Data leak
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Data leak Unsecured servers leaked data of millions of users of dating sites and apps
Research conducted by WizCase has revealed how servers associated with a number of dating sites and apps have been leaking …
Data leak Twitter says business users’ data leaked in security fiasco
Twitter has admitted to a data security incident that resulted in business users’ billing information getting stored in the browser's …
Data leak Majority of car owners not deleting their data before selling off their cars
A survey by consumer group Which? has revealed that up to four out of five car owners do not adequately …
Data leak Misconfigured AWS bucket exposed 845 GB of data from popular dating apps
A misconfigured AWS S3 bucket was recently found containing up to 845 GB worth of information obtained from at least …
Data leak 68% of Brits sent work emails to wrong recipients, survey finds
A survey from Egress has revealed that more than two-thirds of Brits have been sending work emails containing sensitive data …
Data leak Unsecured databases targeted at least 18 times every day by hackers
Unsecured databases left exposed on the web are targeted by cyber criminals at least eighteen times each day for as …
Data leak Joomla data breach exposed personal data of 2,700 individuals
Popular open-source content management system (CMS) Joomla has disclosed that an internal audit unearthed a major data leak that exposed …
Data leak Mitsubishi data breach may have compromised “cutting-edge” missile tech
Japan is investigating if a cyber attack on Mitsubishi Electric in January this year possibly compromised intellectual property associated with …
Data leak Serco leaked email addresses of 300 COVID-19 contact tracers
An employee at outsourcing giant Serco leaked the email addresses of as many as three hundred COVID-19 contact tracers who …
Data leak Daimler AG left OLU source code of Mercedes vans accessible to anyone
A security researcher has revealed how he was able to access a GitLab server owned by Daimler AG and download …
Data leak Sheffield County’s ANPR system leaked 8.6m vehicle records online
The ANPR system (automatic number-plate recognition system) managed by Sheffield City Council was left exposed to the internet, thereby exposing …
Data leak SOS Online Backup leaked personal data of 135 million users
SOS Online Backup, a company claiming to provide “multi-award winning bulletproof backup”, compromised personally-identifiable data of 135 million users by …
