Where did it all come from? 4.9m records were posted on a hacking forum – and the country only has an estimated population of 3.7m.
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Exchange rate service’s customer details hacked via AWS
Online exchange rate data provider Open Exchange Rates has exposed an undisclosed amount of user data via an Amazon database.
Confessions app Whisper spills almost a billion records
Researchers say the exposure includes exact locations of users’ last posts, nicknames, age, and gender.
Trial for accused CIA leaker ends in hung jury
The US is expected to press for a retrial in the high-stakes trial of Joshua Schulte, suspected of raiding the CIA’s cyber arsenal.
Cathay Pacific fined over crooks slurping its database for over 4 years
The ICO found a “catalog of errors,” including backups without passwords, unpatched servers, no-longer-supported OSes and feeble anti-virus.
Slickwraps data breach earns scorn for all
The breach earned derision from both the hacker and observers after another hacker exploited the company’s vulnerable setup.
Private photos leaked by PhotoSquared’s unsecured cloud storage
With no password required and no encryption in place, a burglar or ID thief could have seen your photos, your address and more.
Sensitive plastic surgery images exposed online
Researchers at VPN advisory company vpnMentor have found yet another online data exposure caused by a misconfigured cloud database.
Data about inmates and jail staff spilled by leaky prison app
A web-mapping project came across detainees’ prescriptions and other PII that could be used by identity thieves to victimize prisoners.
What do online file sharers want with 70,000 Tinder images?
A researcher has discovered thousands of Tinder users’ images publicly available for free online.