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Stripchat database mess up exposes 200M adult cam models, users’ data
StripChat is one of the top five adult cam sites on the internet. Earlier this month, this site suffered a database mess up that leaked sensitive data.
November 17, 2021
Critical WordPress plugin vulnerability allowed wiping databases
The vulnerability existed in the WP Reset PRO WordPress plugin which is used by more than 400,000 websites.
November 11, 2021
Hacker steals govt database with info of entire Argentine population
Reportedly, the database also contains personal information of Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, football superstars Sergio Aguero and Lionel Messi.
October 20, 2021
Chinese VPN app Quickfox caught exposing 1 million users’ data
The Quickfox VPN is mainly used by Chinese citizens living abroad who need to access Chinese websites as most of these sites are geo-restricted.
October 19, 2021
Storybooks for children app FarFaria exposed data of 3M users
According to FarFaria, its apps are "created for children ages 2-9" meaning that the incident exposed children to cybercriminals.
September 28, 2021
AT&T breach? ShinyHunters selling AT&T database with 70 million SSN
In a post published on an infamous hacker forum and marketplace Raid Forums, ShinyHunters is offering the database for starting price of $200k.
August 20, 2021
S3 bucket mess up exposed 182GB of senior US, Canada citizens data
The misconfigured S3 bucket was owned by SeniorAdvisor, a consumer ratings, and reviews website.
August 13, 2021
A hacker is selling 700 million LinkedIn users accounts
LinkedIn has not suffered data breach but the records being sold are collected through data scraping technique.
June 29, 2021
US supermarket giant Wegmans exposed sensitive data
It took Wegmans a month to respond and secure its data after the Website Planet security team's responsible disclosure.
June 25, 2021
DreamHost hosting firm exposed almost a billion sensitive records
The database belonged to DreamHost's DreamPress managed WordPress hosting that was left exposed without any security authentication.
June 25, 2021