Tag: data breach
Unidentified Database Exposes 800 GB of Americans’ Personal Records
A report from CyberNews revealed the discovery of an unsecured database comprising of over 800 GB of personal records of more than 200 million...
65% of Security Professionals Access Documents Unrelated to Their Jobs: Research
A survey on insider threats conducted by unified security and risk analytics firm Gurucul, revealed that nearly 65% of cybersecurity professionals have accessed documents...
Unprotected Elasticsearch Server Leaks 5 Billion Records
There have been multiple Elasticsearch database breaches, but this is unusual and one of the biggest to date. Around 5,088,635,374 records (more than five...
Australia’s Information Commissioner Charges Facebook Over Data Privacy Breach
The Australian Information Commissioner lodged Federal Court proceedings against the social media giant, Facebook. The Information Commissioner found Facebook guilty of data privacy breach,...
6.9 Million Dutch Donors Face Identity Theft Scare
Earlier this week, BRIC, an implementing body of the ministry that manages the Dutch donor register, informed Hugo de Jonge, the Dutch Minister of...
Virgin Media Data Breach Affects 900,000 Customers’ Data
Virgin Media, a provider of telephone, television, and internet services in the U.K., revealed that it discovered an unsecured database that exposed the personal...