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The Indian government’s tax authority has fixed a security flaw in its income tax filing portal that was exposing sensitive taxpayers’ data, TechCrunch has exclusively learned and confirmed with authorities. The flaw, discovered in September by a pair of security Read More …
French prosecutors said on Monday they are investigating tech giant Apple’s, opens new tab voice assistant Siri after receiving a complaint from a tech researcher accusing the company of illicit data collection. The probe, which was first reported by the Read More …
Discord has warned users it suffered a cyberattack which caused a potentially worrying data breach. In a data breach notification announcement posted on the company’s blog, Discord said a third party, providing customer support services, was breached. “The unauthorized party Read More …
A notorious predominantly English-speaking hacking group has launched a website to extort its victims, threatening to release about a billion records stolen from companies who store their customers’ data in cloud databases hosted by Salesforce. The loosely organized group, which Read More …
Renault has become the most recent victim of a cyber attack. Customers of the French firm and its sister brand Dacia have been warned that their personal data, including postal addresses and emails, has been stolen by hackers. In an Read More …
Red Hat has confirmed suffering a potentially serious data breach, but the company said it was not able to verify hacker claims of stolen customer secrets. A hacking group called Crimson Collective claims to have accessed Red Hat’s private GitHub Read More …
The US Air Force is reportedly investigating a potential data breach caused by a Microsoft SharePoint issue. A report from The Register revealed the Air Force Personnel Center Directorate of Technology and Information issued a data breach notification shared on Read More …
The U.K. government is still trying to gain access to encrypted iCloud data, according to the Financial Times, after British officials allegedly filed a new secret order demanding Apple build a backdoor. On Wednesday, the British newspaper reported that the Read More …
Canada’s second largest airline WestJet said the personal information of 1.2 million passengers was stolen in a cyberattack and data breach earlier this year. The airline disclosed the number of affected passengers in a filing with Maine’s attorney general, which Read More …
HSBC has warned business banking customers that personal identification documents submitted during account applications may have been compromised following unauthorised access to a third-party platform. In an email sent to customers earlier this month, the bank confirmed that identity documents, Read More …
