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Flipboard Database Hacked — Users’ Account Information Exposed

Flipboard, a popular social sharing and news aggregator service used by over 150 million people, has disclosed that its databases containing account information of certain users have been hacked. According to a public note published yesterday by the company, unknown hackers managed to gain unauthorized access to its systems for nearly 10 months—between June 2, […]

US Army Commands Databases Hacked, 36k People Info Breached

The databases of several US Army commands were hacked, user information of over 36,000 people was breached by hackers.  In a reported published by ScMagazine, on 6/12/12, the hackers found a vulnerability on the US commands database which allowed them to bypass all the security set against the servers. The hackers then took away sensitive […]