Exclusive: Hacker selling 500 million Facebook user data from 82 countries

By Waqas
The entire database is being sold for $30,000 on a hacker forum.
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MemSQL raises $50M in debt facility for its real-time database platform

As a number of startups get back into fundraising in earnest, one that is on a growth tear has closed a substantial debt round to hold on to more equity in the company as it inches to being cash-flow positive. MemSQL — the relational, real-time database used by organisations to query and analyse large pools […] Continue reading MemSQL raises $50M in debt facility for its real-time database platform

France’s largest newspaper exposed 8 TB of data with 7.4 billion records

By Sudais Asif
Data breaches today still remain one of the most common security issues for companies judging by their frequency but…
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A billion-dollar US firm caught exposing highly sensitive database online

By Sudais Asif
Another day, another data breach – This time, database of a US firm named has surfaced online containing highly sensitive data.
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Elasticsearch Database with 42 Million Records of Iranian Citizen Found Exposed Online

An Elasticsearch database holding 42 million records of Iranian Telegram users was found on the web, for anyone to access. The private data included phone numbers and user names, and it’s unclear how long it was exposed. Despite heavy restriction… Continue reading Elasticsearch Database with 42 Million Records of Iranian Citizen Found Exposed Online