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Hacking FIFA: Who and how should be bribed in order to organize a World Cup? Russia did it in 2018

Although it finished over a year ago, the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 is still linked to various controversies over information leaks and corruption cases. According to information security specialists, some documents with detailed profiles on several FIFA officials were published through the BlackMirror Telegram channel, specifying how and to whom the Rusian committee should […]

Russian government leaks information of over two million citizens

The personal information and passport details of more than 2 million Russian citizens, including government employees and members of the country’s political elite, have been exposed through multiple government websites, reported several website security audit firms. Informational Culture activists, a Russian non-profit organization, were responsible for revealing this serious cybersecurity incident. Through the official Information […]

Samsung leaks confidential source code and private keys by mistake

Web application security course specialists have revealed that a large amount of confidential information has been exposed to the public on an undue basis in GitLab; according to the experts, the compromised information includes source code, access credentials and confidential keys for several private projects. One of the compromised implementations has been used by Samsung […]

Dow Jones suffers massive sensitive information leaking

Because of a configuration error in Amazon Web Services, the company exposed highly sensitive information According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, Dow Jones has become the most recent victim of confidential information exposure due to configuration errors of its cloud storage service. According to reports, a […]

Millions of loans and mortgages banking files exposed online

A database with sensitive information on loans and mortgages has been recently leaked Network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security report the finding of a server with more than 20 million of bank documents, including records of thousands of loans and mortgages from some of the most important financial […]

Over 200 million jobseekers get their information exposed online

Millions of personal and job records were exposed by a database without authentication measures Network security researchers from the International Institute of Cyber Security have reported the discovery of an enormous online database that stored personal information of over 202 million Chinese citizens. According to reports, this information was available to anyone with no authentication […]

Abine exposes nearly 3 million users’ information

The password manager service exposed the data due to a poorly configured online bucket Abine, developer of Blur, the password management service, has recently launched a security notice in which it reports that a file containing users’ sensitive data was exposed due to an oversight, report cybersecurity specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security. […]

Kingdom Hearts 3copies were leaked in U.S. and Latin America

With just a few weeks left for the official release, developers revealed that a security incident led to the theft of some unfinished copies of the videogame Cybersecurity specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported that some copies of Kingdom Hearts 3 for Xbox One were stolen; in addition, some images and videos […]