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Ex-Yahoo Engineer Pleads Guilty To Hacking Thousands Of Accounts To Search For Nude Photos

1 year ago

Ex-Yahoo Engineer Pleads Guilty To Hacking Thousands Of Accounts To Search For Nude Photos

Jennings Brown

Words With Friends Data Allegedly Stolen In Breach That Could Affect 218 Million Users

1 year ago

Words With Friends Data Allegedly Stolen In Breach That Could Affect 218 Million Users

Jennings Brown

DoorDash Breach Exposed The Private Data Of 4.9 Million People In The U.S.

1 year ago

DoorDash Breach Exposed The Private Data Of 4.9 Million People In The U.S.

Catie Keck

Report: Capital One Really Dragged Its Arse On The Anti-Hack Stuff

1 year ago

Report: Capital One Really Dragged Its Arse On The Anti-Hack Stuff

Catie Keck

Stop Using Hijacked Passwords That Google Already Told You Were Bad

1 year ago

Stop Using Hijacked Passwords That Google Already Told You Were Bad

Victoria Song

Accused Capital One Hacker May Have Breached Over 30 Other Organisations

1 year ago

Accused Capital One Hacker May Have Breached Over 30 Other Organisations

Catie Keck

Missing: Fire Department Hard Drive With The Medical Records Of More Than 10,000 People

Science & Health

1 year ago

Missing: Fire Department Hard Drive With The Medical Records Of More Than 10,000 People

Bryan Menegus

Instagram Boots Ad Partner HYP3R For Reportedly Scraping Huge Amounts Of User Data

1 year ago

Instagram Boots Ad Partner HYP3R For Reportedly Scraping Huge Amounts Of User Data

Tom McKay

E-Commerce Site StockX Confirms It Was Hacked, Exposing Data From 6.8 Million Customers

1 year ago

E-Commerce Site StockX Confirms It Was Hacked, Exposing Data From 6.8 Million Customers

Alyse Stanley

Hacker Accused Of Capital One Breach Threatened To ‘Shoot Up’ Social Media Company, Prosecutors Say

1 year ago

Hacker Accused Of Capital One Breach Threatened To ‘Shoot Up’ Social Media Company, Prosecutors Say

Catie Keck

Hacker Claims To Be In Possession Of Personal Info On Up To 20,000 LAPD Applicants

1 year ago

Hacker Claims To Be In Possession Of Personal Info On Up To 20,000 LAPD Applicants

Tom McKay

A Hacker Stole Capital One Data On 106 Million Customers, And The FBI Says She Tweeted About It

1 year ago

A Hacker Stole Capital One Data On 106 Million Customers, And The FBI Says She Tweeted About It

Alyse Stanley

Data Of Nearly Every Adult In Bulgaria Likely Stolen In Cyberattack

1 year ago

Data Of Nearly Every Adult In Bulgaria Likely Stolen In Cyberattack

Jennings Brown

For Sale: Have I Been Pwned

1 year ago

For Sale: Have I Been Pwned

Jennings Brown

Lab Testing Giant Quest Diagnostics Says Data Breach May Have Hit Nearly 12 Million Patients

1 year ago

Lab Testing Giant Quest Diagnostics Says Data Breach May Have Hit Nearly 12 Million Patients

Tom McKay

Two Charged In Anthem Breach That Exposed The Personal Data Of Nearly 80 Million Americans

2 years ago

Two Charged In Anthem Breach That Exposed The Personal Data Of Nearly 80 Million Americans

Catie Keck

Hundreds Of Online Campus Stores Fall Prey To Criminal Card Skimmers

2 years ago

Hundreds Of Online Campus Stores Fall Prey To Criminal Card Skimmers

Dell Cameron

Medical Files Of 145,000 Vulnerable Rehab Patients Carelessly Leaked Online

2 years ago

Medical Files Of 145,000 Vulnerable Rehab Patients Carelessly Leaked Online

Dell Cameron

Microsoft Claimed A Security Breach Didn’t Compromise Email Messages — It Did

2 years ago

Microsoft Claimed A Security Breach Didn’t Compromise Email Messages — It Did

Dell Cameron

If You’ve Stayed In A Hotel Your Data Has Probably Been Leaked, Report Finds

2 years ago

If You’ve Stayed In A Hotel Your Data Has Probably Been Leaked, Report Finds

Jennings Brown

540 Million Facebook User Records Exposed Online, Plus Passwords, Comments, And More

2 years ago

540 Million Facebook User Records Exposed Online, Plus Passwords, Comments, And More

Dell Cameron

Chinese Dating App For Queer And Lesbian Women Reportedly Left 5.3 Million Profiles Exposed

2 years ago

Chinese Dating App For Queer And Lesbian Women Reportedly Left 5.3 Million Profiles Exposed

Tom McKay

FEMA Breach Exposes Personal Data And Banking Information Of 2.3 Million Disaster Survivors

2 years ago

FEMA Breach Exposes Personal Data And Banking Information Of 2.3 Million Disaster Survivors

Catie Keck

Leaky Database Reveals Horrifying GPS Surveillance Of China’s Uyghur Muslims

2 years ago

Leaky Database Reveals Horrifying GPS Surveillance Of China’s Uyghur Muslims

Dell Cameron

Report: Stolen Equifax Data Hasn’t Been Sold Online, Raising More Questions Than Answers

2 years ago

Report: Stolen Equifax Data Hasn’t Been Sold Online, Raising More Questions Than Answers

Tom McKay

Google’s New Chrome Extension Warns You If Your Passwords Have Been Exposed

2 years ago

Google’s New Chrome Extension Warns You If Your Passwords Have Been Exposed

Victoria Song

Mother Of All Breaches Exposes 773 Million Emails, 21 Million Passwords

2 years ago

Mother Of All Breaches Exposes 773 Million Emails, 21 Million Passwords

Victoria Song

Blind Says Security Lapse That Exposed User Data Was ‘Our Mistake’

2 years ago

Blind Says Security Lapse That Exposed User Data Was ‘Our Mistake’

Catie Keck and Dell Cameron

The Amazon Alexa Eavesdropping Nightmare Came True

2 years ago

The Amazon Alexa Eavesdropping Nightmare Came True

Jennings Brown

The Hack Of 100 Million Quora Users Could Be Even Bigger Than It Sounds

2 years ago

The Hack Of 100 Million Quora Users Could Be Even Bigger Than It Sounds

Rhett Jones

Only Jail-Time And Stiff Fines Will Stop This, Say Senators After Marriott Breach

2 years ago

Only Jail-Time And Stiff Fines Will Stop This, Say Senators After Marriott Breach

Dell Cameron

Marriott Is Already Getting Sued Over Huge Data Breach

2 years ago

Marriott Is Already Getting Sued Over Huge Data Breach

Rhett Jones

Uber’s Mountain Of Data Breach Fines Just Got $1.2 Million Higher

2 years ago

Uber’s Mountain Of Data Breach Fines Just Got $1.2 Million Higher

Rhett Jones

9.4 Million Cathay Pacific Customers Affected By Data Breach

2 years ago

9.4 Million Cathay Pacific Customers Affected By Data Breach

Former Equifax Manager Gets Home Confinement For Insider Trading Amid Data Breach

2 years ago

Former Equifax Manager Gets Home Confinement For Insider Trading Amid Data Breach

Dell Cameron

Pentagon Cyber Breach May Have Affected 30,000 Defence Workers

2 years ago

Pentagon Cyber Breach May Have Affected 30,000 Defence Workers

Catie Keck

Google Not Sure Which Google+ Users Had Personal Data Exposed

2 years ago

Google Not Sure Which Google+ Users Had Personal Data Exposed

Dell Cameron

Uber To Pay Record $204 Million Fine For Concealing 2016 Data Breach

2 years ago

Uber To Pay Record $204 Million Fine For Concealing 2016 Data Breach

Dell Cameron

Newegg Data Breach Left Customer Credit Cards Exposed For A Month, Security Researchers Say

2 years ago

Newegg Data Breach Left Customer Credit Cards Exposed For A Month, Security Researchers Say

Jennings Brown

How Hackers Compromised 380,000 British Airway Customer Payments

2 years ago

How Hackers Compromised 380,000 British Airway Customer Payments

Jennings Brown

British Airways Hack Exposes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Customer Payments

2 years ago

British Airways Hack Exposes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Customer Payments

Rhett Jones

MSpy, Which Builds Software To Spy On Phones, Allegedly Leaked Millions Of Records

2 years ago

MSpy, Which Builds Software To Spy On Phones, Allegedly Leaked Millions Of Records

Tom McKay

Nearly 15 Million Texas Voters Reportedly Exposed By Data Leak

2 years ago

Nearly 15 Million Texas Voters Reportedly Exposed By Data Leak

Dell Cameron

Reddit Hacked, Some User Data Stolen

2 years ago

Reddit Hacked, Some User Data Stolen

Bryan Menegus

What Could A My Health Record Data Breach Look Like?

2 years ago

What Could A My Health Record Data Breach Look Like?

Cassandra Cross

Trade Secrets Of Toyota, Tesla And More May Be Exposed By Data Breach At Robotics Supplier

2 years ago

Trade Secrets Of Toyota, Tesla And More May Be Exposed By Data Breach At Robotics Supplier

Mack Hogan

‘Mega’ Data Breaches Cost Companies A Staggering Fortune, IBM Study Finds

2 years ago

‘Mega’ Data Breaches Cost Companies A Staggering Fortune, IBM Study Finds

Dell Cameron

Timehop Hit With Worrying Breach Of 21 Million Users’ Personal Data

2 years ago

Timehop Hit With Worrying Breach Of 21 Million Users’ Personal Data

Rhett Jones

Another Day, Another Data Breach – What To Do When It Happens To You

2 years ago

Another Day, Another Data Breach – What To Do When It Happens To You

Cassandra Cross

Adidas Says ‘Unauthorised Party’ Maybe Got Millions Of Logins, Reminds Us To Never, Ever Reuse Passwords

2 years ago

Adidas Says ‘Unauthorised Party’ Maybe Got Millions Of Logins, Reminds Us To Never, Ever Reuse Passwords

Patrick Lucas Austin

Ticketmaster Discloses Breach That Impacts Nearly 5 Per Cent Of Its Customers

2 years ago

Ticketmaster Discloses Breach That Impacts Nearly 5 Per Cent Of Its Customers

Dell Cameron

‘Have I Been Pwned’ Integrates With Firefox And 1Password To Tell You When You’ve Been Pwned

2 years ago

‘Have I Been Pwned’ Integrates With Firefox And 1Password To Tell You When You’ve Been Pwned

Dell Cameron

The Dangers Of Tech’s Privacy Promises

2 years ago

The Dangers Of Tech’s Privacy Promises

Sidney Fussell

Breach At One Of Europe’s Biggest PC Superstore Chains Exposes 5.9 Million Payment Cards

2 years ago

Breach At One Of Europe’s Biggest PC Superstore Chains Exposes 5.9 Million Payment Cards

Dell Cameron

UK Hospital Fires Worker For Looking At Ed Sheeran’s Health Records

3 years ago

UK Hospital Fires Worker For Looking At Ed Sheeran’s Health Records

AJ Dellinger

Commonwealth Bank Loses 12 Million Customers’ Data In The Most Embarrassing Way Possible

3 years ago

Commonwealth Bank Loses 12 Million Customers’ Data In The Most Embarrassing Way Possible

Adam Clark Estes

Hackers Steal Data On 14 Million Users From Ride-Hail App Careem

3 years ago

Hackers Steal Data On 14 Million Users From Ride-Hail App Careem

Kate Conger

SunTrust Bank Says Employee May Have Stolen 1.5 Million Customers’ Info And Given It To Criminals

3 years ago

SunTrust Bank Says Employee May Have Stolen 1.5 Million Customers’ Info And Given It To Criminals

Patrick Lucas Austin

Uber Escapes With No FTC Fines Over 2016 Data Breach It Paid $US100,000 To Cover Up

3 years ago

Uber Escapes With No FTC Fines Over 2016 Data Breach It Paid $US100,000 To Cover Up

Tom McKay

Facebook Says It’s Putting All Your Privacy Settings In One Place, Which It Was Going To Do Anyway, So There

3 years ago

Facebook Says It’s Putting All Your Privacy Settings In One Place, Which It Was Going To Do Anyway, So There

Rhett Jones

Orbitz Says Hackers Accessed 880,000 Payment Cards

3 years ago

Orbitz Says Hackers Accessed 880,000 Payment Cards

Dell Cameron

Ex-Equifax Executive Charged With Insider Trading Linked To 2017 Data Breach

3 years ago

Ex-Equifax Executive Charged With Insider Trading Linked To 2017 Data Breach

Rhett Jones

1Password Helps You Find Out If Your Password Is Pwned

3 years ago

1Password Helps You Find Out If Your Password Is Pwned

Kate Conger

Mandatory Data Breach Notifications Are Coming: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

3 years ago

Mandatory Data Breach Notifications Are Coming: Here’s Everything You Need To Know

119,000 Passports And Photo IDs Of FedEx Customers Found On Unsecured Amazon Server

3 years ago

119,000 Passports And Photo IDs Of FedEx Customers Found On Unsecured Amazon Server

Dell Cameron

12,000 Social Media Influencers, Mostly Women, Exposed By Marketing Firm Data Breach

3 years ago

12,000 Social Media Influencers, Mostly Women, Exposed By Marketing Firm Data Breach

Dell Cameron

Suspect Charged With Hacking GoGet’s Customer Database, ‘Stealing’ Cars

3 years ago

Suspect Charged With Hacking GoGet’s Customer Database, ‘Stealing’ Cars

US Homeland Security Data Breach Affects 240,000 Federal Employees, Plus Witnesses And Interviewees

3 years ago

US Homeland Security Data Breach Affects 240,000 Federal Employees, Plus Witnesses And Interviewees

Dell Cameron

Post-Equifax, Failure Of US Lawmakers To Protect Data-Breach Victims Is Glaring

3 years ago

Post-Equifax, Failure Of US Lawmakers To Protect Data-Breach Victims Is Glaring

Dell Cameron

The Great Data Breach Disasters Of 2017

3 years ago

The Great Data Breach Disasters Of 2017

Dell Cameron

Stolen California Voter Database Held For Bitcoin Ransom

3 years ago

Stolen California Voter Database Held For Bitcoin Ransom

Dell Cameron

Uber Faces Multiple Lawsuits Over The Hack It Tried To Hide

3 years ago

Uber Faces Multiple Lawsuits Over The Hack It Tried To Hide

Kate Conger

Report: Sensitive US Army Intelligence Data Was Stored Online Without A Password

3 years ago

Report: Sensitive US Army Intelligence Data Was Stored Online Without A Password

Dell Cameron

Data Breach At The Department Of Social Services Exposes Credit Card Details, Names, Passwords

3 years ago

Data Breach At The Department Of Social Services Exposes Credit Card Details, Names, Passwords

Uber Paid Hackers $132,000 To Cover Up Data Breach Affecting 57 Million Accounts

3 years ago

Uber Paid Hackers $132,000 To Cover Up Data Breach Affecting 57 Million Accounts

Kate Conger

Ride-Hailing Service Prominent At SXSW Briefly Exposed Data On As Many As 1 Million Customers

3 years ago

Ride-Hailing Service Prominent At SXSW Briefly Exposed Data On As Many As 1 Million Customers

Dell Cameron

Equifax And Yahoo Complain They Are Helpless Against State-Sponsored Hacks

3 years ago

Equifax And Yahoo Complain They Are Helpless Against State-Sponsored Hacks

Dell Cameron

Report: Equifax Warned Of Vulnerability Six Months Before Attack, Took No Action

3 years ago

Report: Equifax Warned Of Vulnerability Six Months Before Attack, Took No Action

Dell Cameron

3 years ago

Cosmetics Brand Tarte Exposed Personal Information About Nearly 2 Million Customers

Kate Conger and Dell Cameron

IRS Suspends $US7 Million Contract After Equifax Screws Up For The Umpteenth Time

3 years ago

IRS Suspends $US7 Million Contract After Equifax Screws Up For The Umpteenth Time

Jennings Brown

Lawmakers Demand To Know More About Equifax’s Plan To Assist Victims Of Humongous Breach

3 years ago

Lawmakers Demand To Know More About Equifax’s Plan To Assist Victims Of Humongous Breach

Dell Cameron

US Data Breach Exposed Medical Records, Including Blood Test Results, Of Over 100,000 Patients

3 years ago

US Data Breach Exposed Medical Records, Including Blood Test Results, Of Over 100,000 Patients

Dell Cameron

Whole Foods Is Still Being Overly Secretive About Its Credit Card Breach

3 years ago

Whole Foods Is Still Being Overly Secretive About Its Credit Card Breach

Dell Cameron

IRS Awards Equifax $9.25 Million No-Bid Contract To Help ‘Verify Taxpayer Identities’

3 years ago

IRS Awards Equifax $9.25 Million No-Bid Contract To Help ‘Verify Taxpayer Identities’

Dell Cameron

What Whole Foods Hasn’t Said About Its Payment Card Data Breach

3 years ago

What Whole Foods Hasn’t Said About Its Payment Card Data Breach

Dell Cameron

Equifax CEO ‘Retires’ At 57 After Catastrophic US Data Breach Screws 143 Million

3 years ago

Equifax CEO ‘Retires’ At 57 After Catastrophic US Data Breach Screws 143 Million

Jennings Brown

Passwords To Access Over A Half Million Car Tracking Devices Just Leaked Online

3 years ago

Passwords To Access Over A Half Million Car Tracking Devices Just Leaked Online

Dell Cameron

Welp, Vevo Just Got Hacked

3 years ago

Welp, Vevo Just Got Hacked

Dell Cameron

Mexican Tourism Company Leaked Tens Of Thousands Of Credit Cards And Passports Online

3 years ago

Mexican Tourism Company Leaked Tens Of Thousands Of Credit Cards And Passports Online

Dell Cameron

Millions Of Time Warner Cable Customer Records Exposed In Third-Party Data Leak

3 years ago

Millions Of Time Warner Cable Customer Records Exposed In Third-Party Data Leak

Dell Cameron

US Voting Machine Supplier Leaks 1.8 Million Chicago Voter Records

3 years ago

US Voting Machine Supplier Leaks 1.8 Million Chicago Voter Records

Dell Cameron

US Health Insurance Giant Agrees To Record $115 Million Payout Over Data Breach

3 years ago

US Health Insurance Giant Agrees To Record $115 Million Payout Over Data Breach

Dell Cameron

Leaked Data Reveals Just How Freaking Expensive It Is To Put Spice Girls And Coldplay Songs In Crappy Movies

3 years ago

Leaked Data Reveals Just How Freaking Expensive It Is To Put Spice Girls And Coldplay Songs In Crappy Movies

Dell Cameron

Massive Leak Of 10 Million US VIN Numbers Could Help Crooks Make Stolen Cars Look Legit

3 years ago

Massive Leak Of 10 Million US VIN Numbers Could Help Crooks Make Stolen Cars Look Legit

Dell Cameron

Under New Australian Law, Data Breaches Will Need To Be Reported

4 years ago

Under New Australian Law, Data Breaches Will Need To Be Reported

Despite The Risks, Two Million Australians Use Public Wi-Fi For Online Banking Every Day

4 years ago

Despite The Risks, Two Million Australians Use Public Wi-Fi For Online Banking Every Day

One Billion Yahoo Accounts Hacked, Personal Data Stolen

4 years ago

One Billion Yahoo Accounts Hacked, Personal Data Stolen

Over 700,000 People Got Screwed In Last Year’s IRS Data Breach

5 years ago

Over 700,000 People Got Screwed In Last Year’s IRS Data Breach

Kate Knibbs

191 Million US Voter Records Discovered Just Chilling Online

5 years ago

191 Million US Voter Records Discovered Just Chilling Online

Bryan Lufkin

4.6 Million People Hacked In Data Theft From Retail Brokerage Firm Scottrade

5 years ago

4.6 Million People Hacked In Data Theft From Retail Brokerage Firm Scottrade

Kate Knibbs