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Hackers launch Cyber Attacks on the government Website of Fayette County
Hackers launched Cyber Attacks on the government website of Fayette County locking down staff from accessing email accounts. Michael King, the County’s IT Director reported that the email systems of the county witnessed a break-in last week perhaps to gain access in order to send spam email or to perpetuate malware such as ransomware. “I […]
Yahoo to face litigation after more than 1 billion users’ info was leaked in Cyber Attack
Yahoo is said to face legal charges after more than 1 billion users information was leaked in a cyber attack. This includes names, emails, phone numbers, passwords and security questions. Yahoo was found guilty for being slow to disclose the attacks as it waited 3 years before revealing details about the first attack. Readers of […]
Hackers steal 2 million customer details from CEX via Cyber Attack
A cyber attack launched by some hackers hailing from Briton is said to have leaked customer details of more than 2 million CEX customers. The details include personal info like names, email addresses, contact numbers and some financial data which include encrypted credit card details. CEX which sells second-hand mobile phones, games and electronics said […]
Data Security concerns make Indian Government ban Chinese Mobiles and IT Products
Indian Government has decided to impose a ban on the sale of Chinese electronics and other IT products in its country due to data security concerns from November this year. Releasing a press report on this issue recently, the government of India has asked 21 smart phone, and 7 Security Camera makers to share the […]
‘Have I been pwned’ helps know data breaches
Are you interested in knowing the details of all those compromised passwords which you’ve been using on some web services accounts? Then “Have I been pwned” can help you in doing so. “Have I been pwned” is basically a website which helps all web service users to find out if the passwords which they are […]
verizon breach: how cloud encryption can save your data
This post was originally published here by Chantelle Patel. As has been widely reported, Verizon is the latest enterprise to be hit with a large-scale data breach. Over 14 million customer records were left exposed due to a misconfiguration in Verizon’s Amazon Web Services(AWS) instance. Among the leaked information were logs containing customer names, cell phone numbers, and […]
Ashley Madison agrees to pay $11.2 million as Cyber Attack settlement
Toronto based Ashley Madison has officially agreed to pay $11.2 million as cyber attack settlement in response to an American Class Action lawsuit which stemmed from a massive security breach which took place 2 years ago. However, the proposed settlement is yet to get the approval of United States District Court for the Eastern District […]
Cyber Attack leaks credit card numbers of Trump Hotel Customers
Trump International Hotels Management LLC issued a public statement on its website yesterday that a data breach which occurred at its IT service providers has compromised card payment details of customers at 14 of its properties, including hotels in Washington, New York, and Vancouver. The details forwarded to the press on Thursday say that the […]
Amazon Storage leaks personal data of 14 million Verizon Customers
Personal data of more than 14 million Verizon customers was leaked on Tuesday this week due to a misconfiguration on Amazon Web Services storage bucket. Hence, cyber incidents such as this highlight the importance of data protection practices on cloud platforms. The security lapse was discovered by a research firm called UpGuard. And as per […]
Privacy Alert- NHS Trust shares data of 1.6 million patients with Google
British Data Protection watchdog is planning to sue Royal Free Trust belonging to NHS for sharing the data of more than 1.6 million patients with Google. Since the NHS trust did not comply with the data protection laws while passing on the personal information, The British Information Commissioner Office (ICO) plans to slap a fine […]
