The credit bureaus’ struggles with PINs continue…
Tag Archives: Data loss
291 records breached per second in first half of 2018
Over 4.5 billion data records were breached in the first half of this year, according to Gemalto’s Breach Level Index released this week.
Cyber tormentor leaves a trail that lands him 17.5 years
Ryan S. Lin pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, distribution of child abuse imagery, hoax bomb threats, computer fraud and abuse, and ID theft.
Airport mislays world’s most expensive USB stick
In October 2017, a member of the public found a USB stick containing a trove of data on security systems and procedures at one of the world’s busiest airports.
Microsoft hits the brakes on latest Windows 10 update – what to do
Microsoft has paused the Windows 10 October 2018 update while it investigates reports of deleted profiles and missing files.
Facebook finds “no evidence” attackers accessed third-party apps
To play it safe, it’s building a tool to let developers manually identify any of their users who may have been affected by the big breach.
Hacked Fortnite accounts and rent-a-botnet being pushed on Instagram
The gaming and hacking communities overlap: Some of the hacker accounts are offering botnet access as well as Fortnite accounts.
Big Facebook breach: 50 million accounts affected
Facebook has suffered a data breach affecting almost 50 million accounts. Another 40 million have been reset as a “precautionary” measure.
Malware hits fashion giant SHEIN; 6.42 million online shoppers affected
The online fashion store is now contacting affected users and asking them to change passwords for their online store accounts.
Here we Mongo again! Millions of records exposed by insecure database
Another day, another poorly configured MongoDB database.