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A database with millions of data points on games played plus sensitive information was left right in the middle of the internet fairway for all to see. Continue reading Millions of Golfers Land in Privacy Hazard After Cloud Misconfig
Wyzant—an online marketplace that makes it easy for parents and students to connect with private tutors, in-person and online, in over 250 different subjects—has suffered a data breach exposing “certain personal identification information” for its cust… Continue reading Popular Online Tutoring Marketplace ‘Wyzant’ Suffers Data Breach
A team of security researchers has claims to have found a publicly-accessible database that exposes information on more than 80 million U.S. households—nearly 65 percent of the total number of American households.
Discovered by VPNMentor’s research te… Continue reading Unprotected Database Exposes Personal Info of 80 Million American Households
An auditing program for the voice assistant technology exposes geolocation data that can be personally identified, sources said. Continue reading Amazon Employees Given ‘Broad Access’ to Personal Alexa Info
An 18-year-old student from New York is suing Apple for $1 billion, claiming he was wrongfully accused of stealing gadgets from a number of Apple stores in Boston, Manhattan, New Jersey and Delaware last year, writes The New York Post. Ousmane Bah says… Continue reading Teen Sues Apple for $1 Billion, Saying Facial Recognition Mistook Him for a Thief
The Georgia Institute of Technology, well known as Georgia Tech, has confirmed a data breach that has exposed personal information of 1.3 million current and former faculty members, students, staff and student applicants.
In a brief note published Tue… Continue reading Georgia Tech Data Breach Exposes 1.3 Million Users’ Personal Data
Facebook just can’t get a break. After a long string of accusations directed at the social platform for security and privacy concerns, Facebook has now been caught using an appalling security practice – demanding new subscribers hand over t… Continue reading Facebook strikes again – now asks new subscribers for passwords to their email accounts
A recent ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has the potential to usher in a new era of data breach litigation and set a new legal precedent for cybersecurity negligence and liability. In Dittman v. UPMC, a group of current and former employees s… Continue reading Prudent Security Admin: Has a New Data Breach Precedent Been Created?
Weigh in on Facebook and privacy in our short poll. Continue reading Threatpost Poll: Do You Hate Facebook?
Another day, another data breach. This time it’s the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA today confirmed a data breach that may have compromised personal information of some of its current and former employees after… Continue reading Mayday! NASA Warns Employees of Personal Information Breach