Tag: data leak
All You Need to Know About India’s First Data Protection Bill
By Rudra Srinivas
Most people in India have never accessed the Internet through a computer. In fact, their encounter with the Internet is only through...
Wawa Faces Class-Action Lawsuit After Reporting Data Breach
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Wawa Stores in the wake of a massive financial data breach that was revealed by the company....
Unprotected Database Exposed Personal Data of 267M Facebook Users
Another one on Facebook’s cap. An unprotected public database containing over 267 million Facebook user IDs, names, and contact details were left online without...
TrueCaller Fixes Critical Flaw in its Application
Popular caller-identification app Truecaller recently fixed a security flaw that could expose sensitive user data, location, and system information to attackers. The flaw came...
Elasticsearch Server Exposed 1.2 Billion People Data
Security researchers discovered an open Elasticsearch server that contains unique data records of around 1.2 billion users. According to the security analysts Bob Diachenko...
Insider Sold 68K Customer Records to Scammers: Trend Micro
Cybersecurity and defense company Trend Micro revealed that one of its employees illegally accessed and sold personal information of around 68,000 of its customers.
The...
Data Breach at California DMV Affects 3,200 Drivers’ Information
Information of thousands of drivers has been exposed in a data breach at the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that went unnoticed for...
Canadian Territory Nunavut Suffers Ransomware Attack
The Government of Nunavut is the latest victim of a sophisticated ransomware attack. In an official statement, the Premier of Nunavut, Joe Savikataaq, stated...
Proofpoint Acquires Threat Intelligence Firm ObserveIT for US$ 225 million
Enterprise cybersecurity and compliance company, Proofpoint, recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ObserveIT in an all-cash deal for...
WhatsApp rolls out Biometric Security Lock for Android Devices
WhatsApp recently announced the launch of biometric authentication through fingerprint sensors on the Android platform, as an additional privacy measure. The Facebook-owned messaging app...
