A security researcher has discovered a massive cache of data on millions of Instagram influencers, publicly accessible for everyone to see.
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Mystery database exposes data on 80 million US households
Put on your detective hat – the researchers who found it say it’s full of people’s data, but not who it belongs to.
Facebook user data used as bargaining chip, according to leaked docs
Leaked internal docs used to claim “privacy was an afterthought” at Facebook
Dragonblood: Data-leaking flaw in WPA3 Wi-Fi authentication
Researchers have discovered several holes in a new security protocol for wireless networks.
Facebook apps expose millions of users’ Facebook data
Once more unto the breach, dear Facebook Friends of Friends…
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.
Email list-cleaning site may have leaked up to 2 billion records
The number of records exposed online by Verification.io email list-cleaning service may be far higher than originally anticipated.
Facebook apps secretly sending sensitive data back to the mothership
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered an investigation into how Facebook is still allowing blabby apps to violate its privacy policies.
100 million online bets exposed by leaky database
Online gamblers lose their private data as yet another unsecured Elasticsearch database is discovered.
State agency exposes 3TB of data, including FBI info and remote logins
Oklahoma’s Department of Securities (ODS) exposed 3TB of files in plain text containing sensitive data on the public internet this month.