Security News

Flipboard Database Hacked — Users' Account Information Exposed
2019-05-29 10:33

Flipboard, a popular social sharing and news aggregator service used by over 150 million people, has disclosed that its databases containing account information of certain users have been hacked....

Database May Have Exposed Instagram Data for 49 Million
2019-05-21 13:48

Email Addresses, Phone Numbers Potentially ExposedThere's been a potential leak of personally identifiable information from Instagram, but it's not clear yet whether the data on 49 million users...

Database May Have Exposed Instagram Personal Data
2019-05-21 12:18

Email Addresses, Phone Numbers for 49 Million People Potentially ExposedThere's been a potential leak of personally identifiable information from Instagram, but it's not clear yet whether the data...

Faulty Database Script Exposed Salesforce Data to Wrong Users
2019-05-20 15:39

Salesforce Shuts Down Instances After Database Script Erroneously Enabled All Permissions on User Profiles read more

275m personal records swiped from exposed MongoDB database
2019-05-10 10:17

Records included not only the individuals’ name and email address but also their employment history, salary, and phone number.

Trustwave unveils new database security scanning and testing software
2019-05-03 02:20

Trustwave unveiled new database security scanning and testing software that helps organizations better protect critical data assets hosted on-site or by major cloud service providers from advanced...

Mystery database exposes data on 80 million US households
2019-05-01 10:13

Put on your detective hat - the researchers who found it say it's full of people's data, but not who it belongs to.

Mystery Database Exposed Info on 80 Million US Households
2019-04-30 17:03

Researchers Locate an Unprotected 24GB Database With Names, Addresses and IncomesAn unsecured database hosted on Microsoft's cloud platform contained personal information on nearly 80 million U.S....

Unprotected Database Exposes Personal Info of 80 Million American Households
2019-04-30 07:03

A team of security researchers has claims to have found a publicly-accessible database that exposes information on more than 80 million U.S. households—nearly 65 percent of the total number of...

Unprotected Database Stored Information on 80 Million U.S. Households
2019-04-30 05:59

Researchers have stumbled upon an unprotected database storing information on the individuals living in roughly 80 million households in the United States. read more