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There are so many data breaches these days that it’s almost impossible to keep a track of them. From billions of Yahoo accounts to millions of LinkedIn and MySpace accounts the whole thing is out of control. But then there are people dedicating time to track large-scale breaches. One of them is Troy Hunt from Australia […]
Yapizon, a South Korean Bitcoin exchange suffered a massive data breach earlier this week when hackers stole 3816.2028 Bitcoin (US$5 million) which is 37% of user funds. According to the official statement from the exchange in the Korean language, the attack took place on Saturday, April 22, 2017, when a hacker compromised four of the […]
Wonga, a UK based credit provider has admitted that their website was compromised on Friday. According to a statement released by Wonga officials, the site’s security was compromised and that hackers have stolen customer’s information from their database. Because of this data breach, hackers have taken the information of around 245,000 UK customers and 25,000 […]
Earlier today, the Video game giant GameStop confirmed that their official website was compromised and hackers might have been able to steal user’s credentials including credit cards information and other customer data. According to GameStop, an investigation is already underway aiming at what went wrong. “GameStop recently received notification from a third party that it […]
Last Friday, McDonald’s Canada announced that around 95 thousand potential job applicants information was hacked from their job website. Job seekers who had applied during March 2014 and March 2017, could have their personal data stolen. That data includes names, home addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and other standard application information. Luckily, however, McDonald’s stated […]
The Registration and Electoral Office of Hong Kong has reported the disappearance of two laptop computers after the chief executive election. The laptops contained around 3.7 million city’s voters personal information that could be compromised after the one of the most significant, if not the biggest ever data breaches in Hong Kong. The information that […]
Android Forums, a popular platform for Android users, has announced that its servers were accessed by a third-party resulting in a data breach. In a security notice, the website administrator wrote that 40 members of the forum (2.5 percent) who registered between registered in 2016 and 2017 had their accounts compromised. Around 50% of the […]
A hacking incident that occurred on March 12 and March 13 compromised more than 170,000 job-seeker accounts, as reported by Idaho Statesman. The accounts in question, active and past, are a part of a much larger group of 530,000 accounts registered with Idaho Department of Labor. The system under the attack, America’s Job Link, is a […]
Over 300 million Apple email accounts are said to be in the hands of a group of hackers claiming that if Apple is not willing to pay a ransom payment by at least April 7th, they will wipe all the user data from those accounts. The group, which goes by the name, Turkish Crime Family, is […]
The U.S. Department of Justice is gearing up to issue indictment orders against four hackers involved in cyber attacks against Yahoo which affected hundreds of millions of users worldwide, reports Bloomberg. The department is charging four people for their role in the data breach against Yahoo which almost derailed its deal with Verizon. In an unconfirmed report, TechCrunch reports that these […]
Brian Krebs, a cyber-security journalist has reported that the renowned credit and debit card payment services facilitator firm Verifone has undergone an internal computer network breach. According to Krebs’ analysis, the breach although happened last year the company remained oblivious about it until January 2017. Krebs explained that after receiving information about the breach, Verifone […]
Coachella Valley, Music and Arts Festival, is a famous event that is attended by a large number of citizens. In this regard, they are required to register on the Coachella festival website and provide personal as well as financial information to buy tickets. Recently, the website admins have announced that the site has undergone a […]
Yahoo has been busy investigating the mega-breach that exposed around 1 billion user accounts and now the company has discovered that between 2015 and 2016 potentially malicious activity was observed on the website. The company revealed on Wednesday that currently it has issued warning notification to the users but it is yet not been specified […]
Sports Direct, a British retailing group suffered a massive security breach back in 2016 in which a hacker stole personal details of 30,000 of its employees. Another negative aspect of this incident is that the company did not inform its workers about the breach, reports The Register. The breach took place in September last year […]
PakWheels, a famous automotive classified website in Pakistan has revealed that their server was breached by an unknown third party exposing personal data of registered users. In an email sent to users on 26th December, the site explained that hackers were able to conduct this breach by exploiting a known vulnerability in the outdated vBulletin forum software. […]
Groupon, an American e-commerce marketplace is used by millions of people worldwide. Naturally, its usage during Christmas skyrockets and it looks like hackers are well aware of this fact that’s why several Groupon’s UK customers are complaining that their accounts are being compromised and someone is buying stuff they never signed up for. The confused customers are taking their […]
LinkedIn acquired Lynda.com in 2015 for a whopping $1.5 billion. This particular website has suffered a data hack. The users were notified by the company over the weekend through email. In the data breach, around 50,000 users have been affected. Reportedly, the database that contained information of learning data about Lynda.com users was hacked. Lynda.com, an […]
The Internet giant Yahoo has announced that more than one billion user accounts have been impacted by a data breach that took place in August 2013. According to chief information security officer (CISO) of Yahoo, Mr. Bob Lord, the stolen data contains names, telephone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, passwords encrypted with the MD5 […]
KFC is a renowned fast food franchise. Millions enjoy the crispy fried chicken and the delectable Zinger burgers and to avail the goodness of KFC’s delicious meals in discounted rates, chicken lovers get the membership of the franchise’s loyalty scheme. This scheme lets members avail exclusive discount offers and enjoy their meal without hurting their […]
A major lab testing company Quest Diagnostics has become the victim of a hack attack and data breach. The company revealed that in November it suffered an “intrusion” due to which personal details of about 34,000 people were stolen. The hack attack occurred on 26th November and as soon as the company identified the intrusion, […]
Kagoya, a famous hosting service provider in Japan has suffered a security breach in which personal and financial data of its customers has been stolen. In an email to their customers, Kagoya stated that the hack attack was discovered this month after an in-house screening which revealed that customers who used their credit cards between April 1, 2015, […]