A security breach opened up access to a genealogy site’s DNA profilesInfo could've been accessed by anyone, including law enforcement.By C. Fisher, 07.23.2020
Analytics firm exposed data for 120 million householdsIt could have been used for fraud on a large scale.By J. Fingas, 02.21.2020
Porn cam network leaked sensitive data for thousands of modelsAbout 20GB of data included names, addresses and more.By J. Fingas, 01.16.2020
Over 267 million Facebook users reportedly had data exposed onlineSecurity researchers found user IDs, phone numbers and names in a database.By C. Fisher, 12.19.2019
Millions of text messages were carelessly exposed by a marketing firmIt might not be as serious as it sounds, but it's still concerning.By J. Fingas, 12.02.2019
Camgirl sites exposed data for millions of usersIt also revealed details for some of the sex workers.By J. Fingas, 11.03.2019
Nearly everyone in Ecuador is the victim of a data breachIncluding the country’s president and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.By C. Fisher, 09.17.2019
32 million patient records were breached in the first half of 2019That’s more than double the 15 million hacked in all of 2018.By C. Fisher, 07.31.2019
K12.com exposed 7 million student records for a weekInformation included name, email, age and what school the student attends.By A. Dellinger, 07.10.2019
Unsecured database exposed thousands of Instagram influencers (updated)The leak was originally thought to contain personal information, but that wasn't the case.By C. Fisher, 05.20.2019
A public database exposed medical records of 150,000 rehab patientsIt included five million rows of data from an addiction recovery center in Pennsylvania.By C. Fisher, 04.19.2019
Google Wallet gets prepaid security fix, but 'brute-force' issue still hangs in the airBy S. Sakr, 02.15.2012
Provisioning for prepaid Google Wallet cards on hold while PIN-related security hole gets fixedBy J. Pollicino, 02.11.2012