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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 17th, 2016
Acer Announces Data Breach Through E-Commerce Store <em>EXCLUSIVE</em>

Acer Announces Data Breach Through E-Commerce Store EXCLUSIVE

Payment processor exposed credit card details for Acer store

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  • By Cosmin Anton
  • June 16th, 2016
Mossack Fonseca IT Worker Arrested in Switzerland, Suspected Panama Papers Leak

Mossack Fonseca IT Worker Arrested in Switzerland, Suspected Panama Papers Leak

Man arrested after Mossack Fonseca filed official complaint

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 15th, 2016
Hacker Steals 45 Million Records from 1,100 Home, Sports and Tech Support Forums

Hacker Steals 45 Million Records from 1,100 Home, Sports and Tech Support Forums

Over 1,100 support forums and online communities hacked

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 13th, 2016
Over 51 Million Records Leaked from Now-Defunct iMesh File Sharing Service

Over 51 Million Records Leaked from Now-Defunct iMesh File Sharing Service

Data is on sale on the Dark Web, hacker's asking for ~$335

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 12th, 2016
Hacker Puts Up for Sale 290,000 US Drivers License Records

Hacker Puts Up for Sale 290,000 US Drivers License Records

Data includes driver's ID, name, address, phone number, more

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 9th, 2016
Hacker Selling over 32.8 Million Twitter Plaintext Passwords on the Dark Web

Hacker Selling over 32.8 Million Twitter Plaintext Passwords on the Dark Web

Malware believe to be the source of the data dump

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 8th, 2016
Facebook, Netflix Start Resetting User Passwords Because of Recent Mega Breaches

Facebook, Netflix Start Resetting User Passwords Because of Recent Mega Breaches

Blame MySpace, LinkedIn, Tumblr, and VK.com

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 8th, 2016
uTorrent Forums Hacked, Intrusion Occurred Through Forum Software Vendor

uTorrent Forums Hacked, Intrusion Occurred Through Forum Software Vendor

Attacker breached another forum, then escalated access to breach uTorrent's account with Invision Power Services

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 7th, 2016
Cambridge Institute Exposed Personal Information on Thousands of Students <em>UPDATED</em>

Cambridge Institute Exposed Personal Information on Thousands of Students UPDATED

Details for over 12,000 host families also included

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 6th, 2016
VK.com Data Breach Includes 100 Million Cleartext Passwords

VK.com Data Breach Includes 100 Million Cleartext Passwords

Data sold online by the same hacker who sold data from MySpace, Tumblr, Fling.com, Linux Mint and LinkedIn

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 4th, 2016
GhostShell Leaks Around 36 Million Records from 110 MongoDB Servers

GhostShell Leaks Around 36 Million Records from 110 MongoDB Servers

Hacker only used Shodan to identify his targets

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 2nd, 2016
Researchers Find 5,275 Login Credentials for Top 100 Companies on the Dark Web

Researchers Find 5,275 Login Credentials for Top 100 Companies on the Dark Web

Users reused personal credentials for work-related accounts

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • June 1st, 2016
Scrum.org Hacked, Company Blames Software Supplier

Scrum.org Hacked, Company Blames Software Supplier

Attackers used vulnerability in email server software

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 31st, 2016
Pacific Gas and Electric Claims Recent Data Breach Only Exposed Fake Details <em>UPDATED</em>

Pacific Gas and Electric Claims Recent Data Breach Only Exposed Fake Details UPDATED

PG&E denies any wrongdoing, says it was only a test server

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 30th, 2016
Tumblr Mega Breach Affects 65.4 Million Users, Passwords Secure for Now

Tumblr Mega Breach Affects 65.4 Million Users, Passwords Secure for Now

Data available for sale on the Dark Web for $225

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 27th, 2016
Reddit Resets Passwords for 100,000 Users After Recent Surge in Hacked Accounts

Reddit Resets Passwords for 100,000 Users After Recent Surge in Hacked Accounts

More user password resets to come, Reddit co-founder says

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  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • May 27th, 2016
MySpace Data Breach Exposes Passwords for 427 Million Users

MySpace Data Breach Exposes Passwords for 427 Million Users

It's now MySpace's turn to deal with a massive data breach

 
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