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Imgur Breach Exposes Emails, Passwords Of 1.7 Million Users
The passwords were encrypted but may have been cracked using brute-force techniques, says Imgur's chief operating officer
Mozilla To Build Breach Notifications Into Firefox Browser
A planned feature, currently in early testing, would alert users when they use a site that's recently been affected by a data breach
Cash Converters Admits Data Breach After Website Hack
Hackers access personal information on old website but credit card details haven't been exposed, says Cash Converters
Huddle Flaw Exposes Sensitive Corporate Data
Confidential KPMG documents accessed because of security flaw with sign in process
University Of East Anglia Suffers Second Data Breach
Not again...sensitive health data on university staff member emailed to hundreds of students
Australian Cloud Breach Exposes Government Staff Data
The personal details of tens of thousands of Australian government and banking staff exposed in latest breach
Massive Data Breach Of Personal Information Reported In Malaysia
The trove of stolen data included ID card numbers and details on 46 million mobile phones, in a country of only 31.2 million
Equifax Was Warned Months Before Attack, Researcher Claims
Oh dear. Firm was apparently warned about website vulnerability, months before devastating data breach
Appleby Data Breach Could Expose Secrets Of Super Rich
Data from law firm in Bermuda could potentially reveal sensitive financial data about high profile individuals
Pizza Hut Admits Data Breach That Led To Customer Credit Card Fraud
Customers left cheesed-off after the pizza firm oozed credit card details
Hyatt Hotels Suffers Another Card Breach
Not again. Second data breach in two years as hotel chain admits hackers 'checked out' with payment card data
Equifax Denies It Suffered Fresh Cyber Attack
Nothing to see here. Troubled firm denies it has been attacked again as it removes web page after malware issue
MPs To Question Equifax Over Delay In Data Breach Report
MP demands to know why it took so long for Equifax to report breach and why it has not contacted consumers
F35 Fighter Data Stolen In Hack On Australian Contractor
30GB of data on next generation joint strike fighter jet stolen in damaging hacking operation down under
Accenture Exposes Sensitive Data On Unprotected AWS Servers
UPDATED: Security researchers find Accenture left four cloud-based storage servers unsecured but Accenture says customer data was never at risk
Equifax Data Breach: Investigation Shows 15.2m UK Records Targeted
Equifax will contact 694,000 UK customers at high risk following huge data breach last month
Congress Grills Former Equifax CEO Over Data Breach
Richard Smith, ex-CEO of Equifax, spent two days answering questions from Congress about the data breach that exposed information on 145.5 million Americans
Yahoo Admits 2013 Data Breach Impacted All 3 Billion Accounts
Yahoo now admits that devastating data breach compromised accounts that nearly equal half of the world's population
Equifax Admits Huge Data Breach Affects 2.5m More People
Equifax forensic investigation finds huge breach impacts 2.5m people than previously thought as wait for UK analysis continues
Mastercard Uses AI To Identify At-Risk Bank Cards After Data Breach
Mastercard Early Detection System will help banks see which cards are most at risk from a data breach
Whole Foods Admits Data Breach
Amazon owned supermarket admits that a number of its stores have suffered a credit card data breach
Sonic Drive-In Data Breach Potentially Exposes 5m Customer Credit Cards
The stolen credit card details are up for sale in a cyber thief's bazaar
Equifax CEO Exits Following Massive Data Breach
Equifax has begun searching for a new chief executive with the departure of former CEO and chairman Richard Smith in the wake of the data breach scandal
Deloitte Data Breach Exposes Some Client Emails
Deloitte is conducting an internal review to see how breach happened in March, but says just a fraction of emails are impacted
Vevo Hackers Release Then Delete 3TB Of Internal Files
The white-hat hacking group OurMine said it released the files after a Vevo employee allegedly told them, 'f-- off, you don't have anything'
Equifax Confirms 400,000 UK Consumers Affected By Huge US Data Breach
Equifax says UK systems not breached but due to process error, Brits' data was stored on hacked US servers
Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Data Of 143 Million People
Shares plunge in credit reporting firm after massive data breach of the personal data of half the US population
Instagram API Flaw Reveals Celebrity Data
Oops. Celebrity email addresses and telephone numbers exposed by flaw with Instagram API
Security Panel: What Can We Learn From CeX Data Breach?
Experts give their view on the CeX data breach and how firms can minimise the damage if something similar happened to them