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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.

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A Massive Data Breach Hit Carnival Cruise

The Largest Ship Operator Issued a Data Misuse Risk Warning.

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Audi and Volkswagen Involved in a Massive Data Breach

Audi And Volkswagen Suffered a Data Breach that Affected 3.3 Million Customers After a Vendor Exposed Unsecured Data on the Internet.

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Japanese Government Agencies Suffered Data Breaches

Offices of Multiple Japanese Agencies Suffered Data Breaches Through Fujitsu’s “ProjectWEB”.

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Indonesian Government Bans Raid Forums Website After Alleged Leak

The Ministry of Communications and Information Identified Raid Forums as A Platform That Shares Content That Violates the Country’s Laws.

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Indonesia: Personal Data Protection Law in Talks After Major Security Breach

Personal Information of More Than 200 Million BPJS Participants Had Allegedly Been Compromised and Leaked on an Online Forum.

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Mobile App Developers Exposed 100 Million Android Users' Data

Researchers Found That 23 Different Mobile Apps Were Leaking Users’ Personal Data as A Result of Rampant Cloud Misconfigurations.

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Darkside Ransomware Operations Have Shut Down After Reports of Their Servers Being Seized

Darkside Ransomware Operations Have Allegedly Been Shut Down After a Server Take Over.

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Credit Card Information Stolen from Seniors After Herff Jones Got Hacked

The Attackers Hacked the Seniors’ Payment Information and Ran Up Unauthorized Charges on Their Credit Cards.

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Everything You Need to Know About the 2021 Facebook Data Breach

Why the 2021 Facebook Data Breach Is A Serious Matter and How You Can Protect Your Personal Information.

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600,000 Stolen Credit Cards Leaked Following the Swarmshop Hack

The Data Leak Seems To Be Containing Records of the Entire Swarmshop Community and All the Stolen Card Data Traded on the Forum.

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SECURITY ALERT: Massive Data Leak Revealed the Sensitive Information of Millions of People

What are the Companies Affected and How You Can Protect Yourself

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