Gab data breach may include 70GB of data on 15,000 users

Posted on 01/03/2021 by Engadget

Right-wing social media network Gab appears to have suffered an extensive data breach. According to Wired, a self-proclaimed hacktivist who goes by the handle “JaXpArO” obtained more than 70GB of data on the platform’s users through a SQL injunction...

Right-wing site Gab responds to ‘alleged’ data breach

Posted on 26/02/2021 by Engadget

The CEO of Gab — the right-wing haven that lost mainstream tech backing after violent attacks in 2018 — published a curious blog post denying that the company has suffered a data breach. While it mysteriously went offline for a short time a week ago,...

California DMV warns 20 months of records may have been exposed

Posted on 18/02/2021 by Engadget

A ransomware attack on a company called Automatic Funds Transfer Services (AFTS) has had a ripple effect on customers. One of those is the California Department of Motor Vehicles, which has warned drivers in the state about a potential data breach. T...

T-Mobile warns customers of second data breach in less than a year

Posted on 31/12/2020 by Engadget

As if 2020 weren't bad enough, some T-Mobile customers are winding down the year with word of a data breach. According to reports from BleepingComputer and AndroidPolice, T-Mobile has within the past few days begun to notify affected subscribers of "...

Foreign state hackers reportedly breached the US Treasury

Posted on 13/12/2020 by Engadget

Foreign hackers may be running rampant in the US government. Reuters sources said a group backed by a foreign government stole data from the Treasury Department and the internet policy-focused NTIA. While details are still limited, it was reportedly...

Leak exposes personal data for millions of Brazilian COVID-19 patients

Posted on 28/11/2020 by Engadget

Medical data breaches are serious as a rule, but an incident in Brazil may be particularly severe. According to ZDNet, Brazilian newspaper Estadao has learned that a Sao Paolo hospital worker uploaded a spreadsheet with login details for two governme...

Hotels.com, Expedia provider exposed data for millions of guests

Posted on 08/11/2020 by Engadget

The hotel industry now has a potentially serious security headache on its hands alongside the pandemic. Website Planet reports that Prestige Software, the company behind hotel reservation platforms for Hotels.com, Booking.com and Expedia, left data e...

Shopify reports ‘rogue’ employees stole some customer data

Posted on 23/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

We’ve seen all kinds of data breaches from outside hackers, and occasionally, as happened with Twitter, breaches that occurred as outsiders phished employeee credentials for access, but for Shopify, the threat came from inside. The company’s software...

Capital One fined $80 million over 2019 data breach

Posted on 09/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Capital One is facing a penalty for its giant 2019 data breach, although it might not be as serious as you’d expect. The Wall Street Journal (via The Verge) reports that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has fined Capital One $80 million...

Have I Been Pwned’s code base will be open sourced

Posted on 07/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

For the last several years, Have I Been Pwned has proven a valuable way to determine whether your email address is connected to a wide number of data breaches. Following a failed acquisition process, Troy Hunt, the man behind the project, has decided...

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