data leak
Threesome app exposes 1.5 million users’ data from White House to 10 Downing Street
3Fun has been categorized as being “probably the worst security for any dating app ever seen.”
Security flaw exposes 885 million First American real estate documents
These digitised records include bank account numbers and statements, mortgage and tax records, social security numbers and more.
UK police will not probe sacked defence minister over Huawei leak
The opposition Labour Party had called for a criminal investigation into the leak.
Doctor-services firm says private data of patients exposed
An unauthorised third party gained access to the information through employee email accounts.
Bug may have exposed photos from 7M Facebook users
The bug gave hundreds of apps unauthorised access to photos that could in theory include images that would embarrass some.
Russia, stung by intelligence leaks, plans to tighten data protection
The bill produced by Russia’s communications ministry, bars unauthorised people from creating and publishing databases.
Google+ to shut down consumer version after 500,000 users data exposed
Google said software glitch in social site gave outside developers potential access to private Google+ profile data between 2015 and 2018.
At least 32,000 smart homes and businesses at risk of leaking data: Avast
Under certain conditions cybercriminals can track a user’s whereabouts which can be a serious privacy and security threat.
Trai views on data privacy, security in telecom sector: R S Sharma
Trai had floated a consultation paper on the privacy, security and ownership of data in telecom sector last year.
Apple warns its representatives on dripping information
In a leaked internal memo, the company had reportedly told employees it ‘caught 29 leakers’ last year and 12 were arrested.