Controversial taxi firm Uber accidentally exposed the personal details of hundreds of its drivers on Tuesday following the introduction of its new “Uber Partner” app.
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T-Mobile customers hit by Experian breach get credit monitoring by Experian
In a bizarre twist of irony, T-Mobile customers are being offered two years of free credit monitoring from ProtectMyID.com – a service owned and operated by Experian.
Stolen storage device leads to loss of customer bank and personal data
Thousands of Lloyds Bank customers who had insurance through Royal Sun Alliance may have had names, addresses and account numbers exposed.
Credit card info for 93,000 Web.com customers nabbed in data breach
Customers should keep an eye out for bogus charges on their credit/debit cards!
Ashley Madison hackers follow through on threat, dump user database online
The 9.7 GB dump contains names, emails, addresses, sexual preferences and credit card transactions of 37 million members.
Change this Facebook setting so you can’t be searched for by phone number
A developer says he’s found a way to harvest users’ personal data from Facebook. Facebook is shrugging, given that it’s all public anyway. You might want to check your privacy settings though …
Cheating site Ashley Madison breached by hackers threatening to expose users
Attackers threaten to publish nude pictures, secret sexual fantasies, real names and addresses of Ashley Madison users: all as comeuppance for what they say is an unkept promise of secrecy.
Why this doctor posted his medical history online for anyone to see
Would you want anyone and everyone to be able to see your entire medical history? One doctor posted his entire medical history online, and he wants others to do the same.
ID thief who scooped data on 200 million Americans jailed for 13 years
Hieu Minh Ngo whose websites put personal information on over 200 million US citizens up for sale has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
Tax fraudster who hacked accounting firms pleads guilty in US court
A Bulgarian hacker has pleaded guilty to involvement in a conspiracy to use data stolen from several accounting firms for tax fraud. Should the IRS do more to protect taxpayers? 