Tag: Personal Information
Microsoft’s Unsecured Bing Mobile App Exposes 6.5TB of Users’ Data
Microsoft’s Bing mobile app exposed users’ sensitive information through an unsecured Elastic server. According to researchers at WizCase, the misconfigured server leaked Bing’s mobile...
India: COVID-19 Surveillance Tool Exposes PII of 8 Mn Users
A COVID-19 surveillance tool in the Indian state Uttar Pradesh inadvertently exposed the personal information of over eight million people. According to vpnMentor’s researchers,...
Data Breach Affects PII of 1 Mn OneClass App Users Across North America
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...
Over 329,000 Canadians’ Data Compromised After Cyberattack on CPA Canada
The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA) disclosed a security breach that affected over 329,000 members and stakeholders of the association. It is said...
Hackers Sell 80K Stolen Credit Card Details on Dark Web
Cybersecurity research firm Cyble recently disclosed that threat actors kept details of 80,000 credit cards on the darknet forum for sale in exchange for...
Canadians Refuse to Divulge Personal Data for Free Online Services: Survey
A new survey report from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) revealed that most Canadians refuse to provide their personal information to access free...