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breach
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Federal agency compromised leveraging compromised credentials
a Federal agency's computer network by gaining access to Microsoft Office 365 login credentials and domain administrator accounts.
September 26, 2020
India’s COVID-19 surveillance tool exposed millions of user data
The COVID-19 surveillance tool built by the Uttar Pradesh state government has put data of approx. 8 million Indian citizens at risk.
September 23, 2020
Microsoft Bing server exposed user search queries and location data
Microsoft Bing server logged some horrific search terms including searchers for murder and child abuse content.
September 22, 2020
Hacker finds ex-Aussie PM’s passport number using his Instagram post
The Prime Minister in the discussion is Tony Abbott whose Instagram post of his boarding pass allowed a hacker to dig deep.
September 16, 2020
Popular shopping site leaks miners’ data in 6TB of database mess up
The database belonging to windeln.de's production server was left exposed on a misconfigured server.
September 16, 2020
Database mess up leaks 882 GB of ecommerce & dating sites data
A misconfigured Elasticsearch server is responsible for exposing data amounting to more than 370 million records.
September 14, 2020
Private and order details of nearly 100k Razer customers leaked online
A misconfigured Elasticsearch server is responsible for exposing the personal details of a large number of Razer customers.
September 13, 2020
New Twitter phishing scam inspired from Twitter’s latest security response
Crooks are using the July 15th's cyberattack on Twitter to carry out phishing scam designed to steal the login credentials of unsuspected users.
September 12, 2020
Can VPN really prevent the breach of personal data?
Do you use a VPN? It's great for protecting your online privacy but can it protect your data from exposure to malicious elements?
September 11, 2020
“Biggest webmaster forum” Digital Point exposes trove of user data
Digital Point exposed the data on a misconfigured Elasticsearch database.
September 8, 2020