Data Breach in US Exposes Personal Information of 2,37,000 Federal Employees

Data Breach in US Exposes Personal Information of 2,37,000 Federal Employees

The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the US Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday. The breach hit systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs. It…

1.2 Crore WhatsApp Users, 17 Lakh Facebook Users Targeted in India’s Massive Data Theft

1.2 Crore WhatsApp Users, 17 Lakh Facebook Users Targeted in India’s Massive Data Theft

A massive data breach that has implications for national security was unearthed by Cyberabad Police here, who arrested seven people of a gang allegedly involved in the theft and sale of sensitive data of the government and important organisations, including details of 2.55 lakh defence personnel as well as the…

Uber Investigating Cybersecurity Incident After Alleged Data Breach: All Details

Uber Investigating Cybersecurity Incident After Alleged Data Breach: All Details

Uber Technologies on Friday said that it is responding to a cybersecurity incident involving a breach of its network. The ride-hailing company confirmed that it has reached out to law enforcement after a hacker allegedly breached its network that forced Uber to take several internal communications and engineering systems offline…

Samsung Discloses Breach of US Systems in July, Says Personal Information Was Exposed

Samsung Discloses Breach of US Systems in July, Says Personal Information Was Exposed

Samsung on Friday disclosed that it had recently detected a cybersecurity breach that resulted in the exposure of personal information of customers. The incident took place in late July, according to the South Korean firm, when an unauthorised third party compromised the company’s US systems. Samsung says that as part…

Celsius Users Under Phishing Risks as Already Troubled Firm Now Faces Data Breach Scandal

Celsius Users Under Phishing Risks as Already Troubled Firm Now Faces Data Breach Scandal

Celsius Network has disclosed to its community that it has suffered a data breach, warning users against threats of phishing attacks. An unnamed employee of Celsius’ third-party social media handler Customer.io accessed a list of Celsius client email addresses and transferred those to a third-party. Customer.io handles the market communications…

OpenSea NFT Marketplace Suffers Data Breach Leaking Email IDs of Users: Here What You Need to Know

OpenSea NFT Marketplace Suffers Data Breach Leaking Email IDs of Users: Here What You Need to Know

OpenSea, the largest non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace by trading volume, has suffered a data breach after an employee at the platform’s email delivery partner – Customer.io – leaked user data. In a blog post on Thursday, the marketplace said that an employee of Customer.io “misused their employee access to download…