Tag: breach

December 26, 2019

Top 10 Breaches and Leaky Server Screw Ups of 2019 From massive credential spills on the Dark Web and hacked data to card-skimming and rich profiles exposed by way of cloud misconfigurations, 2019 was a notable year for data breaches. […]

March 17, 2017

When governments turn to private hackers to carry out state-sponsored attacks, as the FBI alleges Russia did in the 2014 breach of Yahoo, they’re taking a big risk. On the one hand, it gives them a bit of plausible deniability […]

December 15, 2016

Security researchers are disturbed it took Yahoo three years to discover that details of over 1 billion user accounts had been stolen back in 2013. It means that someone — possibly a state-sponsored actor — had access to one of […]

September 23, 2016

A hacker’s attempt to sell user data he claimed was stolen from Yahoo actually led the company to uncover a far more severe breach. Yahoo confirmed Thursday a data breach, which affects at least 500 million users, but it could […]

July 29, 2016

Donald Trump’s muddled stance on hacking has disturbed security experts at time when the tech industry is looking for clarity on the U.S.’s cyber policy. On Wednesday, the outspoken presidential candidate seemed to call on Russia to break into rival […]

July 18, 2016

Ubuntu support forums users should be on the lookout for dodgy emails after the website’s database of 2 million email addresses was stolen. Canonical announced the security breach on Friday after being notified that someone was claiming to have a […]