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Samsung cops to data leak after unsolicited '1/1' Find my Mobile push notification
2020-02-24 13:20

Samsung has admitted that what it calls a "Small number" of users could indeed read other people's personal data following last week's unexplained Find my Mobile notification. Several Register readers wrote in to tell us that, after last Thursday's mystery push notification, they found strangers' personal data displayed to them.

Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, possible data leak
2020-01-21 11:40

Japanese multinational Mitsubishi Electric has admitted that it had suffered a data breach some six months ago, and that "Personal information and corporate confidential information may have been leaked." According to several reports from Japanese daily newspapers, the company discovered the data breach in late June, when they detected suspicious activities on a server at its Information Technology R&D Center in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Key security priorities for financial services: Preventing fraud and data leaks
2019-12-09 05:30

The banking and financial services sector is struggling with a skills shortage along with the sheer volume of threats and alerts as it continues its ongoing battle against cybercrime, according to...

Plugging the Data Leak in Manufacturing
2019-11-12 21:11

IIoT-generated data – calibrations, measurements and other parameters – still need to be stored, managed and shared securely.

Facebook Reveals New Data Leak Incident Involving Groups' Members
2019-11-06 10:19

Facebook today revealed yet another security incident admitting that roughly 100 app developers may have improperly accessed its users' data in certain Facebook groups, including their names and...

Two Data Leaks Expose Millions of Records
2019-10-28 18:04

Customers of Adobe and Italy's UniCredit Affected in Separate IncidentsTwo new security incidents demonstrate how easily millions of customer records can be exposed. Researchers found an unsecured...

FileCloud launches Smart DLP, a real-time data leak prevention solution
2019-10-08 03:15

FileCloud, a cloud-agnostic enterprise file sync and sharing platform, unveiled Smart DLP, an intelligent, rule-driven solution that enables enterprises to prevent data leaks in real time and...

American Man Jailed in US Over Singapore HIV Data Leak
2019-10-01 06:58

An American man who leaked confidential details of thousands of HIV-positive people in Singapore, most of them foreigners, has been jailed in the United States for two years. read more

Lion Air Data Leak Came From Contractor's Ex-Staff, Airline Says
2019-09-24 11:54

A massive data breach at Indonesian airline Lion Air that affected millions of customers stolen was the fault of staff at a contractor, the airline's Malaysia subsidiary said Monday. read more

Indonesia, Malaysia Probe Lion Air Customer Data Leak
2019-09-20 15:12

Authorities are probing a customer data leak at Lion Air, Indonesia's communications ministry said Friday, in a breach that reportedly affected millions of the carrier's customers. Two of the...