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Tag Archives: data breach
T-Mobile suffers data breach affecting 2.2 million customers
The third most popular mobile network in the US, T-Mobile, has suffered a data breach affecting more than two million of its customers.
Babysitting app suffers ‘temporary data breach’ of 93,000 users
Babysitting-booking app Sitter “temporarily” exposed the personal data of 93,000 account holders, according to a researcher who recently discovered the trove of data using the Shodan Internet of Things (IoT) search engine.
Sextortion and what to do about it [VIDEO]
How to handle sextortion – where someone tries to blackmail you over your sexuality or sex life…
Reddit’s serious “security incident” – what you need to know
Reddit suffered a serious “security incident” in mid-June. This is what we know, and what you can do.
“Simple trick” floors home security camera, gives anyone access
Anybody with a common, free security tool could create a valid camera serial number and intercept somebody else’s stream, researchers discover.
How one hacker could have changed automotive history
That’s not supposed to happen: 150GB of customer data that the world could download… and hack.. and then upload again.
Hackers hold 80,000 healthcare records to ransom
CarePartners said its forensic investigation identified 1500 affected records – the hackers say they took 80,000.
Linux, malware and data breaches – what can we learn? [VIDEO]
We think Gentoo Linux did a good job in a bad situation following its recent malware invasion, and we can all learn something from that.
England versus Facebook – score currently stands at £500,000-nil
The UK privacy regulator has fired a £0.5M shot across Facebook’s bows in the looks-set-to-go-on-for-ages “Cambridge Analytica” saga