybersecurity breaches.

August 25, 2021

38M Records Were Exposed Online from Microsoft Power Apps

Misconfigured Power Apps from Microsoft led to more than a thousand web apps accessible to anyone who found them.

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August 25, 2021

T-Mobile breach hits 53 million customers as probe finds wider impact

T-Mobile US Inc said on Friday an ongoing investigation into a data breach revealed that hackers accessed personal information of an additional 5.3 million customers, bringing the total number of people affected to more than 53 million.

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August 8, 2021

RI treasurer sues Facebook, alleging investment losses from data breach

The Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island sues Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg over alleged financial losses due to data breach.

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July 7, 2021

British Airways settles data breach class action

British Airways has settled a case brought by customers and staff affected by a massive 2018 data breach that led to personal information being leaked.

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July 1, 2021

Details On 700 Million LinkedIn Users For Sale On Notorious Hacking Forum

Just two months ago, data on 500 million LinkedIn users was scraped and posted online. Now someone’s selling a database with information on 700 million.

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June 28, 2021

Alibaba Falls Victim to Chinese Web Crawler in Large Data Leak

A Chinese software developer trawled the popular Taobao shopping website for eight months, collecting more than 1.1 billion pieces of user information including IDs and phone numbers.

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June 14, 2021

Mumbai lawyer seeks damages from Air India for data breach

An Air India customer has sought Rs 15 lakh (about 20,000 USD) as damages from the airline over the recent data breach of nearly 4.5 million passengers, including him.

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