The platform suffered its first breach, leaking over 72,000 images used for account verification including selfies and photo IDs, which later surfaced on online forums like 4chan.
In total, the database contained 47.42 GB of raw data. Fowler said it looked like the information had been collected using a type of malware known as an infostealer.
Angel One discovered that some if its Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources were compromised after its dark-web monitoring partner alerted the company about a data leakage post on unauthorized access of its clients' data.
The security breach was confirmed by Brewster Kahle, the founder of the Internet Archive. Close to 31 million accounts' data has been compromised
In response to the accusations against its CISO, Star Health said Amarjeet Khurana is cooperating with the probe. A forensic investigation led by independent cybersecurity experts is also on
The Data Protection Commission criticised Meta for failing to put in place appropriate security measures to protect users' password data and for taking too long to alert the regulator over the issue.
No sensitive personal information or financial information was leaked in the breach that affected a few customers, Exotel said
The expected financial implications of the class-action suit remains 'unascertained', Coforge has told exchanges
AT&T said that the data does not contain the content of calls or texts, personal information such as Social Security numbers, dates of birth, or other personally identifiable information
We want to confirm that Angel One's customer data is secure, and there has been no new data leak incident, the broking house said.
Researchers at Cyber Press have discovered a 9.4GB of leaked Twitter user data, that has compromised almost 200 million user records. It is one of the largest user data exposures in recent history.
The data has been leaked in a file titled rockyou2024.txt on July 4. The forum user who posted or leaked the data had the username ObamaCare.
Unverified reports had suggested that details of 375 million Airtel customers were allegedly available for sale on the dark web, an allegation that the company has dismissed.
A hacker named ShopifyGUY claims to have leaked the data on dark web. The leaked data includes names, email IDs, phone numbers, and customer IDs of Boat customers.
Loan app CASHe, named in the CGDA advisory, denies all allegations, stating they don't request customer contact details.
National Amusements said people who have had their social security numbers leaked, will receive 12 months of credit monitoring and identity threat services
The details that a platform will need to communicate to the DPB, on a best-effort basis, should include a description of the breach, the date and time when the platform became aware of the breach, the location of the breach, its extent, and potential impact.
Part of the leak is a publishing agreement between Marvel and Sony Interactive Entertainment.
The data sold was leaked from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
According to a media report, a bad actor going by the handle, "Dnacookies" has demanded a sum of $5,000 (about Rs. 4.16 lakh) as ransom for the full dataset
Cybersecurity is becoming increasingly a threat as AI develops. Attackers are using AI to launch increasingly complex attacks on businesses.
Pwn0001 who is selling sensitive details of Indian citizens on a dark web website said that he has not hacked any database, but bought it from another dark web forum last year
The data includes personally identifiable information of US-based employees, and Sony says it will provide credit monitoring services.
Ransomware group BlackCat has claimed responsibility for the hack and claim to have 80GB of compressed data.
Asserting that the CoWIN portal was completely safe with adequate safeguards for data privacy, the government has dismissed as "mischievous" the claims of data breach on the platform and said the matter has been reviewed by the country's nodal cyber security agency CERT-In.