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A total of six social media breaches, including the Cambridge Analytica-Facebook incident, accounted for over 56 per cent of total records compromised.

Data breaches compromised 4.5 bln records in Q1/Q2, 2018

Almost 1 billion records were compromised in Aadhar breach incident.

15 Oct 2018 7:01 PM

The breach allowed attackers to access millions of users’ location and history.

How to know if you were a victim of Facebook’s big data breach

Facebook confirmed that 29 million people were victim to the September 18 data breach.

13 Oct 2018 10:36 AM

‘Within two days, we closed the vulnerability, stopped the attack, and secured people’s accounts by resetting the access tokens for people who were potentially exposed,’ said Facebook.

Facebook shares details about the cyber attack

The attackers already controlled a set of accounts, which were connected to Facebook friends.

13 Oct 2018 9:36 AM

The breach has left users more vulnerable to targeted phishing attacks and could deepen unease about posting to a service whose privacy, moderation and security practices have been called into question by a series of scandals, cybersecurity experts and financial analysts said.

Data breach affected 29 million users, details impact: Facebook

The company said it would message affected users over the coming days.

13 Oct 2018 9:23 AM

The letters asked whether the vulnerability was revealed previously to any federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, and if there were “similar incidents which have not been publicly disclosed?”

Google to explain delay in disclosing vulnerability

Republican US senators asked Google to explain why it delayed disclosing vulnerabilities with its Google+ social network.

12 Oct 2018 9:10 AM

Arguments were heard in a sealed proceeding in a US District Court in Fresno, California weeks before 16 suspected gang members were indicted there, but the judge ruled in Facebook’s favor.

US fails to force Facebook to wiretap Messenger calls

The government’s request had alarmed technology executives and privacy advocates.

29 Sep 2018 9:26 AM

A feature called Facebook Login allows people to use their Facebook credentials to sign into certain other apps and services.

Facebook says hackers could access some apps

One security expert says the hacking attack on FB is serious, but only Facebook knows how serious.

29 Sep 2018 9:21 AM

In a call with reporters on Friday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that attackers would have had the ability to view private messages or post on someone’s account, but there’s no sign that they did.

Hacked: Facebook says 50M user accounts hit by security breach

Facebook said it doesn’t know who was behind the attacks or where they’re based.

29 Sep 2018 9:14 AM

Lawmakers in many countries may be focused on Cambridge Analytica's alleged improper use of Facebook data.

Facebook's history with privacy: Promises and only promises

Facebook’s most notable missteps and promises around privacy.

31 Mar 2018 9:49 AM

UIDAI said since it maintains full log and traceability of the facility, legal action including FIR against the persons involved in the case, is being initiated.

UIDAI dismisses breach claim of Aadhaar data being sold on WhatsApp for Rs 500

The reported case appears to be an instance of misuse of the grievance redressal search facility, claims the UIDAI's report.

05 Jan 2018 8:38 AM

Hunt "has credibility and integrity," said UK based security researcher Ian Thornton-Trump, who has used Hunt's site to build a system that keeps customer credentials safe from attacks that re-use previously disclosed passwords. Photo: AP

Have you been 'pwned' in a data breach? Troy hunt can answer

People using his site can search on their email address to see whether and where their records have been exposed.

06 Dec 2017 8:30 AM

Calls for law change after Indians left in dark over data leaks

Jio has repeatedly denied any breach took place and said that names, telephone numbers and email addresses of Jio users.

15 Jul 2017 7:49 AM

They are among nine people who have faced charges following an investigation connected to a breach JPMorgan disclosed in 2014 that exposed more than 83 million accounts.

US trial set over bitcoin exchange linked to JPMorgan hack probe

Prosecutors contend Lebedev schemed to deceive financial institutions into processing transactions

13 Feb 2017 9:47 PM

The Candid Board was recently hacked into and around 180k usernames, passwords and other details such as photos and videos were grabbed from the website by some hackers.

'Upskirt' porn website breach exposes 180,000 accounts

Almost 178,201 unique email addresses, usernames, passwords, DOB, IP addresses were included in the breach.

26 Jan 2017 1:00 PM

FriendFinder Networks says it has more than 600 million registered users across some 40,000 websites in its network.

Why are hackers shifting their focus to dating websites?

The hack of Adult Friend Finder is the second major hack in a year on dating websites.

24 Nov 2016 11:27 AM

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