data leak
American Bank Systems hit by ransomware attack, full 53 GB data dump leaked
American Bank Systems (ABS), a service provider to US banks and financial institutions has suffered a ransomware attack with some…
Hacker Noon fixes leaky drafts: what about your blog?
Update Aug-13-2020: Hacker Noon has fixed the issue and a reply via a tweet provided more information: "URL removal request…
Hacker Noon leaks drafts: what about your blog?
Does your CMS leak drafts? I don't know about you but I'd be pretty concerned if I found out an…
That ‘BCC’ email field can save you from data leaks
This month multiple stories have emerged of companies exposing their member email addresses to each other. This typically happens due…
The ANPR data leak that shook Britain: new discoveries and lessons learned.
The recent ANPR data leak raised questions regarding privacy versus data security with public surveillance systems. How do private and…
‘BlueLeaks’: data from over 200 police departments exposed in a massive leak
A group that goes by the name Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) has published 269 GB worth of data with…
Patient video consultations leaked in medical data breach: Babylon Health UK
In an a unfortunate incident, video consultants of some patients using the Babylon Health app were leaked to other…
Security firm admits to exposure of 5 billion records, after attempting to censor researchers
In March 2020, Bob Diachenko reported discovering an unprotected, publicly accessible Elasticsearch instance which exposed two collections of records:…
Keepnet Labs case study: how NOT to handle a data breach
We just released news on this one but here's a summary of what happened: In March 2020, Bob Diachenko,…
Joomla data breach leaks 2,700 user records via exposed backups
A Joomla database leak has exposed the personal information, including hashed passwords, of 2,700 individuals registered on the Joomla Resources Directory…