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WWE Data Leak Exposes Personal Info Of Three Million Fans

Unprotected AWS server lets anyone get up close and personal with WWE customer data

7 years ago

Microsoft Upgrades Office 365’s Compliance Controls

Microsoft adds new features that help compliance officers in highly-regulated industries keep a tighter lid on sensitive information

7 years ago

Angry UEA Students Criticise University After Confidential Data Leak

Students dismayed after personal information is sent to over 300 colleagues

7 years ago

Infosec 2017: ShadowBrokers Means Business Following NSA Leaks

The group has big plans for its stolen NSA data

7 years ago

IBM Security: Data Leaks Grew By 566 Percent in 2016

Spam Skyrockets and cyber criminals turn to unstructured data as the number of compromised records goes through the roof in…

8 years ago

US Military Suffers Massive Leak Of Confidential Air Force Data

The leaked military documents have been described as the "holy grail" for foreign spies

8 years ago

Sports Direct Hides Massive 2016 Data Breach From 30,000 Employees

Security experts lambaste the retailers handling of the data breach

8 years ago

NSA Contractor Indicted For Stealing 50TB Of Classified Data

Booz Allen contractor Harold Martin could be the next Edward Snowden

8 years ago

High-Profile Mobile Websites And Apps Caught Leaking Sensitive Data

More than 200 mobile websites and apps, including the Royal Mail and Deezer, have been caught exposing sensitive consumer and…

8 years ago

Yahoo Investigates Cookie Powered Password Bypass Hack

The scope of knowledge Yahoo's staff had of the 2014 data breach is also under scrutiny

8 years ago

Cisco Admits Incorrect Security Setup Caused Job Applicant Data Leak

Privacy facepalm. Personal details of people applying for jobs at Cisco leaked from unsecure website

8 years ago

Adult FriendFinder Sex And Dating Website Allegedly Hacked Again

Surely not? Hackers claim to have penetrated (ahem) online sex and swinger website yet again

8 years ago

US Congress Report On Snowden ‘Aggressively Dishonest’

A report describing Edward Snowden as a 'disgruntled employee' distorts facts in an act of 'bad faith', Snowden responds

8 years ago

SwiftKey Stops Cloud Sync Following User Data Leak

SwiftKey users reported seeing other users' email addresses and autocorrect suggestions, prompting SwiftKey to shut down its cloud sync service

8 years ago

Google Staff Data Is Exposed After Email Mishap

Outsourcing privacy slip as third party vendor reveals personal data belonging to Google employees

9 years ago

Has Your Spotify Account Been Hacked?

Spotify denies it has been hacked, but hundreds of user details have been leaked in online data dump

9 years ago

Whistleblower: Barclays Customer Data Stolen And Sold For Scammers’ Use

Bank says it is looking into a report that data was stolen before being used and sold by rogue traders

11 years ago

Russians Opt For Typewriters To Combat Leak Threat

No danger of a Snowden style leak if it's all on paper, the Kremlin hopes

11 years ago

Police To Investigate School Children’s Data Leak

An alleged hack attack sees children's data leaked online

12 years ago

Bank Security Lax As Leaky Websites Aid Hackers

Banks are handing over loads of useful data to hackers, a KPMG study finds

12 years ago

Infosec: One In 10 Second-Hand Hard Drives Keep Personal Data

ICO research confirms the fact that valuable data is still on many hard drives even after they are supposedly wiped

13 years ago

Email Fingered As Main Source Of Data Leaks

Many regard email as a critical business app, but a new survey pinpoints it as the main cause of data…

13 years ago

Most Websites Leak Sensitive Data, Survey Finds

Most websites are guilty of leaking sensitive user information, according to an academic survey

13 years ago

In A World Of Their Own

Workers who discuss sensitive data in public places are at risk of causing serious data breaches, warns Wendy Goucher

14 years ago

Most Businesses Failing To Erase Sensitive Data

Most businesses are failing to 'retire' their sensitive data, according to a new survey from Kroll Ontrack

14 years ago

Data Leaks On The Rise, Survey Finds

Data leaks are on the increase and while security remains a priority, existing solutions are not cutting the mustard

14 years ago