Hugely popular news aggregation site Flipboard – one billion app downloads from Google Play and counting – has become the latest internet company to admit it has suffered a breach.
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Hackers breach US license plate scanning company
One of the US’s most widely used vehicle license plate reader (LPR) companies, Perceptics, is reportedly investigating a data breach.
Extortionists leak data of huge firms after IT provider refuses to pay
The data was published after “Boris Bullet-Dodger” failed to get Citycomp to cough up.
Docker breach of 190,000 users exposes lack of two-factor authentication
The containerisation platform has asked 190k users to change their passwords after hackers gained access to a database of personal data.
Possible Toyota data breach affecting 3.1 million customers
Several Toyota companies have announced that they might have suffered data breach attempts, with one affecting 3.1 million customers.
FEMA exposes sensitive data of 2.5 million disaster survivors
The agency said it exposed 2.3m people’s details in a “major privacy incident” involving a contractor that set up temporary housing.
Gargantuan Gnosticplayers breach swells to 863 million records
Another 26m records stolen from another six online companies brings this hacker’s total number of records to 863m from 38 websites.
Millions of “private” medical helpline calls exposed on internet
Ever wondered what happens to helpline calls recorded “to ensure you get the service you deserve”? It can all go terribly wrong…
Mega-crackers back with nearly 100 million new stolen data records
Sounds like the crooks who tried to sell more than 600 million records last week are back with nearly 100 million more…
Photography site 500px resets 14.8 million passwords after data breach
Photography website 500px has become the latest site to admit suffering a serious data breach.