data breach

Dixons Carphone Breach Bigger Than First Thought

Insists no evidence of fraud, despite admission that 10 million customer records were compromised

6 years ago

Singapore Data Breach Hits 1.5 Million People

Major cyberattack on Singapore’s government health database steals personal data of 1.5 million people

6 years ago

Timehop Admits Data Theft Of 21 Million Users

Nostalgia app Timehop admits “unauthorised access” of the data of 21 million users held in the cloud

6 years ago

Costa Coffee Owner Whitbread Suffers Data Breach

Personal data of Whitbread job applicants exposed after cyber attack on recruitment website down under

6 years ago

Firefox To Include ‘Have I Been Pwned’ Alerts

Breach notifications to be included for Firefox users to alert them if their data is compromised in a data breach

6 years ago

Dixons Carphone At Centre Of Huge Data Breach

At least 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records have been compromised

6 years ago

Canadian Banks Rocked By Data Theft Of 90,000 Customers

Significant data breach affects two large Canadian banks after hackers threaten to go public with customer data

6 years ago

LocationSmart Flaw Reveals Location Data Of US Mobile Users

Oops. Customers of all major US mobile carriers have their location data leaked without their consent

6 years ago

ICO Fines Prosecutors £325,000 Over Mislaid Police Interviews

The unencrypted discs, containing sensitive video interviews, went missing in the publicly accessible area of a CPS office in Brighton

6 years ago

Equifax Admits 38,000 Driver Licences Stolen In Breach

Hacker treasure trove. Equifax data breach also saw the theft of data belonging to 3,200 passports

6 years ago

Australian Bank Confirms Loss Of 20 Million Accounts

But the biggest lender down under, fails to notify clients of the loss of two magnetic tapes containing customer data

6 years ago

Ikea’s TaskRabbit Admits Cyber Incident

Another day, another breach. 'Cybersecurity incident' reported at Ikea's TaskRabbit odd jobs marketplace

6 years ago

Cryptojacking, Ransomware Threats Continue To Grow, Warns NCSC

UK businesses face growing online danger and need to prioritise cyber security and work closely with law enforcement

6 years ago

Delta Confirms Breach Of Customer Payment Details

Hackers have had access to Delta customer payment data for over six months after third party breach

6 years ago

Grindr Insists Sharing HIV Data With Outside Firms Is Industry Standard

Dating app hits back at criticism for sharing location data and HIV status with outside firms

6 years ago

MyFitnessPal Confirms Hackers Stole 150m User Details

Huge data breach. Personal details of 150 million MyFitnessPal app users stolen by hackers

6 years ago

Popular VPNs Leak User IP Data, Researchers Claim

Sensitive user IP data is being leaked by three popular VPNs, security researchers find

6 years ago

ICO Investigates Gwent Police Over Data Breach

Data protection act violation? Welsh police force may be in trouble after it fails to notify people of potential data…

6 years ago

Equifax Data Breach: Firm Confirms More Customer Data Stolen

Oh dear. Millions more customers have had their data compromised, Equifax confirms

6 years ago

ICO Dishes £400,000 Fine To Carphone Warehouse For 2015 Data Breach

ICO investigation finds multiple failings that led to 2015 breach which saw 3m customers and employees data exposed

6 years ago

Nissan Canada Admits Huge Data Breach

Over one million customers’ data has been exposed in Canada including addresses and financial information

6 years ago

Senate Bill Proposes Prison Time For Failure To Report Data Breaches

ANALYSIS: The Senate Commerce Committee takes major role in investigating and creating data breach legislation and after Uber breach is…

6 years ago

Virtual Keyboard App Reveals Data Of 31m Android Users

Colossal new data breach as Android keyboard app Ai.type exposes personal data of 31 million users

6 years ago

PayPal’s TIO Networks Says Data Breach Impacts 1.6m Customers

PayPal only bought bill payment processor TIO Networks For £177m in July but has suspended operations

6 years ago

Morrisons ‘Ultimately Responsible’ For Rogue Employee Leaking Payroll Data

Supermarket Morrisons could be forced to pay compensation after rogue employee posted salary details online

6 years ago

Imgur Breach Exposes Emails, Passwords Of 1.7 Million Users

The passwords were encrypted but may have been cracked using brute-force techniques, says Imgur's chief operating officer

6 years ago

Mozilla To Build Breach Notifications Into Firefox Browser

A planned feature, currently in early testing, would alert users when they use a site that's recently been affected by…

6 years ago

Cash Converters Admits Data Breach After Website Hack

Hackers access personal information on old website but credit card details haven't been exposed, says Cash Converters

7 years ago

Huddle Flaw Exposes Sensitive Corporate Data

Confidential KPMG documents accessed because of security flaw with sign in process

7 years ago

University Of East Anglia Suffers Second Data Breach

Not again...sensitive health data on university staff member emailed to hundreds of students

7 years ago