The Web Security Facebook said it isn't notifying users if they were affected by the leak of 533 million records It patched the hole 18 months ago and the data was already public---nothing to see here---move along By Cal Jeffrey, April 8, 2021, 12:59 PM 11 comments
Security The Web Parler-like site Gab was hacked, 70 GB of data is now in the hands of an activist group The breach includes public and private interactions between 15,000 users By Adrian Potoroaca, March 1, 2021, 6:44 PM 108 comments
Security The Web Over 500 million Facebook users' phone numbers are for sale through a Telegram bot Taken from a 2019 vulnerability By Rob Thubron, January 26, 2021, 6:37 AM
Gaming Security Capcom's November data breach may have exposed the personal details of up to 390,000 people Capcom still says customers haven't been affected By Cohen Coberly, January 12, 2021, 12:20 PM
Security Spotify resets over 300,000 user passwords following external database leak Weak passwords are the culprit By Cohen Coberly, November 24, 2020, 12:08 PM
Security Capcom reveals what user data was exposed during recent cyberattack Originally calling it an 'internal network breach,' the company now admits it was 'customized ransomware' By Cal Jeffrey, November 16, 2020, 5:58 PM
Gaming Capcom says its 'internal network' has been breached, but no customer data was exposed But we still advise you to reset your passwords By Cohen Coberly, November 5, 2020, 12:43 PM
Security Online gold seller hacked, customer payment details could be at risk Malicious code sat on the site for five months By Rob Thubron, November 3, 2020, 7:16 AM
Security Someone just dumped 20GB of internal Intel data on the Internet Never a good look By Shawn Knight, August 7, 2020, 9:31 AM 10 comments
Security The Web DNA analysis service GEDmatch suffers breach exposing 1.3 million DNA profiles Hackers opted everyone in for sharing their DNA profile with law enforcement By Adrian Potoroaca, July 23, 2020, 1:47 PM 10 comments
Security Details of over 142 million MGM hotel guests discovered on dark web The 2019 breach was worse than initially thought By Rob Thubron, July 14, 2020, 9:06 AM
Security Tech Culture Many users don't change their passwords following a data breach Years of education has seemingly fallen on deaf ears By Shawn Knight, June 3, 2020, 10:02 AM
Industry Security Clearview AI's cybersecurity in question after researchers discover unsecured repository Company assets, intellectual properties, and 70,000 surveillance video were found exposed By Cal Jeffrey, April 17, 2020, 1:13 PM
Security Marriott says hackers accessed the data of 5.2 million hotel guests for several weeks This is the third time in three years By Adrian Potoroaca, April 1, 2020, 11:04 AM
Industry Security 'Intruder' steals Clearview AI's entire client list It was due to a 'vulnerability,' but there was 'no compromise of servers, systems, or network' By Cal Jeffrey, February 26, 2020, 6:39 PM 8 comments
Security The Web Facebook was warned in advance about the security issue that led to the 2018 data breach Employees think it could have been prevented By Adrian Potoroaca, February 10, 2020, 9:31 PM
Security Justice Department indicts four members of the Chinese military for Equifax breach A nine-count indictment By Shawn Knight, February 10, 2020, 11:55 AM 8 comments
Microsoft Security Misconfigured Microsoft database exposed 250 million customer service records Some dating back to 2005 By Shawn Knight, January 22, 2020, 3:35 PM 10 comments
Security The Web 267 million Facebook user IDs and phone numbers exposed online It's time to look again at your privacy settings By Adrian Potoroaca, December 21, 2019, 7:53 AM 7 comments
Security The Web Facebook hard disks containing company's payroll information stolen Not their usual data breach By James Miller, December 14, 2019, 4:06 PM 15 comments
The Web Security Sprint contractor's unsecured AWS bucket exposed thousands of cell phone bills Most were monthly invoices from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile subscribers By Cal Jeffrey, December 5, 2019, 12:34 PM
Security Mobile T-Mobile suffers data breach exposing personal information of over 1 million customers The company says it's notified everyone to change their password By Adrian Potoroaca, November 25, 2019, 7:03 PM
The Web Security Macy's suffers credit card data breach for the second year in a row Company did not disclose specific numbers of those affected By Cal Jeffrey, November 20, 2019, 7:07 AM
Security Zynga hacked, more than 200 million accounts compromised Now would be a good time to change your Zynga password By Shawn Knight, October 1, 2019, 1:06 PM
Security 4.9 million customers, workers, and merchants affected in DoorDash data breach Company says 'third-party service provider' is to blame By Cal Jeffrey, September 26, 2019, 5:42 PM 8 comments