The Internet Archive, aka Wayback Machine, confirmed that hackers breached its systems, impacting over 31 million accounts. It also faced multiple DDoS attacks that disrupted its services.
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Microsoft has published a detailed guidance post about the recent Nation Public Data breach that leaked Social Security Numbers, house addresses, and more, of millions.
The company cooperates with the authorities to investigate the massive security breach. Data was stolen from a third-party cloud platform, and at least one person was already apprehended.
Roku discovered a second data breach affecting 576,000 accounts on its streaming platform. The company discovered the new unauthorized access while monitoring accounts following the first incident.
T-Mobile has silently introduced a new profiling toggle which is spotted to be turned on by default. It allows the carrier to collect personal data to better predict user behavior.
The Indian government has resolved one of the most significant breaches of its citizens' sensitive information which included Aadhar information, COVID-19 vaccination records, and even addresses.
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U.S. mobile carrier AT&T has confirmed that more than 70 million customers' data has been leaked in a breach, and the information is up for grabs on the dark web, including email, address, and SSN.
Mozilla has launched a new privacy monitoring service to automatically scan and remove personal user data exposed in breaches or available on data broker sites. The subscription costs $8.99 per month.
An anarchist-oriented Mastodon server has seen one of its admins raided by the FBI. The admin in question was working with an unencrypted backup of the Mastodon server, which was also seized.
TSMC has said that it wasn't greatly affected by LockBit malware that hit one of its suppliers. Despite this, hackers have demanded a $70 million ransom, or it will leak info it claims to have.
According to an alarming research, over 100,000 ChatGPT accounts have been compromised and are being traded on illicit dark web marketplaces. Affected regions include the U.S., India, and more.
Further to Reddit's recent woes since the announcement of the API pricing change, claims have surfaced that it has suffered a data breach at the hands of BlackCat, with 80GB of zipped data taken.
In a press release, Western Digital stated its network systems were hacked by an "unauthorized third party." There's very little word on what kind of data was taken during the attack.
The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles recently announced that it suffered a data breach due to a ransomware attack. The incident gave hackers access to members' sensitive information.
Computer company Acer recently confirmed that it suffered a data breach after a threat actor started selling some of its sensitive data online. No consumer data was reportedly affected.
The United States Marshals Services has suffered a major security breach that compromised the department's sensitive law enforcement information followed by a ransomware attack.
Telecommunications company Telus is looking into the possibility of a data breach. This comes after a cybercriminal allegedly gained access to employee data, GitHub repositories, and more.
Software giant Atlassian recently suffered a data breach. The company blamed the incident on Envoy, a third-party workplace management services provider. However, Envoy countered this claim.
Pepsi Bottling Ventures has suffered a data breach as a result of an unknown party installing information-stealing malware on its internal systems. The breach occurred as early as December 23, 2022.
Reddit recently suffered a security breach that allowed cybercriminals to access some of its internal data and systems. The incident was a result of a successful phishing attack against the company.
Google Fi recently suffered a data breach that allowed hackers to access various data like phone numbers and account statuses. It's likely that the hack is connected to the recent T-Mobile breach.
TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew, has been called by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in March to testify over the company's relation with the Chinese Communist Party, data security privacy, and more.
The information of about 235 million Twitter users has been leaked. The leak contains names, email addresses, Twitter handles, and follower count. The data is even free for anyone to download.
An internal report from ByteDance reveals it has fired four employees for inappropriately accessing TikTok data of 2 U.S. journalists in an attempt to track down the source of information leaks.
The ticketing website, See Tickets, was affected by a major data breach in 2019 that went undetected for two years, and was only shut down in January, potentially impacting millions of customers.
A dark web marketplace called BidenCash has leaked over one million credit cards online. This comes after the marketplace's original domains suffered a distributed denial-of-service attack.
The provisional views of the UK's Information Commissioner's Office suggest TikTok has fallen short of giving adequate protection to children under data privacy laws. It could face a £27 million fine.
The hack that revealed an in-development version of GTA 6 to the world had been from a substantial network intrusion at Rockstar Games. The studio is confident it won't affect the title's development.
Footage of Rockstar Games' upcoming Grand Theft Auto entry may have leaked online. A hacker is reportedly in possession of the game's source code and a test build, and is leaking early gameplay.
According to Statista, the cost to businesses affected by a data breach in the U.S. in 2020 amounted to $8.64 million! Use this checklist to help reduce the likelihood of a breach today.
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Plex has started warning users that data breach, though of "limited access" has taken place. As such, customers are being urged to reset passwords. However, the server load may be too much right now.
Signal has reported a recent phishing attack on its verification service provider, Twilio, which has exposed approximately 1,900 users registered to a Signal account. Twilio has shut down the attack.
Provider of communications and two-factor authentication services, Twilio, has been targeted by a phishing attack, exposing what they say is a "limited number" of customer accounts.
T-Mobile has agreed to pay $350 million as part of a settlement after the records of 76.6 million customers were compromised. It will also spend $150 million upgrading its data security.
TikTok has denied claims that its workers have breached the data privacy of users in the U.S. and declared that Oracle will now store all such private information for enhancement of data security.
Cybercriminals, nation-states, and malicious insiders are actively targeting organizations for financial gain, to steal secrets, IP, and disrupt operations while stealing personal data.
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"Made on Windows 11 Alpha" themed malicious Microsoft Word documents have been discovered by the security researchers at Anomali. The maldoc implements VBA macros to deliver a JavaScript payload.
T-Mobile has revealed today some of the findings of its preliminary investigation into the recent data hack it suffered. The report states that data of nearly 50 million accounts has been stolen.
French cloud company, Scaleway, had lost one of its SSDs over a year ago. Thankfully the company says the SSD has been recovered. It was returned by a hero YouTuber who found it on a classified site.
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The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has filed a lawsuit against IAB Tech Lab that comprises some of the biggest names in the digital ad space for privacy concerns over the usage of user data.
