Tag: data breach
PII of Thousands of Users Exposed in Multi-Stage Bitcoin Scam
Threat intelligence firm Group-IB discovered personal records of thousands of users from the U.K., the U.S., South Africa, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and other...
GDPR Data Breach Notifications Rise by 66% Across Europe
A survey by multinational law firm Linklaters revealed that GDPR-related data breach notifications across European countries have increased by 66%, compared to the first...
Data Breach Affects PII of 1 Mn OneClass App Users Across...
OneClass app, a Canada-based online learning platform, suffered a data breach after an unsecured Elasticsearch database exposed personal information of over 1 million students...
Democratizing Cybersecurity Protects Us All
Cybersecurity is a sophisticated art. It can truly consume the time and resources of IT teams as they work to safeguard valuable data from...
California University Paid $1.14 Mn Ransom for Decryption Key
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) recently admitted that it paid $1.14 million to cybercriminals after suffering a ransomware attack. In an official...
Data Breach Affects Millions of Telegram Users
Telegram, a cloud-based messaging app, suffered a data breach after unknown hackers exposed personal details of its users on darknet forums, according to a...
Over 230K Indonesian COVID-19 Patients’ Records Exposed on Darknet
Security researchers from threat intelligence firm Cyble discovered more than 230,000 Indonesian COVID-19 patients’ records on the dark web during their regular deep web...
Poor Data Security Policies Affect Businesses During the Pandemic: Report
A new research from secure payments provider PCI Pal revealed that most consumers may not trust organizations with poor cybersecurity practices or data breach...
Double the Trouble: Nintendo Revises Data Breach Numbers to 300,000
Japanese consumer electronics and video game giant, Nintendo, had earlier admitted that over 160,000 of its gamers’ accounts had been hacked by cybercriminals. However,...
“SFERS” Suffers Data Breach
San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System (SFERS) admitted it become a victim of a data breach that exposed information of around 74,000 beneficiaries, including names,...
