Reddit suffers data breach despite using SMS-based 2FA
Popular social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit has suffered a breach. The attacker broke into some of its systems and got access to some user data, but did not …
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Analysis: Reported data breaches in Australia
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has published the first full quarter report on data breaches that fall under Notifiable Data Breaches scheme and, …
Hackers stole personal, medication data of a quarter of Singaporeans
Hackers have breached Singapore’s health service and have stolen personal information of some 1.5 million patients. They have also compromised outpatient medication data …
Inside look at lifecycle of stolen credentials and extent of data breach damage
Shape Security released its Credential Spill Report, shedding light on the extent to which the consumer banking, retail, airline and hospitality industries are impacted by …
Cost of data breaches rises, mega breaches cost up to $350 million
Hidden costs in data breaches – such as lost business, negative impact on reputation and employee time spent on recovery – are difficult and expensive to manage. For example, …
German web hosting firm DomainFactory suffers data breach
DomainFactory, one of the largest web hosting companies in Germany, has suffered a data breach. The breach dates back to January 29, 2018, and the attacker had access to the …
Could an Equifax-sized data breach happen again?
Many global financial services organizations are targeted by sophisticated cyberattackers in an attempt to steal critical data and personally-identifiable information (PII), …
Fraudster exploited US govt staff info stolen in 2015 OPM breach
The data breach suffered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is, by now, very old news, but some of the people involved and affected are still feeling the …
Dixons Carphone breach: Personal and payment card info compromised
Dixons Carphone, the multinational electrical and telecommunications retailer that holds over 2,000 stores across the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe, has suffered a security …
MyHeritage suffers data breach, account details of 92+ million users compromised
Israel-based genealogy and DNA testing company MyHeritage has apparently suffered a data breach that resulted in the compromise of email addresses and hashed passwords of all …
