Articles tagged with Data Leak

Tumblr Fixes Security Bug that Leaked Private Account Info

A bug in Tumblr's "Recommended Blogs" feature was fixed that disclosed private and personal information about the owner of the recommended blogs.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 18, 2018
- 09:38 AM
- 0
Google+ Shutting Down After Bug Leaks Info of 500k Accounts

Google has announced that they are closing the consumer functionality of Google+ due lack of adoption and an API bug that leaked the personal information of up to 500,000 Google+ accounts.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 08, 2018
- 02:21 PM
- 3
United Nations WordPress Site Exposes Thousands of Resumes

Disclosure vulnerabilities in a web app from the United Nations leave open to public access CVs from job applicants and the organization failed to plug the leak despite receiving a private report on the issues.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 25, 2018
- 03:00 AM
- 0
Database with 11 Million Email Records Exposed

A huge customer database containing 11 million records that include personal details, has been discovered on Monday sitting online, unprotected.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 18, 2018
- 06:00 AM
- 0
Data Management Firm Exposes 445 Million Records

A database with over 200GB of data was found on a server left defenseless and open to public query, to anyone knowing where to find it.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 11, 2018
- 04:35 PM
- 0
Trend Micro Apps Leak User Data, Removed from Mac App Store

Multiple apps developed by Trend Micro are no longer available in the Mac App Store after researchers showed they were collecting browser history and information about users' computers.
- Ionut Ilascu
- September 10, 2018
- 10:41 AM
- 0
OCR Software Dev Exposes 200,000 Customer Documents

A misconfigured MongoDB server belonging to Abbyy, an optical character recognition software developer, allowed public access to customer files.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 27, 2018
- 05:34 PM
- 0
Atlas Quantum Cryptocurrency Investment Platform Suffers Data Breach

Cryptocurrency investment platform Atlas Quantum announced on Sunday a data breach that exposed the personal details of all of its users.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 27, 2018
- 04:11 AM
- 0
Legacy System Exposes Contact Info of BlackHat 2018 Attendees

Full contact information of everyone attending the BlackHat security conference this year has been exposed in clear text, a researcher has found. The data trove includes name, email, company, and phone number.
- Ionut Ilascu
- August 22, 2018
- 08:55 AM
- 1
MongoDB Server Exposes Babysitting App's Database

The makers of Sitter, a popular app for connecting babysitters with parents, have involuntarily exposed the personal details of over 93,000 users.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 21, 2018
- 10:28 AM
- 0
Twitch Glitch Exposed Some Users' Private Messages

Twitch is warning users of a bug in one of its recently retired features that may have exposed some of their messages to other users.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- August 20, 2018
- 04:16 AM
- 0
Shipping Firm Avoids Customer Data Dump in Last Year's Hack & Ransom Incident

UK-based shipping company Clarkson PLC (or Clarksons) has revealed more details about a security breach that took place last year, and during which hackers threatened to release some of the company's data online if it didn't pay a ransom demand.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 31, 2018
- 11:55 AM
- 0
Robocall Firm Exposes Hundreds of Thousands of US Voters' Records

RoboCent, a Virginia Beach-based political robocall firm, has exposed the personal details of hundreds of thousands of US voters, according to the findings of a security researcher who stumbled upon the company's database online.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 18, 2018
- 02:25 PM
- 0
PayPal's Venmo App Exposes Most Transactions via Its API

The vast majority of Venmo transactions are being logged in a public API accessible to anyone, according to the recent investigation of a privacy advocate.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 18, 2018
- 06:11 AM
- 0
Telefonica Spain Exposed the Personal Details of Millions of Customers

Telefonica, one of the world's largest telecommunications provider, has suffered a data breach this week, exposing the personal and financial information for millions of Spanish users of the company's Movistar landline, broadband, and pay television service.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- July 17, 2018
- 12:10 AM
- 2
Typeform Announces Breach After Hacker Grabs Backup File

Barcelona-based online survey and form building service Typeform announced a data breach today after an unknown attacker downloaded a backup file containing sensitive customer information.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 29, 2018
- 05:10 PM
- 0
Thousands of Apps Leak Sensitive Data via Misconfigured Firebase Backends

Thousands of iOS and Android mobile applications are exposing over 113 GBs of data via over 2,271 misconfigured Firebase databases, according to a report released this week by mobile security firm Appthority.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 23, 2018
- 05:00 AM
- 0
Trik Spam Botnet Leaks 43 Million Email Addresses

Over 43 million email addresses have leaked from the command and control server of a spam botnet, a security researcher has told Bleeping Computer today.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 12, 2018
- 11:22 AM
- 3
Weight Watchers IT Infrastructure Exposed via No-Password Kubernetes Server

Just like many companies before it, weight loss program Weight Watchers suffered a small security breach after security researchers found a crucial server exposed on the Internet that was holding the configuration info for some of the company's IT infrastructure.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- June 11, 2018
- 08:15 AM
- 0
Contractor Exposes Credentials for Universal Music Group's IT Infrastructure

Keys to the Universal Music Group's IT kingdom were made available online this month due to a forgetful IT contractor, Bleeping Computer has learned.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- May 30, 2018
- 01:34 PM
- 1