data breach
More than 50k Australian Driving Licenses leaked online
In what is supposed to be a massive data breach in the history of New South Wales(NSW), Australia, driving licenses of over 50,000 populace were leaked online after hackers got access to the information stored on Amazon Cloud Storage services. Bob Diachenko, the security consultant from Ukraine, got hold of the data after it was […]
India Paytm Mall suffers data breach leaking passwords
Indian online retailer Paytm Mall, that according to Indian Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is a platform crafted as “Pay to Modi”(A financial platform developed to pay to Indian Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi) is in news for all wrong reasons. A Cybersecurity firm named Cyble says that the Vijay Shekar Sharma led company suffered a […]
Data Breach on Clubillion Gambling app puts millions of users to risk
A popular gaming app titled Clubillion is in news for putting millions of users to risk due to a massive data leak. According to a research carried out by vpnMentor, the sensitive data related to Clubillion Gambling app built on the Elasticsearch Engine of AWS database was leaked because of a technical glitch throwing details […]
Wishbone App data leak impacts 40 million users
Wishbone app which allows teenage girls to compare fashion, music, celebrity, and other instances, has made it official that a recent hack on its database could have leaked passwords of its 40 million users. News is also out that the leaked data is available on some online forums for just 0.85 Bitcoins which accounts for […]
Ukraine busts hacker behind 773 million password breach of Americans and Europeans
Ukraine has released an official statement yesterday saying that the law enforcement authorities have taken a person named Sanix into custody in association with a password breach related to over 773 million European and American populace. Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says that the hacker was convicted about a hack involving 1 million unique passwords […]
Most of the Cyber Attacks can be curtailed says Verizon
A recent report released by Verizon says that most of the cyber attacks targeting companies can be curtailed if companies and individuals implement computer security patching at the right intervals. The Verizon Business Annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) says that most of the data breaches are motivated for financial gain and in the past […]
European Parliament Data Breach due to Cyber Attack
A Cyber Attack launched on European Parliament is reported to have led to a serious data breach which includes information related to 1200 accounts of elected officials, staff, and 15,000 EU Affairs Professionals. And the highlight of the data breach is that it was not identified by the IT staff of the EU parliament. But […]
Data Breach at San Francisco International Airport
A hacking group that infiltrated into the network of San Francisco’s International Airport in March 2020 is reported to have access login credentials used by employees on two of its websites- SFOConnect.com and SFOConstruction.com. And the interesting part in this hacking story is that the threat actors were not interested in seeking the data from […]
Italy Email service provider data breach leaks info of its 600000 users
Italy’s Email service provider named Email.it is in the news headlines for all wrong reasons these days. As news is out that the data of more than 600,000 users are being sold on the dark web. The mail service provider has also confirmed the news and admitted that an infiltration did take place on its […]
Cyber Attack on Marriot Hotel leaks data related to 5.2 million guests
Marriot has announced that it has become a victim of a major cyber attack which could have probably leaked information of more than 5.2 million guests. And FYI, Marriot experienced a similar cyber incident in Nov’18 when suspected Chinese hackers reportedly accessed info of more than 383 million guests. News is out that this time; […]
