Tag: data breach

The murky world of password leaks – and how to check if you’ve been hit

June 4, 2024

Password leaks are increasingly common and figuring out whether the keys to your own kingdom have been exposed might be tricky – unless you know where to look Recently, I came across a report detailing “the mother of all breaches” – or to be more exact, the leak of a vast compilation of data that was … More The murky world of password leaks – and how to check if you’ve been hit

Hackers Claim Ticketmaster Data Breach

May 30, 2024

ShinyHunters hacking group has claimed to have breached Ticketmaster, stealing the personal data of 560 million users. According to Hackread*, the 1.3 TB of stolen data ShinyHunters has allegedly accessed contains sensitive user information, including full names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, ticket sales and event details, order information, and partial payment card data. The … More Hackers Claim Ticketmaster Data Breach

200,000 Facebook Marketplace user records leaked on hacking forum

February 14, 2024

A threat actor leaked 200,000 records on a hacker forum, claiming they contained the mobile phone numbers, email addresses, and other personal information of Facebook Marketplace users. Bleeping Computer* verified some of the leaked data by matching the email addresses and phone numbers on random records within the sample data shared by IntelBroker, the threat … More 200,000 Facebook Marketplace user records leaked on hacking forum

Mother of all breaches reveals 26 billion records

January 25, 2024

Security researchers have warned that a database containing over 26 billion leaked data records has been discovered. According to researchers from Security Discovery and CyberNews, the newly discovered database of leaked data runs to 12 terabytes in size and deserves the MOAB title. According to the team, while the leaked dataset contains mostly information from … More Mother of all breaches reveals 26 billion records