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Wattpad data breach exposes account info for millions of users
4 years ago
Allegedly stolen Wattpad database was on sale on hacker forums for $100,000 containing around 270 million records. The bleeping computer made this discovery after rumors of such sale surfaced since July 7th, after an anonymous tip that said that the data was being sold by Shiny Hunters, a group known... Read more
Allegedly stolen Wattpad database was on sale on hacker forums for $100,000 containing around 270... Read more
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NSUI accuses Delhi University of leaking students' data
4 years ago
National Students' Union of India (NSUI) filed a police complaint accusing Delhi University (DU) of apparently leaking the data of lakhs of students online. Akshay Lakra, president of the Delhi unit of the NSUI, and former DU students' union president Arun Hooda approached police with the complaint. In their statement,... Read more
National Students' Union of India (NSUI) filed a police complaint accusing Delhi University (DU) of... Read more
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Twitter sorry for data breach involving business clients
4 years ago
Twitter apologized to its business clients for a data breach, which included their email Ids, phone numbers, the last four digits of their credit card numbers. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed this to TechCrunch and also said in his statement, "The billing information of clients might have stored in the browser's... Read more
Twitter apologized to its business clients for a data breach, which included their email Ids,... Read more
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Airtel’s mobile app hit with security flaw which left millions of user data exposed
4 years ago
An security bug was discovered in the Airtel's mobile app that exposed sensitive data to all its users like personal details, subscription details, device compatibility for 4G, 3g and GPRS, network information, activation data, user type, and even IMEI number. The flaw was in the API of the Smartphone App... Read more
An security bug was discovered in the Airtel's mobile app that exposed sensitive data to... Read more
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JustDial data breach puts over 100 million users' personal information at risk
4 years ago
Rajshekhar Rajaharia discovered the data breach, and he stated that over 70 percent of the data belonged to users who had called JustDial's customer care number, which is "88888-88888". The data breach included information like names, email addresses, mobile numbers, gender, date of birth, and addresses of the... Read more
Rajshekhar Rajaharia discovered the data breach, and he stated that over 70 percent of the... Read more
