Massive data breach compromises billions of personal records around the world
Hacker posts 2.7 billion records from National Public Data
Data breach articles
Spyware maker gets hacked, data reveals thousands of remotely controlled devices
The CEO didn't know anything about the breach
AT&T discloses another massive data breach containing phone records of "nearly all" its customers
The attack occured in April making it back-to-back with the breach in March that exposed 73 million records
Google is opening its dark web reports to all users free of charge
Improved privacy for everyone, starting in a few weeks
OpenAI's internal discussion board about AI development was compromised by hackers
The company didn't care to inform any outside authority about the incident last year
Critical vulnerability in file transfer software Moveit could result in a new security disaster
The flaw can be easily abused, and mass exploitation is extremely likely
Threat actor Intelbroker now claims it hacked Apple along with AMD
The cybercriminal says it has stolen Apple's source code for internal tools
AMD investigates claims of breach after group offers stolen company data for sale
The stolen sensitive information includes unreleased product details
Microsoft left a server containing employee credentials exposed to the internet for a month
Admins waited 28 days before securing the server with a password
AT&T confirms data leak affecting 73 million customers - after spending two weeks denying it
Four-digit passcodes have been reset for affected customers
Number of data breaches falls globally, triples in the US
The US has overtaken Russia as the most-breached country
Why it matters: A recent study investigating data breaches throughout 2023 reveals a total of 299.8 million accounts were compromised across the year. While this figure is alarmingly high, it represents an 18% reduction from the 366.7 million breached accounts in 2022. Despite this global decrease, the situation in the United States has worsened, with the number of breaches tripling, positioning it as the world's most frequently targeted country.
23andMe confirms last year's massive data breach went unnoticed for five months, hackers stole raw genotype data
The company previously blamed customers for reusing passwords
23andMe is now blaming users and their recycled passwords for data breach
A "shameless" attempt to avoid yielding to class action lawsuits?
23andMe says hackers accessed ancestry data of nearly 7 million users
Another cautionary web security tale
Samsung UK customers affected by a year-long data breach
"Some" personal data was unlawfully accessed, the Korean giant admits
The FTC's amended Safeguards Rule requires financial institutions report security breaches within 30 days
The US agency promotes transparency when dealing with users' financial data
Vulnerabilities result in millions of compromised users of popular managed file transfer software
Affected parties range from individual and corporate users to federal, state, and local government systems
Western Digital sends customers a personal data breach notification
WD's recent security incident could turn into a privacy nightmare
Shhh: One in three IT pros have covered up a data breach
Breaches happen far more often than we're told
Teen hacker arrested in Spain following daring cyberattacks
The suspect allegedly hacked multiple public institutions
Hackers accessed personal data from 9 million AT&T customers
No credit card information or social security numbers exposed
Personal data of US House and Senate members offered for sale following healthcare hack
The DC Health Link breach saw 170,000 records compromised
Acer confirms data breach after hacker lists trove of stolen material for sale
No customer or financial data was compromised
LastPass says employee's home computer was hacked to steal a decrypted vault
Reportedly via Plex