Exposed Virgin Media database links user details to requests to unblock pornographic and gambling sites, exposing customers to extortion attempts
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US DoD Department Hacked And Data Compromised
Combat support agency of the Pentagon has been hacked, exposing the personal data of roughly 200,000 people it has been revealed
Thousands Of Disney+ Customers Hacked – Report
Subscribers of the newly launched streaming service from the house of mouse say their accounts have been hacked
NordVPN Confirms Hack After Data Centre Mistake
Panama-based VPN provider confirms it was hacked after Finnish data centre provider left server unsecured
Suspect Arrested In Capital One Bank Breach Affecting 106m Customers
Home of former Seattle software engineer raided after July theft of personal details of millions of credit card applicants
Most US, UK Firms Admit Major Security Breach In Past Two Years
Unprepared businesses…alarming scale of security breaches at US and UK firms revealed in new report from 1E
Hackers Access Microsoft Email Accounts
The breach occurred at the beginning of this year after attackers compromised a customer support representative’s login credentials
Hackers Swipe Card Data From Planet Hollywood Parent
More than 2 million card details went up for sale online in February, following a hack that began in May of last year
Police Federation Confirms Ransomware Breach
Association of police officers in England and Wales confirms it is the latest to suffer ransomware attack
Financial Services Report Five-Fold Rise In Data Breaches
Banks remain a lucrative target for hackers, with prosecutions lagging behind a rise in successful attacks, Financial Conduct Authority figures show
Merkel Included In Hack Of German Politicians
Personal data belonging to Chancellor Angela Merkel included in hack of hundreds of German politicians
Quora Mega-Breach Could Open Users To Targeted Scams
The hack exposed personal data on 100 million users, as well as information from linked accounts such as Google, Facebook and LinkedIn
Eurostar Resets All Customer Passwords After ‘Attempted’ Hack
The incident, which took place in mid-October, follows major breaches at several airlines — but this time around no payment details were affected
Fraud Experts Warn Over Compromise Of Passport Data In Air Canada Breach
Hackers may have accessed detailed passport information on thousands of Air Canada customers after its app was compromised late last week
Document Scanning Firm Exposes More Than 140 Gigabytes Of Corporate Documents
Scanning and optical character recognition firm Abbyy left an Amazon-hosted server open for anyone to access
Dixons Carphone Breach Bigger Than First Thought
Insists no evidence of fraud, despite admission that 10 million customer records were compromised
AI, Cloud And Blockchain ‘Creating New Risks’ For Banks
Financial organisations must work with authorities to revamp banking regulations, study finds
University Fined £120,000 Over ‘Serious’ Security Breach
Hackers penetrated an unsecured microsite that had been left online for more than 10 years, stealing sensitive data and posting it online
Great Western Railway Resets Passwords After Hackers Access Accounts
The company said about 1,000 users’ accounts were breached using duplicate passwords harvested elsewhere on the web
Classified US Army Data Found Unprotected On AWS Server
Top secret army data found online after virtual image of hard disk was left on an AWS server
University Of East Anglia Suffers Second Data Breach
Not again…sensitive health data on university staff member emailed to hundreds of students
British Financial Regulator Opens Probe Into Equifax Breach
The Financial Conduct Authority said it has opened an investigation into the breach of 15.2 million UK citizens’ records following a letter from Parliament
Disqus Data Breach From 2012 ‘Affects 17.5 Million Users’
Usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords were leaked in the breach, which dates back to July 2012, Disqus has confirmed
Hacked Credit Agency Equifax ‘Hit By Separate Intrusion In March’
The credit reporting giant was reportedly hit by a separate major breach in March, weeks before the theft of personal data on millions of people
Vevo Hackers Release Then Delete 3TB Of Internal Files
The white-hat hacking group OurMine said it released the files after a Vevo employee allegedly told them, ‘f– off, you don’t have anything’
Amazon Hopes AWS Macie Machine Learning Tool Will Stem Cloud Data Loss
AWS SUMMIT: Amazon has released Macie, an AI-powered tool aimed at securing data held in the cloud, following a string of inadvertent data leaks
Credit Card And Biometric Data Compromised In Avanti Hack
Hackers used malware specifically designed to steal payment card information
Yahoo Data Breach ‘Affects 3,000 Australian Government Figures’
Australian media have identified government officials, MPs, judges and high-ranking federal police amongst those affected
Ashley Madison Parent Company Slapped With £1.3m Fine Over Data Breach
The adultery site’s parent company is to pay the FTC $1.6m for deceptive marketing practices and the lack of basic security measures
Mega-Breach Exposes 412 Million AdultFriendFinder Accounts
Friend Finder Network breach includes Penthouse.com users and ‘deleted’ accounts