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It’s been a bad week for Facebook users.
First, the social media company was caught asking some of its new users to share passwords for their registered email accounts and now…
…the bad week gets worse with a new privacy breach.
More than half a b… Continue reading 540 Million Facebook User Records Found On Unprotected Amazon Servers
Exclusive — A security researcher has identified an unsecured server that was leaking detailed personal details of nearly half a million Indian citizens… thanks to another MongoDB database instance that company left unprotected on the Internet access… Continue reading Almost Half A Million Delhi Citizens’ Personal Data Exposed Online
Why would someone bother to hack a so-called “ultra-secure encrypted database that is being protected behind 13 feet high and 5 feet thick walls,” when one can simply fetch a copy of the same data from other sources.
French security researcher Baptist… Continue reading LPG Gas Company Leaked Details, Aadhaar Numbers of 6.7 Million Indian Customers
Germany has been hit with the biggest hack in its history.
A group of unknown hackers has leaked highly-sensitive personal data from more than 100 German politicians, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Brandenburg’s prime minister Dietmar Woid… Continue reading Hackers Leak Personal Data from Hundreds of German Politicians On Twitter
Facebook’s latest screw-up — a programming bug in Facebook website accidentally gave 1,500 third-party apps access to the unposted Facebook photos of as many as 6.8 million users.
Facebook today quietly announced that it discovered a new API bug in it… Continue reading New Facebook Bug Exposed 6.8 Million Users Photos to Third-Party Apps
Google today revealed that Google+ has suffered another massive data breach, forcing the tech giant to shut down its struggling social network four months earlier than its actual scheduled date, i.e., in April 2019 instead of August 2019.
Google said … Continue reading Google+ to Shut Down Early After New API Flaw Hits 52.5 Million Users
Has Wikileaks founder Julian Assange officially been charged with any unspecified criminal offense in the United States? — YES
United States prosecutors have accidentally revealed the existence of criminal charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assa… Continue reading Secret Charges Against Julian Assange Revealed Due to “Cut-Paste” Error
Facebook has admitted that the company gave dozens of tech companies and app developers special access to its users’ data after publicly saying it had restricted outside companies to access such data back in 2015.
It’s an unusual clear view of how the… Continue reading Facebook Admits Sharing Users’ Data With 61 Tech Companies
People are still getting over the most controversial data scandal of the year, i.e., Cambridge Analytica scandal, and Facebook is under fire yet again after it emerges that a popular quiz app on the social media platform exposed the private data of up … Continue reading Another Facebook Quiz App Left 120 Million Users’ Data Exposed
Global entertainment ticketing service Ticketmaster has admitted that the company has suffered a security breach, warning customers that their personal and payment information may have been accessed by an unknown third-party.
The company has blamed a … Continue reading Ticketmaster Suffers Security Breach – Personal and Payment Data Stolen