Data Leakage
How to protect against a DDoS attack
How to protect against a DDoS attack
DDoS attacks are on the up - here's how to fight back
17 Nov 2020
Hackers steal 8.3 million user records from 123RF
Hackers steal 8.3 million user records from 123RF
Stolen data contained users’ names, addresses, hashed passwords
13 Nov 2020
Hotel booking firm exposes data on "millions" of guests
Hotel booking firm exposes data on "millions" of guests
Reservation platform used by Hotels.com, Booking.com and Expedia left sensitive data exposed on a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket
9 Nov 2020
Fitness Depot notifies customers of data breach
Fitness Depot notifies customers of data breach
The fitness retailer has said its ISP was to blame for a breach of its online store
8 Jun 2020
Printing company exposes 343GB of sensitive military data
Printing company exposes 343GB of sensitive military data
The leak is the latest in a series of data blunders discovered by vpnMentor's web-mapping project
20 Mar 2020
Ex-Equifax CIO to serve four months for insider trading
Ex-Equifax CIO to serve four months for insider trading
Jun Ying “abused the trust placed in him” to profit from advanced knowledge of the disastrous data breach
2 Jul 2019
30% of CEOs have had their credentials leaked
30% of CEOs have had their credentials leaked
Username and password re-use potentially puts corporate information at risk - study
25 Oct 2017
Plastic surgery clinic hit by hackers
Plastic surgery clinic hit by hackers
Dark Overlord hackers steal data from London Bridge Plastic Surgery clinic
24 Oct 2017
US security secrets stolen in Russian NSA hack: reports
US security secrets stolen in Russian NSA hack: reports
Hacking tools allegedly snatched when worker loaded them onto home computer
6 Oct 2017
Nottingham County Council fined £70,000 for data leak
Nottingham County Council fined £70,000 for data leak
The data of 3,000 vulnerable people was accessible through Google
4 Sep 2017
Canadian university loses $11.8m in email phishing scam
Canadian university loses $11.8m in email phishing scam
Employees at MacEwan University were led to believe a client was changing account details
1 Sep 2017
ICO fines TalkTalk £100k for data breach
ICO fines TalkTalk £100k for data breach
Data watchdog found that the company failed to use adequate safeguards
11 Aug 2017
HBO hackers add ransom note with fresh Game of Thrones leaks
HBO hackers add ransom note with fresh Game of Thrones leaks
Latest HBO leak includes more GoT scripts as pressure on HBO builds
8 Aug 2017
Sweden leaked confidential data to IBM in outsourcing deal
Sweden leaked confidential data to IBM in outsourcing deal
The historical leak was only made public this week, and involved 'protected identities'
25 Jul 2017
Ashley Madison breach leads to $11.2m settlement
Ashley Madison breach leads to $11.2m settlement
Parent company Ruby Corp will pay 37 million users - report
17 Jul 2017
Marketing firm leaks 200m US citizens' personal data
Marketing firm leaks 200m US citizens' personal data
The exposed database includes personal information, as well as political preferences and religious views
20 Jun 2017
Basildon Council fined £150,000 after revealing data online
Basildon Council fined £150,000 after revealing data online
Authority exposed personal data including mental health issues
1 Jun 2017
26,000 customers affected by Debenhams Flowers cyber attack
26,000 customers affected by Debenhams Flowers cyber attack
Credit card details and personal data leaked following an attack on the retailer's flowers website
5 May 2017
Three suffers another data breach
Three suffers another data breach
Personal data gets exposed to the wrong customers via My3 portal
21 Mar 2017
Thousands of NHS Wales employees' data stolen in hack
Thousands of NHS Wales employees' data stolen in hack
Data breach hits cleaners, radiographers and students
13 Mar 2017
Spammers 'leak database of 1.4 billion users'
Spammers 'leak database of 1.4 billion users'
The data hoard was discovered after an alleged faulty backup
7 Mar 2017
1 million Coachella festival goers hacked
1 million Coachella festival goers hacked
People's personal details were stolen, but their financial data is safe, says promoter
3 Mar 2017
Cloudflare bug leaks personal info from 120,000 sites
Cloudflare bug leaks personal info from 120,000 sites
Hackers are not exploiting 'Cloudbleed' flaw, says CTO
24 Feb 2017