The leak exposed millions of records with full names, emails, user conversations, payment logs, and IP addresses dating back to March.
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309 million Facebook users’ phone numbers (and more) found online
First, 267m records were exposed & sold for 0.0002 cents each on the Dark Web. It was taken down but got reposted with yet more records.
Data of millions of eBay and Amazon shoppers exposed
Eight million customer records belonging to companies including Amazon, eBay, Shopify, PayPal, and Stripe were collected.
Peekaboo Moments baby-recording app has a bad database booboo
No need to wait until you’ve gurgled out of your mother’s womb to experience the joys of having your privacy breached.
SMS company exposes millions of text messages, credentials online
Researchers at VpnMentor claim that the TrueDialog data leak exposure could have compromised tens of millions of people.
Adobe database exposes 7.5 million Creative Cloud users
Adobe has become the latest company to be caught leaving an Elasticsearch database full of customer data exposed on the internet.
Travel database exposed PII on US government employees
A property management company owned by hotel chain Best Western has exposed 179 GB of sensitive travel information on thousands of travelers.
Leaky database full of fake Groupon emails turns out to belong to crooks
Crooks made bogus accounts to buy tickets with fake credit cards, resold them to unsuspecting buyers, and left the database-o-fraud wide open.
Dow Jones Watchlist of risky businesses exposed on public server
A company with access to the Dow Jones Watchlist of risky people and businesses left it on a public AWS server without a password.
Thieves’ names and descriptions made public on B&Q database
DIY giant B&Q reportedly suffered an Elasticsearch database breach this week that gave up information on around 70,000 shoplifters.