Yasna brings together recent headlines from selected sources and makes them easier to sort with tags, filters, and search.
Search across headline titles and summaries.
Weekly headline count for the current query.
It’s possible to leak PII describing 5.7 million people without breaching privacy rules
Names, phone numbers, physical addresses also included in Shiny Hunters alleged data dump
Names, phone numbers, physical addresses also included in Shiny Hunters alleged data dump Updated Logistics technology company Pitney Bowes, which makes franking machines for US postage, is the latest scalp claimed by ShinyHunters and its ongoing spree of pay-or-leak attacks against major organizations.…
About 100 customers affected PayPal has notified about 100 customers that their personal information was exposed online during a code change gone awry, and in a few of these cases, people saw unauthorized transactions on their accounts.…
PLUS: Veeam patches critical vuln; Crims bribing dark web insiders; UK school takedown; And more infosec in brief Meta has fixed a flaw in its Instagram service that allowed third parties to generate password reset emails, but denied the problem led to theft of users’ personal information.…
Automaker's third security snafu in three years Thousands of Nissan customers are learning that some of their personal data was leaked after unauthorized access to a Red Hat-managed server, according to the Japanese automaker.…
PLUS: Texas sues alleged TV spies; The Cloud is full of holes; Hospital leaked its own data; And more Infosec In Brief Google will soon end its “Dark Web Report”, an email service that alerts users when their personal information appears on the internet’s dark underbelly.…
Rights groups say digital-only record is leaking data and courting trouble Civil society groups are urging the UK's data watchdog to investigate whether the Home Office's digital-only eVisa scheme is breaching GDPR, sounding the alarm about systemic data errors and design failures that are exposing sensitive personal information while leaving migrants unable to prove their lawful status.…
Two-day exploit opened up 3.5 billion users to myriad potential harms Researchers in Austria used a flaw in WhatsApp to gather the personal data of more than 3.5 billion users in what they believe amounts to the "largest data leak in history."…
Ravin Academy confirms the intrusion on Telegram, says investigation continues Iran's school for state-sponsored cyberattackers admits it suffered a breach exposing the names and other personal information of its associates and students.…
iiNet breach blamed on single stolen login, with emails, phone numbers, and addresses exposed Aussie telco giant TPG Telecom has opened an investigation after confirming a cyberattack at subsidiary iiNet.…
Policy management not affected, but some personal data may have been snaffled Business insurance and employment status specialist Qdos has confirmed that an intruder has stolen some customers personal data, according to a communication to tech contractors that was seen by The Register.…
Plus: Confirms less serious data points like meal preferences also leaked Qantas says that when cybercrooks attacked a "third party platform" used by the airline's contact center systems, they accessed the personal information and frequent flyer numbers of the "majority" of the circa 5.7 million people affected.…
Literally adding insult to injury Kettering Health patients who had chemotherapy sessions and pre-surgery appointments canceled due to a ransomware attack in May now have to deal with the painful prospect that their personal info may have been leaked online.…
Parents and teachers have personal info, ID documents leaked online, but exam season mostly unaffected Scotland's West Lothian Council has confirmed that data was stolen from its education network after the Interlock ransomware group claimed responsibility for the intrusion earlier this month.…
Crime forum-dweller claims to have leaked 42,000 documents packed with personal info The United Nations' aviation agency is investigating "a potential information security incident" after a cybercriminal claimed they had laid hands on 42,000 of the branch's documents.…
Organized crime types tend not to be kind to those who go against them, so this is nasty A local Japanese government agency dedicated to preventing organized crime has apologized after experiencing an incident it fears may have led to a leak of personal information describing 2,500 people who reached out to it for consultation.…
How to protect personal data Partner Content For people who haven't personally experienced them, terms like data leak or data breach may seem unfamiliar and foreign - much like visiting a new destination abroad.…
Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, more all out there A Florida firm has all but confirmed that millions of people's sensitive personal info was stolen from it by cybercriminals and publicly leaked.…
Turns out opting out actually works? Billions of records detailing people's personal information may soon be dumped online after being allegedly obtained from a Florida firm that handles background checks and other requests for folks' private info.…