Tag: Data Breach
OkCupid users victims of credential stuffing
OkCupid says there has been no data breach.
Social media poses biggest data breach threat
Following the amount of airtime devoted to scandals from Facebook / Cambridge Analytica to Google+, it may come as no surprise that social media platforms pose the biggest danger when it comes to data breaches.
Americans feel fated to fall prey to cybercrime
Financial loss to scams mounts, as Americans report caring less about falling victim to cybercrime.
Facebook gave Spotify and Netflix access to users’ private messages
A new New York Times expose has revealed that Facebook gave 150 companies access to hundreds of millions of users' data without their consent.
New Google+ Bug Moves Site End Date Forward
Social network will now be closed by April 2019.
Bethesda Accidentally Leaked Personal Data of ‘Fallout 76’ Customers Looking for Help
The game publisher accidentally sent support ticket information to customers using its help desk.
List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2018 – 251,286,753 records leaked
Ransomware, phishing, malware, hackers... See the list of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2018.
Why Google is shutting down Google+
Google is shutting down Google+ following massive data exposure
Privacy International files GDPR complaints
Privacy International has filed complaints against seven companies including Experian, Equifax and Oracle for alleged contravention of the GDPR.
Here we go again… 80,000 Facebook user accounts compromised
Malicious browser extensions could be behind a compromise of at least 81,000 Facebook accounts which were put up for sale on the dark web, according to reports.
List of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2018 – 44,701,278 records leaked
See the list of data breaches and cyber attacks in October 2018.
Girl Scouts alerted to possible data breach
Thousands of members of the Girl Scouts in California may have had their personal information stolen after one of its official email accounts was accessed by unauthorized third party.