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Robinhood Suffered a Massive Data Breach

The Stock Trading Platform Had Its Systems Hacked.

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Personal Information Belonging to 400,000 German Students Exposed

Scoolio Users Had Sensitive Information Exposed Due to an API Flaw in the Platform.

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Acer Hit Twice in One Week by the Same Hacker

It Looks Like That the Company Was Attacked by the Same Threat Actor that Was Behind the First Attack.

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Twitch Was Hacked

The Source Code of the App and Payment Reports Got Leaked Online.

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The Telegraph Leaked 10 TB Database

After Not Properly Securing One of Its Database One of the UK’s Largest Publication Leaked 10 TB of Data.

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Apache Airflow Servers Leak Thousands of Credentials

A Misconfiguration Flaw Exposes Instances Over the Web.

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Former Army Contractor Received 12.5 Years Sentence for Fraud Scheme

The Scheme Was Targeting Thousands of U.S. Servicemembers and Veterans.

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List Containing Almost 500,000 Fortinet VPN Login Names and Passwords Was Leaked

A Threat Actor Scraped the Leaked Passwords from Exploitable Devices.

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McDonald's Password for the Monopoly VIP Database Leaked

A Bug Affected the McDonald’s Monopoly VIP Game in the United Kingdom.

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WhatsApp Will Appeal the $266 Million Fine It Received

WhatsApp Was Fined by the Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC) of Ireland for Failing to Notify Users and Non-users About What It Does With the Users’ Personal Data.

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FTC Bans Spyfone From Surveillance Business

Spyfone Was Banned as It Failed to Protect Customers’ Devices From Hackers.

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CISA Advises Users to Not Use Single-factor Authentication on Internet-exposed Systems

Single-factor Authentication Was Added by CISA to a List of Cybersecurity Bad Practices.

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Conti Affiliate Leaks the Attack Playbook of the Ransomware Gang

An Unhappy Conti Affiliate Leaked the Gang’s Training Material about the Way in which They Are Conducting Attacks.

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Thailand’s Covid-19 Vaccination Platform Dedicated to Foreigners Was Breached

Private Information Was Unprotected and Became Visible Online.

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Elasticsearch Database Leaked Online

Private Information of At Least 35 Million U.S. Residents Was Exposed for at Least A Month.

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Pegasus Spyware Targets Phones of Journalists, Activists, and Politicians

A List of Up To 50,000 Phone Numbers of People Believed to Be of Interest to Clients of Israeli Company NSO, Leaked to Major News Outlets.

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Forefront Dermatology Data Breach Affects 2.4 Million Patients

A New Cyberattack Now Targets the Forefront Dermatology S.C. Wisconsin-based Company. Patients’ Credentials Stolen and Many More.

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British Airways Settles 2018 Data Breach Lawsuit

Law Firm PGMBM Said Those Affected by the Leak Will Receive A Confidential Settlement Following Mediation with the Airline.

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Sensitive Data Might Have Been Subject to Public Exposure Following Ransomware Attack

An Washington State Department of Labor and Industries’ File Shared with PMR Containing Customer Sensitive Data Was Targeted by a Ransomware Attack.

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Hackers Are Targeting LinkedIn’s 1.2B Data-Scrape Victims

The Database of Over 80,000 U.S. Business Owners on LinkedIn Has Been Posted on A Hacker Forum.

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AcadeME Data Leakage Affects Several Universities: DragonForce Behind It

A New Cyberattack Targeted the AcadeME’ s Servers Which Led to a Massive AcadeME Data Leakage. The Threat Actor Group DragonForce Exposed Confidential Data of 280,000 Students.

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Data Breach Involving Mercedes-Benz Exposes SSNs and Credit Card Numbers

The Mercedes-Benz Data Breach Exposed SSNs, Credit Card Numbers and Other Important Personal Information Belonging to Mercedes-Benz Customers and Potential Buyers.

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Data Leak Marketplace Is Pressuring Victims

Marketo Data Theft Marketplace Started to Email the Victims’ Competitors in an Attempt to Offer Samples of The Stolen Data And Entice Them Into Purchasing It.