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14k HIV+ records leaked, Singapore says sorry
2019-01-31 13:50

Singapore's Ministry of Health said the HIV status of 14,200 people, plus confidential data of 2,400 of their contacts, is in the possession of somebody who's not authorized to have it and who's...

North Korea Defectors' Details Leaked in Hacking
2018-12-28 15:21

Personal details of nearly 1,000 North Korean defectors living in the South have been leaked in a hacking case, officials said Friday, exposing them to potential threats from the North. read more

57m Americans’ details leaked online by another misconfigured server
2018-11-30 11:30

Misconfigured Elasticsearch servers spilled personal details on 57 million Americans, said reports this week.

Oops: Cisco accidentally leaked in-house Dirty COW exploit code with biz conf call software
2018-11-08 13:23

Critical bugs patched in switches, messaging, analytics Cisco this week patched critical vulnerabilities in its switches, Stealthwatch, and Unity voice messaging system.…

Pakistan: Banks Weren't Hacked, But Card Details Leaked
2018-11-07 11:33

Card Details From 22 Banks Appeared On Underground MarketPakistan says the nation's banks have not been hacked, but are taking defensive steps after nearly 20,000 payment card details appeared for...

Twitter: Don't panic, but we may have leaked your DMs to rando devs
2018-09-21 21:45

Internet outrage mobile insists year-long API bug would have been super-hard to exploit Twitter is in full damage control mode after disclosing that it may have inappropriately exposed some...

Sextortion scum armed with leaked credentials are persistent pests
2018-09-10 11:29

If you're going to batter 8,497 folk with over 60,000 threats, odds are someone will crack Persistence pays off for crooks when it comes to sextortion-based phishing scams, research into its...

Wannabe Supreme Brett Kavanaugh red-faced after leaked emails contradict spy testimony
2018-09-06 22:48

Who knew what on warrantless state snooping? Analysis Despite repeated denials, some under oath, US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh appears to have known – and may even have pushed for – the...

Hacker Who Leaked Celebrities' Naked Photos Gets 8 Months in Prison
2018-08-31 09:02

George Garofano (left) The fourth celebrity hacker—who was charged earlier this year with hacking into over 250 Apple iCloud accounts belonged to Jennifer Lawrence and other Hollywood...

Kaspersky VPN Bug Leaked DNS Lookups
2018-08-13 10:15

A recently patched security vulnerability in the Kaspersky VPN application for Android resulted in DNS queries being exposed even after the user connected to a virtual server. read more