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Criminal, Domestic Violence Case Info Exposed in Cook County Leak
2021-01-26 17:24

UPDATE. A non-password protected database exposed 323,000 court records for at least four months, according to researchers. The database exposed the names of various people involved in sensitive criminal, domestic-abuse or child-custody court cases, related to a county in Illinois.

Data breach at Buyucoin crypto exchange leaks user info, trades
2021-01-24 18:16

A threat actor has leaked the stolen database for Indian cryptocurrency exchange Buyucoin on a hacking forum for free. Over the weekend, a threat actor known as ShinyHunters posted the link to an archive that contains the alleged database dumps for the Buyucoin cryptocurrency exchange.

Chipmaker Intel Corp. Blames Internal Error on Data Leak
2021-01-23 20:23

The computer chipmaker Intel Corp. on Friday blamed an internal error for a data leak that prompted it to release a quarterly earnings report early. The company's chief financial officer, George Davis, had earlier told The Financial Times that Intel published its earnings ahead of the stock market's close on Thursday because it believed a hacker stole financially sensitive information from the site.

Bonobos clothing store suffers a data breach, hacker leaks 70GB database
2021-01-22 19:11

Bonobos men's clothing store has suffered a massive data breach exposing millions of customers' personal information after a cloud backup of their database was downloaded by a threat actor. Bonobos started as an online men's clothing store but later expanded to sixty locations to try on clothes before purchasing them.

Bonobos clothing store confirms breach after hacker leaks 70GB database
2021-01-22 14:11

Bonobos men's clothing store has suffered a massive data breach exposing millions of customers' personal information after a cloud backup of their database was downloaded by a threat actor. Bonobos started as an online men's clothing store but later expanded to sixty locations to try on clothes before purchasing them.

New Windows 10 update leaks info on upcoming 21H1 feature update
2021-01-22 05:05

A Windows 10 20H2 cumulative update released to Insiders on the 'Release' channel leaked that the next feature updated will be 21H1. When Microsoft releases new feature updates, it typically alternates between releasing them as a full-featured update or a small enablement package, which simply turns on dormant features already built into Windows 10. As the last feature update was Windows 10 20H2 and was distributed as an enablement package, the thought was the Windows 10 21H1 would be released as a full feature update.

Hacker leaks full database of 77 million Nitro PDF user records
2021-01-20 12:17

The 14GB leaked database contains 77,159,696 records with users' email addresses, full names, bcrypt hashed passwords, titles, company names, IP addresses, and other system-related information. Nitro is an application that helps create, edit, and sign PDFs and digital documents, an app that Nitro Software claims to have over 10,000 business customers and roughly 1.8 million licensed users.

Hackers Leak Stolen Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Data
2021-01-13 17:15

The EMA is an agency of the European Union in charge of the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products in the E.U, similar to the FDA in the U.S. In December, the agency disclosed that threat actors broke into its server and accessed documentation about the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech. Specifically accessed were some documents relating to the regulatory submission for the companies' COVID-19 vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, which was stored on the EMA server, a Pfizer spokesperson confirmed to Threatpost.

Hackers leak stolen Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data online
2021-01-12 11:46

The European Medicines Agency today revealed that some of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data stolen from its servers in December was leaked online. "The Agency continues to fully support the criminal investigation into the data breach and to notify any additional entities and individuals whose documents and personal data may have been subject to unauthorized access."

Microsoft's unreleased Windows Core Polaris OS leaks online
2021-01-03 15:29

A development build of Windows Core Polaris was leaked online yesterday, proving that Microsoft was actively developing the operating system designed for low-performance devices. For those unaware, Microsoft has been secretly working on a modular version of the Windows platform codenamed "Windows Core OS." With Windows Core OS, Microsoft planned to offer different flavors/SKUs of Windows for various form factors, such as phones, 2-in-1s, dual-screen PCs, and collaboration devices.