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Databases store and organize data electronically, enabling efficient retrieval and management. They often hold sensitive information such as user credentials, financial records, or personal details, making them prime targets for attackers. Common database types include relational databases using structured query language (SQL) and NoSQL databases designed for unstructured data.
Security risks include SQL injection attacks that exploit improper input handling to manipulate or extract data, and misconfigured access controls that allow unauthorized users to view or alter information. Protecting databases involves strict authentication, role-based access controls, encryption of data at rest and in transit, and timely application of security patches to database software. Monitoring query logs and access patterns helps detect suspicious activity that could indicate compromise or insider threats.
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SoFi Hong Kong is warning that it suffered a data breach after hackers gained access to a database at a third-party vendor containing customer information. [...]
Two vulnerabilities in the Avada Builder plugin for WordPress, with an estimated one million active installations, allow hackers to read arbitrary files and extract sensitive information from the database. [...]
Dutch cosmetics giant Rituals disclosed a data breach after attackers stole the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers from its "My Rituals" membership database. [...]
The Seiko USA website was defaced over the weekend, displaying a message from attackers claiming they stole its Shopify customer database and threatening to leak it unless a ransom is paid. [...]
The Department of Education in Victoria, Australia, notified parents that attackers gained access to a database containing the personal information of current and former students. [...]
The latest incarnation of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has suffered a data breach, with its user database table leaked online. [...]
A former Coinbase customer service agent was arrested in India for helping hackers earlier this year steal sensitive customer information from a company database. [...]
A hacker claims to have breached Condé Nast and leaked an alleged WIRED database containing more than 2.3 million subscriber records, while also warning that they plan to release up to 40 million additional records for other Condé Nast properties. [...]
The U.S. government has seized the 'web3adspanels.org' domain and the associated database used by cybercriminals to host bank login credentials stolen in account takeover attacks. [...]
Audio streaming platform SoundCloud has confirmed that outages and VPN connection issues over the past few days were caused by a security breach in which threat actors stole a database containing user information. [...]
Barts Health NHS Trust has announced that Clop ransomware actors have stolen files from a database by exploiting a vulnerability in its Oracle E-business Suite software. [...]
On Tuesday, Cloudflare experienced its worst outage in 6 years, blocking access to many websites and online platforms for almost 6 hours after a change to database access controls triggered a cascading failure across its Global Network. [...]
A Princeton University database was compromised in a cyberattack on November 10, exposing the personal information of alumni, donors, faculty members, and students. [...]
Several malicious packages on NuGet have sabotage payloads scheduled to activate in 2027 and 2028, targeting database implementations and Siemens S7 industrial control devices. [...]
The Tea app data breach has grown into an even larger leak, with the stolen data now shared on hacking forums and a second database discovered that allegedly contains 1.1 million private messages exchanged between the app's members. [...]
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is warning that it suffered a data breach after a threat actor downloaded 300,000 crash records from its database. [...]
The LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a data breach after its dark web affiliate panels were defaced and replaced with a message linking to a MySQL database dump. [...]
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup known for its DeepSeek-R1 LLM model, has publicly exposed two databases containing sensitive user and operational information. [...]
The United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has confirmed that a threat actor has stolen approximately 42,000 records after hacking into its recruitment database. [...]
Internet Archive's "The Wayback Machine" has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole a user authentication database containing 31 million unique records. [...]