Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2018
$3.3 Million stolen from main Coinsecure Bitcoin wallet

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure, India’s second exchange, announced that it has suffered a severe issue, 438 bitcoin, $3,3 million worth of bitcoin Cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure, India’s second exchange, announced that it has suffered a severe issue, 438 bitcoin, $3,3 million worth of bitcoin, have been transferred from the main wallet to an account that is not under their control. CEO […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 10, 2018
Top VEVO Music videos Including ‘Despacito’ defaced by hackers

Some of the most popular music VEVO videos on YouTube, including the world’s most popular video ‘Despacito’ has been hacked by a duo calling themselves Prosox and Kuroi’SH. Some of the most popular music videos on YouTube, including the world’s most popular YouTube video ‘Despacito’ has been hacked. Popular videos of  pop stars like Shakira, Drake, Selena Gomez, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 09, 2018
Sodexo Filmology data breach – Users need cancel their credit cards

Sodexo food services and facilities management company notified a number of customers that it was the victim of a targeted attack on its cinema vouchers platform Sodexo Filmology. Sodexo food services and facilities management company notified a number of customers that it was the victim of a targeted attack on its cinema vouchers platform, Filmology […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 07, 2018
130,000 Finnish user data exposed in third largest data breach ever happened in the country

Personal information belonging to more than 130,000 Finnish citizens have been compromised in the third largest data breach ever happened in the country. The data breach affected a website maintained by the New Business Center in Helsinki (“Helsingin Uusyrityskeskus”), that is company that provides business advice to entrepreneurs. “Data batches have overwritten username and password for over 130,000 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2018
[24]7.ai Payment Card Breach affected major firms, including Best Buy, After Delta Air Lines and Sears Holdings

A payment card breach suffered by [24]7.ai. between September 26 and October 12, 2017, is impacting major firm, including Best Buy, After Delta Air Lines and Sears Holdings. Another day another data breach, while media are reporting the security breach suffered Delta Air Lines and Sears Holdings due to the [24]7.ai a payment card breach, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 05, 2018
Facebook: Cambridge Analytica scandal affected 87 Million users

Facebook revealed on Wednesday that 87 million users have been affected by the Cambridge Analytica case, much more than 50 million users initially thought. The social network giant recently unveiled clearer terms of service to ensure transparency to its users about data sharing. Facebook’s chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer provided further details on the case, including new estimations […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 04, 2018
Panera Bread left millions of customer records exposed online for months

The website belonging to the Panera Bread restaurant chain, Panerabread.com, exposed personal information in plain text for months. The company has more than 2,100 retail locations in the United States and Canada, its customers could order food online for pickup in stores or for delivery. Panera Bread exposed the data at least for eight months after […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2018
Grindr shared people’ HIV status with other companies

An analysis conducted by the Norwegian research nonprofit SINTEF revealed that the popular Grindr gay dating app is sharing its users’ HIV status with two other companies. Grindr gay-dating app made the headlines again, a few days ago an NBC report revealed that the app was affected by 2 security issues (now patched) that could have exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 03, 2018
Fin7 hackers stole 5 Million payment card data from Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor Stores

FIN7 hackers stole credit and debit card information from millions of consumers who have purchased goods at Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor stores. A new data breach made the headlines, the victim is Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor stores. According to the parent company Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), the security breach […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 31, 2018
Grindr gay-dating app exposed millions of users’ private data, messages, locations

According to an NBC report, the Grindr gay-dating app was affected by 2 security issues (now patched) that could expose the information of its more than 3 million daily users. Every day we read of a new data breach, in some cases, exposed data could have a severe impact on the victim. According to an NBC report, the Grindr […]