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Over 31M Personal Data of People Leaked Via Virtual Keyboard App

A popular virtual keyboard app has caused leakage of personal data belonging to over 31 million customers. This data breach has happened after the app developer failed in securing the database server, which is owned by Eitan Fitusi, co-founder of the customizable and personalizable on-screen keyboard AI.type. AI.type, which is available on both Android and […]

Pentagon’s Data Leak Exposed 1.8 Billion of Social Media Surveillance Data

Pentagon Data Leak, other three Amazon Web Services S3 cloud storage buckets that contain social media surveillance data configured in the way that users with free AWS account can read and download the contents. Leaked data consist of billions of public internet posts, news commentary and other writings from individuals from the US and other […]

Fashion Retailer FOREVER 21 Admits Payment Card Security Breach

Another data breach, Los Angeles based fashion retailer FOREVER 21 suffered data breach, users at certain stores are affected by it. FOREVER 21 operates more than 815 stores across seven countries.They implemented encryption and token based Authentications starting from 2015 to protect user data. Some of the store’s are affected when the encryption on those devices […]

Forever 21 Reveals Potential Data Breach

Forever 21 is investigating a potential data breach which may have compromised customer information and payment cards. On Tuesday, the US clothing retailer said that the company recently received a tip from a third-party that there “may have been unauthorized access to data from payment cards” at a number of Forever 21 outlets. Forever 21 […]

Verticalscope Hacked Second Time – 2.7 Million users Account Compromised

VerticalScope is an Internet media organization that gives scope and examination to technology, car, and games vertical markets. The web forum consists of 45 million user accounts and the hack occurred the second time in two years according to the report by kerbs on Security. LeakedSource is a search-engine capable of searching over 1.9 billion […]

Blockchain Technology to Protect E-commerce business data

As we know how Equifax is still under the impact of the massive cybersecurity breach on its computers, and as it reels under this breach, lest not forget this attack happened somewhere in mid-May and June 2017. The personal data of 140 million Equifax customers were taken off by the cyber criminals. We have also […]

Cyber Breach Higher in Financial Services Sector

A new report from NetDiligence has found that an aggregated total breach of cyber even cost is US$394,000, which an average company’s loss could be around US$3.2 million NetDiligence, a provider of Cyber Risk readiness and response services, outlined the figures in its seventh annual 2017 Cyber Claims Study, released earlier this week. The study […]

Hyatt Hotels Data Breach Exposed 41 Hotel Customers Payment Card Information

One of the Largest global hospitality company “Hyatt Corp” Suffering from Data Breach in their Customers Payment Card Systems in 41 Hotels around the World between March 18, 2017, and July 2, 2017. An Unauthorized Activity Discovered in its Payment card systems and access the Credit cards information from cards manually entered or swiped at the […]

Data Breaches Affect 400,000 Customers of Italy’s Largest Bank

Massive data breaches that have hit UniCredit, Italy’s largest bank, have reportedly affected 400,000 customers. A press release by UniCredit says that it has been “…the victim of a security breach in Italy due to unauthorised access through an Italian third party provider to Italian customer data related to personal loans only.” As per reports, […]

Swedish Government Faces Damage from Massive Data Breach

The Swedish government now has to face and investigate damage from a massive data breach, a real IT catastrophe. The Swedish authorities have discovered a massive mistake that has happened in the nation’s data files. The government has reportedly incorrectly uploaded an entire database, including all kinds of secret lists; this had reportedly happened when […]

Cybersecurity after OPM Breach

The data breach at the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 2015 was a wakeup call for the U.S. Government. It was just what many government officials had predicted and feared—that one day, they would fall victim to a cyber-attack. In the recent times, we have again witnessed some of the biggest breaches […]

Reliance Jio Sim Data Breach Customer’s Data Allegedly Hacked

Reliance Jio Sim Data Breach, Personal data of about 120 million customers were reported exposed on the Internet probably the largest personal data breach in India. Last night, an independent website called Magicapk.com went online, offering Reliance Jio customers to find your (Know Your Customer or KYC) identity simply by typing in their Jio number. […]

Data of 200 Million Voters Compromised On Unsecured Server

Information Has exposed Data of 200 Million Voters Compromised On Unsecured Server and more than 60% of the US population to what is considered the largest exhibition is known to voters. This error was caused by deep-root analytics (DRA), a data analysis company used by the Republican National Committee of the United States (RNC), which […]

OneLogin Password Manager User’s Database Breached

Password Manager using the OneLogin? If you just change your account password for all. OneLogin, password management and word-based identity management software companies, the company suffered a data breach is confirmed. The company on Thursday announced it was discovered access without permission of US data area: ” It is. The company is presented in more […]

Pacemakers Vulnerable to Life-Threatening Cyber Attacks

Cyber attacks are everywhere. They can cause companies and individuals to lose money, sensitive information, and more. Now, there’s evidence that they may even be able to take lives. WhiteScope, a security company, has identified tools and control systems used to adjust and monitor pacemakers and other cardiac devices that hackers can exploit. Researchers found […]

Zomato Data Breach: Hackers Put 17 Million Users Data On Sale

If you ever ordered food from Zomato, You should be concerned! India’s largest online eating place guide Zomato showed today that the organization has suffered a records breach and that bills details of hundreds of thousands of its users had been stolen from its database. In a weblog post published these days, the enterprise said […]