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ICE compromises more than 6,000 migrants seeking asylum after mistakenly posting personal info
ICE is asking those who downloaded the information to delete it.
Schumer calls on feds to give victims more info on hacks, data breaches
The New York Democrat called on the feds to step up oversight and investigation into the data breaches under the Cyber Incident Reporting Act, which was signed into law in...
Australian telecom giant Optus hit by cyberattack, personal info at risk
Wireless carrier Optus said in a statement on Thursday it had immediately shut down the attack after discovering it, and personal info had not been compromised.
Holiday Inn franchisees claim 'weak password' cyberattack boosts lawsuit
A couple from Vietnam told the BBC that they attacked the online reservation system of Holiday Inn's owner by obtaining its password, Qwerty1234.
Uber confirms alleged teen hacker breached its network, taunted employees
The person who took responsibility for the hack reportedly claims to be just 18 years old.
Holiday Inn bookings tank after suspected ransomware attack: franchisees
“The franchisees are getting murdered here and IHG doesn’t care,” said Rich Gandhi, a franchisee in Exton, Pa.
'Photos were definitely visible': Influencer's fitness app hit by serious data breach
An influencer’s fitness app has been involved in a major data breach that potentially exposed customers’ personal information and revealing photos.
TikTok denies hacker group's claim of massive data breach
TikTok said its “security team has found no evidence of a security breach.���
One-third of businesses are reckless with customer data: poll
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NYC schools ban use of software company's products after massive data breach
The NYC Department of Education is calling it quits with a software company whose data breach has impacted at least 820,000 public school students.
Student data breach in NYC also impacted charter schools, districts
State officials told The Post on Friday afternoon they were aware of 24 school districts and 18 charter schools impacted by the incident
Personal data of 820,000 NYC students compromised in hack
The students’ social security numbers and family financial information were not collected by the DOE and were not compromised, according to the sources.
Lapsus$ hacker mastermind suspected to be UK teen living with mom
Cybersecurity sleuths have reportedly uncovered the suspected mastermind of the notorious Lapsus$ hacker group – a 16-year-old whiz kid living with his mother in Oxford, England. The teen, whose uses...
Okta investigating possible data breach linked to hacker group
Identity authentication firm Okta downplayed the extent of an apparent security breach on Tuesday after prominent hacker group Lapsus$ posted screenshots purportedly containing sensitive information from its internal systems. A...
Samsung data breach: Hackers steal data from microchip giant Nvidia
Samsung has confirmed that a hacking group which stole data from microchip giant Nvidia last week has also infiltrated its systems.
Supreme Court spurns Google bid to avoid shareholders' privacy lawsuit
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alphabet's attempt to nix a lawsuit by shareholders accusing it of fraudulently concealing a security glitch that left private user data...
Grindr fined $7 million for violating EU privacy rules
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority said it imposed its highest fine to date because the California-based company didn't comply with the EU’s tough data protection regulations.
Neiman Marcus says 4.6M customers may have had their data stolen
The company said it's working with cybersecurity firm Mandiant on the investigation and it has notified law enforcement authorities about the hack.
Walgreens COVID-19 test registration system reportedly left patient data unprotected
The data also exposed names, dates of birth and gender identities on the open web for potentially anyone to see and for the multiple ad trackers on Walgreens' site to...
T-Mobile data breach affects additional 5.3M customers
T-Mobile said an ongoing investigation into a data breach revealed that hackers accessed personal information of an additional 5.3 million customers.