Over 20 million tax records belonging to Russian citizens were left unprotected and exposed through an online database accessible to the public, researchers say. This week, cybersecurity researchers from Comparitech, in partnership with Bob Diachenko, said that the unsecured server contained Read More …
The United Nations’ children’s agency UNICEF has leaked thousands of individuals’ personal data through its online learning portal Agora. An email was mistakenly sent on 26 August to 20,000 Agora users containing the private data belonging to 8,253 people who Read More …
International cosmetics brand Yves Rocher found itself caught in a third-party data exposure incident that leaked the personal information of millions of customers. UPDATE Cosmetics giant Yves Rocher is warning that a giant data leak exposed the personal data of Read More …
This year is on track to be the worst year on record for data breach activity, according to a recent analysis. Within the first six months of this year, there have been 3,813 incidents publicly reported, according to Risk Based Read More …
A vulnerability in British Airways’ e-ticketing system could enable a bad actor to view passengers’ personal data or change their booking information. A security bug discovered in British Airways’ e-ticketing system has the potential to expose passengers’ data, including their Read More …
Students’ personal data has been stolen in a “sophisticated and malicious” phishing attack at Lancaster University. Officials said the information had been used to send bogus invoices to applicants. “A very small number” of student records, phone numbers and ID Read More …
Equifax signed a settlement today to lay to rest lawsuits brought forward by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), state attorneys, and a class-action case relating to the firm’s 2017 data breach. The security incident was caused by a failure Read More …
Over a year since it was introduced, 30 percent of European organisations are still not GDPR compliant A significant number of European organisations have admitted that they are still not compliant with GDPR data protection rules. A survey from tax Read More …
The database of Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA), which was hacked over the weekend and sent to local reporters, is now being shared on hacking forums, ZDNet has learned from sources in the threat intelligence community. Download links to the hacked database have Read More …
The U.K.’s privacy watchdog is hitting Marriott International with a $123 million (£99 million) penalty stemming from its 2018 data breach of more than 383 million guest records. The Tuesday fine is issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and Read More …