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Cisco data leak – Job applications portal leaked personal informationCisco data leak – Job applications portal leaked personal information

Cisco data leak – Job applications portal leaked personal information

Cisco data leak - Cisco has fixed a security vulnerability in the company Professional Careers portal that exposed personal information…

9 years ago
Once again identity thieves use stolen SSNs in IRS attackOnce again identity thieves use stolen SSNs in IRS attack

Once again identity thieves use stolen SSNs in IRS attack

The IRS detected roughly unauthorized attempts using 464,000 unique SSNs, and 101,000 attempts allowed crooks in generating PINs. The U.S. Internal…

9 years ago
Canada – Military data found in hard drive at the recycling depotCanada – Military data found in hard drive at the recycling depot

Canada – Military data found in hard drive at the recycling depot

A man has found a 30-gigabyte hard drive at a recycling depot in Halifax containing at least 10 GB Canadian…

9 years ago
Data of 34,000 Steam users exposed due to buggy caching configurationData of 34,000 Steam users exposed due to buggy caching configuration

Data of 34,000 Steam users exposed due to buggy caching configuration

Valve company publicly confirmed that Steam deployed a buggy caching configuration to mitigate a DDoS attack which exposed Steam users personal…

9 years ago
A serious issue in Steam allowed access to other users’ accountsA serious issue in Steam allowed access to other users’ accounts

A serious issue in Steam allowed access to other users’ accounts

As a result of a configuration change a security issue allowed some Steam users to randomly see pages generated for…

9 years ago
IRS breached, hackers access data of more 100,000 taxpayersIRS breached, hackers access data of more 100,000 taxpayers

IRS breached, hackers access data of more 100,000 taxpayers

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) was breached by hackers that "used an online service provided by the agency" to access…

10 years ago
Fake NYPD Badges available for sale on dark webFake NYPD Badges available for sale on dark web

Fake NYPD Badges available for sale on dark web

Experts at Trustev discovered on the Nucleus black market lifetime subscriptions to popular streaming services and fake NYPD badges. In…

10 years ago
Data Breach – Hackers violated a server at Linux AustraliaData Breach – Hackers violated a server at Linux Australia

Data Breach – Hackers violated a server at Linux Australia

The organization Linux Australia revealed that one of its servers was hacked. The personal data of conference attendees might have…

10 years ago
Home Office – Cybercrime goes unpunished in the UKHome Office – Cybercrime goes unpunished in the UK

Home Office – Cybercrime goes unpunished in the UK

British law enforcement is in difficulty facing the cybercrime, just one computer hacker a month convicted of cyber crime out…

10 years ago
G20 World leaders were victims of accidentally privacy breachG20 World leaders were victims of accidentally privacy breach

G20 World leaders were victims of accidentally privacy breach

G20 World leaders were victims of accidentally privacy breach, but Australian authorities decided to not inform victims due to low…

10 years ago