Data Breach

Viacom left the keys of its digital kingdom on a publicly exposed AWS S3 bucketViacom left the keys of its digital kingdom on a publicly exposed AWS S3 bucket

Viacom left the keys of its digital kingdom on a publicly exposed AWS S3 bucket

The security researcher Chris Vickery discovered that Media giant Viacom left sensitive data and secret access key on unsecured Amazon AWS…

8 years ago
400,000 UK consumers at risk after the Equifax data breach400,000 UK consumers at risk after the Equifax data breach

400,000 UK consumers at risk after the Equifax data breach

About 400,000 Britons may have had their information stolen following the Equifax data breach, the news was reported by the…

8 years ago
OurMine hacked Vevo and leaked 3.12 TB internal files, then delete themOurMine hacked Vevo and leaked 3.12 TB internal files, then delete them

OurMine hacked Vevo and leaked 3.12 TB internal files, then delete them

The notorious OurMine hacker crew has claimed responsibility for the breach of the popular video streaming service Vevo. Another clamorous data…

8 years ago
Equifax- or the new gold standard for “how not to do Incident Response”!Equifax- or the new gold standard for “how not to do Incident Response”!

Equifax- or the new gold standard for “how not to do Incident Response”!

The cybersecurity expert Stuart Peck, Director of Cyber Security Strategy, ZeroDayLab, shared its view on the Equifax data breach. For…

8 years ago
Mexican tax refund MoneyBack site exposed 400GB of sensitive customer dataMexican tax refund MoneyBack site exposed 400GB of sensitive customer data

Mexican tax refund MoneyBack site exposed 400GB of sensitive customer data

Experts from security firm Kromtech discovered the Mexican VAT refund site MoneyBack exposed 400GB of sensitive information. Another huge data leak made…

8 years ago
Equifax data breach could impact 143 million US consumersEquifax data breach could impact 143 million US consumers

Equifax data breach could impact 143 million US consumers

Equifax, one of the three major US consumer credit reporting agencies is the last victim of a data breach that…

8 years ago
WikiLeaks revealed Project Protego, a secret CIA Missile Control System Project for fightersWikiLeaks revealed Project Protego, a secret CIA Missile Control System Project for fighters

WikiLeaks revealed Project Protego, a secret CIA Missile Control System Project for fighters

WikiLeaks has published a new batch of documents that details the Project Protego, a secret CIA Missile Control System Project…

8 years ago
Another unsecured AWS S3 bucket exposed 4 million Time Warner Cable subscriber recordsAnother unsecured AWS S3 bucket exposed 4 million Time Warner Cable subscriber records

Another unsecured AWS S3 bucket exposed 4 million Time Warner Cable subscriber records

Experts reported that the AWS S3 storage containing subscriber data was left open by freelancers who handled web applications for the Time Warner…

8 years ago
Taringa Data Breach, over 28 Million users affectedTaringa Data Breach, over 28 Million users affected

Taringa Data Breach, over 28 Million users affected

The data breach notification website LeakBase reported to the colleagues at THN the Taringa data breach, over 28 Million users' data exposed.…

8 years ago
Thousands resumes of US military and intel contractors left unsecured on an Amazon serverThousands resumes of US military and intel contractors left unsecured on an Amazon server

Thousands resumes of US military and intel contractors left unsecured on an Amazon server

Experts discovered thousands of files containing personal data on former US military, intelligence, and government workers exposed online for months. Researchers…

8 years ago