Data Leak: News
OpenAI API users' data exposed in Mixpanel breach
OpenAI has confirmed that some of its API customers may have had their personal information compromised in a data breach.
Princeton University hit by cyberattack; alumni and donor data leaked
Princeton University has confirmed a data breach that compromised a database containing information about its alumni, donors, students and other members of the community.
Discord says IDs of 70,000 users may have been leaked
Discord, the popular messaging platform for gamers, has confirmed that the recent data breach may have exposed official ID photos of around 70,000 users.
Salesforce refuses to pay ransom after 1B records stolen
Salesforce has refused to pay a ransom demanded by a cybercrime syndicate that claims to have stolen around one billion records from several of its customers.
Discord data breach leaks ID images and user info
Popular communication platform Discord has suffered a major data breach. The incident was caused by a vulnerability in the system of one of its third-party providers.
Tea app leak puts 33,000 women's addresses on Google Maps
A major data breach involving the dating-advice app 'Tea' has exposed personal information of its users.
Louis Vuitton hit by cyberattack in South Korea, customer data leaked
Louis Vuitton's Korean division has suffered a major cyberattack, compromising some of its customers' data.
Qantas data breach exposes personal info of 6M customers
Australian airline Qantas has suffered a major data breach, exposing personal information of up to six million customers.
Zoomcar data leak exposes personal details of 8.4M customers
Zoomcar, a Bengaluru-based leading car rental service, has disclosed a significant data breach impacting approximately 8.4 million of its customers.
Cartier, North Face among fashion brands targeted in latest cyberattacks
Luxury fashion brand Cartier has confirmed a data breach, compromising some of its customers' personal information.
Coinbase data leak 'could kill people,' warns millionaire entrepreneur
Michael Arrington, an American investor and founder of TechCrunch, has raised serious alarms over a recent data breach at Coinbase.
Passwords, personal data of US security heads exposed on Signal
Private data of key security advisers to US President Donald Trump has been compromised. The breach is connected to their use of a Signal group chat to plan airstrikes on Yemen.
Grubhub suffers data breach, personal details of users compromised
US-based food delivery giant, Grubhub, has confirmed a major data breach.
Volkswagen data leak: Movements of 800,000 EV owners exposed
In a major incident, the Volkswagen Group has suffered a massive data breach, one that has affected as many as 800,000 electric vehicle (EV) owners, according to German publication Spiegel.
Rapido app data breach: Thousands of customers' details exposed online
Rapido, one of India's popular ride-hailing services, has recently come under the radar for a data breach that exposed sensitive information of users and drivers.
HDFC Life suffers breach as 'unknown source' shares customer data
HDFC Life Insurance has reported a possible data breach, raising alarms over the safety of customer information. The company revealed the incident in a stock exchange filing today.
Amazon hit by data breach, contact details of employees exposed
Amazon has confirmed a data breach that exposed its employees' contact information.
Massive Pokemon data leak reveals future plans and character designs
Game Freak, the famed developer of the beloved Pokemon franchise, has confirmed a major data breach.
Star Health faces ₹57L ransom demand after significant data breach
Star Health, India's top health insurance provider, has confirmed that it received a ransom demand of $68,000 (around ₹57.2 lakh). This comes after a major data breach that exposed sensitive customer information.
Hotel giant Marriott to pay $52 million over data breaches
Global hotel chain Marriott International has reached a $52 million settlement with 49 US states and Washington DC over a string of data breaches that affected more than 334 million customers between 2014 and 2020.
Star Health probes security chief's alleged involvement in data breach
Star Health, India's top health insurance provider, is investigating allegations against its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Amarjeet Khanuja.
Internet Archive suffers major data breach, 31 million users affected
In a major data breach, non-profit digital library Internet Archive has been compromised, affecting some 31 million users.
Star Health Insurance leak: Data of 31M customers selling online
Star Health Insurance, a leading health insurance provider in India, is facing a major data security breach, potentially impacting millions of its customers.
MoneyGram confirms data breach affecting millions of customers
MoneyGram, a leading US-based money transfer company, has confirmed that a cyberattack last month led to the theft of its customers' personal information and transaction data.
Comcast says data of 230,000 customers stolen in ransomware attack
US telecommunications giant, Comcast, has warned about a major data breach.
Cloudflare denies hosting sites involved in Star Health data breach
US-based software company, Cloudflare, has refuted allegations of hosting two websites linked to a significant data breach at India's leading insurer, Star Health.
Toyota suffers massive breach, 240GB of data leaked online
Toyota has confirmed a significant data breach, following the online leak of an archive containing 240GB of stolen data from the company's systems.
This new search engine lets you track data leaks
Tim Libert, a former engineer at Google and current privacy researcher, has created a new search engine named 'WebXray' with the aim of exposing privacy violations on the internet.
Disney hacked: Over 1TB of data stolen in security breach
Disney, the global multimedia conglomerate, has been hit by a substantial data breach, according to Insider Gaming.
Data breach at OpenAI: AI secrets exposed in 2023 hack
In a significant security breach last year, an unidentified hacker infiltrated the internal messaging systems of OpenAI, stealing details about the company's artificial intelligence technologies.
Mozilla's new paid tool scrubs leaked personal info from web
Mozilla has launched a new subscription service called the Mozilla Monitor Plus.
Reddit hacked: Hackers demand $4.5 million and API pricing change
Reddit's strong message to moderators to end their protest may have had some success, but the company is still not out of troubled waters.
Old data: Government on CoWIN data breach on Telegram
After media reports on Monday alleged a data leak from the government-run Co-WIN app used for COVID-19 vaccination, government sources claimed it was "old data" while insisting that they are still verifying it.
How data of over 2 million Toyota customers got leaked
Toyota, along with its luxury car division Lexus, has compromised the data of over two million car owners in Japan.
Ex-employee stole staff data of thousands, says Credit Suisse
Switzerland's second-biggest bank, Credit Suisse, has come under fire yet again.
Indian social media app Slick exposes user data of minors
Bengaluru-based social media app Slick has placed the safety of its users, including school-going children, at risk.
Indian Railways data breach: Data of 30mn users on sale
The data of millions of railway passengers are possibly at the mercy of hackers. After targeting AIIMS last month, hackers have reportedly targeted Indian Railways.
How to safeguard WhatsApp chats from a data breach?
In our technologically advanced world, data breaches can have serious repercussions, putting the privacy of a great number of people at risk.
Meta fined €265mn over Facebook data breach by Irish watchdog
Last year, over half a billion Facebook users' personal information was leaked online courtesy of a data breach. The issue was investigated by Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC).
WhatsApp data leak: Nearly 500mn phone numbers up for sale
WhatsApp, the world's most popular instant messaging platform, is considered fairly safe with its end-to-end encryption. Well, let's not jump to conclusions quickly.
Data protection bill proposes amending RTI Act to protect 'privacy'
The Union government, in its draft of the Digital Data Personal Protection Bill, 2022, has proposed an amendment to the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022: Everything to know
The Union government released a draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, on Friday, seeking public feedback.