Data Breach

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Home Improvement Startup Houzz Suffers Data Breach
Home Improvement Startup Houzz Suffers Data Breach
February 01, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Home improvement startup Houzz revealed that it suffered a data breach. The company said in a FAQ on its website that the breach was discovered in late...

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State Bank Of India Exposes Financial Data Of Millions
State Bank Of India Exposes Financial Data Of Millions
January 30, 2019  |  Safety and Security

State Bank of India, India’s biggest bank, was forced to patch a server that was unsecured, providing anyone with access to customers’ data. According to...

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Rubrik Exposes Customer Data, May Face GDPR Fines
Rubrik Exposes Customer Data, May Face GDPR Fines
January 30, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Rubrik, an IT security and cloud data management company, has suffered a massive data leak. The company pulled the server offline on Tuesday (Jan. 29)...

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Most Fortune 100 Companies Use Software That Enabled Equifax Hack
Most Fortune 100 Companies Use Software That Enabled Equifax Hack
January 29, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax’s data breach of nearly two years ago hasn’t taught a majority of Fortune 100 companies a lesson, with reports stating that most are using...

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Singapore’s HIV Registry Data Exposed Online
Singapore’s HIV Registry Data Exposed Online
January 28, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Singapore’s Ministry of Health disclosed Monday (Jan. 28) that the private health information of its citizens has been breached. According to a report in TechCrunch,...

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Ascension Leak Exposes 24M+ Loan, Mortgage Details
Ascension Leak Exposes 24M+ Loan, Mortgage Details
January 24, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Data and analytics company Ascension has suffered a data leak that exposed more than 24 million loan and mortgage documents from some of the country’s biggest...

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Spring Labs Partners With Leading FinTech Firms On Fraud Prevention Platform
Spring Labs Partners With Leading FinTech Firms On Fraud Prevention Platform
January 21, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Spring Labs announced that 16 FinTech industry leaders have joined its Spring Founding Industry Partners (SFIP) program to help prevent fraud and boost ID verification capabilities. Spring...

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Hackers Steal Discount Vouchers From Pinduoduo
Hackers Steal Discount Vouchers From Pinduoduo
January 21, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Pinduoduo, the Chinese Nasdaq-listed Internet marketplace that lets consumers get discounts from merchants, announced Sunday (January 20) that an online collective stole tens of millions...

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Data Breach Leaks 773M Emails, 21M Passwords
Data Breach Leaks 773M Emails, 21M Passwords
January 18, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The largest public data breach ever has been discovered, according to Gizmodo. “Collection #1” has seen the exposure of nearly 773 million unique emails and...

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