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Microsoft AI researchers accidentally leaked company passwords and 30,000 internal Teams messages
Microsoft announced Monday that a URL mistakenly gave access to a cloud storage account, which cont…
Pete Syme
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The most common passwords in India and how long it takes to crack them
In an increasingly digitised world, the importance of passwords has surged as a critical safeguard …
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A crypto data leak led the FBI to America's most wanted sex trafficking fugitive. Now, the victims want his bitcoins.
Michael Pratt was on the run for three years until a data leak involving crypto wallets he'd bought…
Laura Italiano
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AI chatbots are cracking the code: How PassGAN can break into 51% of common passwords in under a minute
Artificial intelligence (AI) is bringing the next big change to the world, and AI chatbots like Cha…
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A major AT&T data leak posted to the dark web included passcodes, Social Security numbers
AT&T said the data belonging to millions of its customers appears to be from 2019 or earlier.
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Weak passwords leave 300,000 Spotify accounts vulnerable to hackers
Spotify is one of the most popular music services around the world, but its popularity is probably …
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From Twitter, Samsung to Rockstar Games, here are the top data breaches of 2022
Data breaches have become quite common, affecting millions of users. Companies like Twitter, LastPa…
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Paytm Mall breach data is fabricated, says Have I been Pwned founder Troy Hunt
Paytm reportedly suffered a massive data breach in August 2020. The breach had compromised data suc…
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Instagram is reportedly testing a Twitter competitor and the first leaked images indicate a summer release
The "Instagram for your thoughts" being developed by Meta to compete with Elon Musk's Twitter is re…
Aaron McDade
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Data breaches continue to be a problem, with one account being leaked every second in Q1 2023
Global data breaches decreased by 48.5% in the first quarter of 2023, according to a new report fro…
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Flipboard resets user passwords after recent data breach
The app has over one million downloads in Google Play Store but the company has not disclosed ho…
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The top 25 worst passwords of 2018 based on 5 million leaked passwords on the internet
1. 123456 (Rank unchanged from last year) 2. password (Unchanged) 3. 123456789 (…
Antonio Villas-Boas
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Five apps to keep your smartphone safe from security threats and data leaks in 2022
Today, smartphones are playing a major role in how people communicate, work, socialize, bank and sh…
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10 Things in Tech: Leaked Nike survey
In today's edition: A leaked survey shows Nike's tech employees are none too pleased with their sen…
Jordan Parker Erb
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Here are the most controversial data breaches of 2018 that affected Indian users
Amid concerns of rising security threats globally, India has had its fair share of hacking-related…
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I wrote a handbook for navigating post-Roe America. Here's how to protect yourself and your abortion access.
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion seekers won't just need to protect their in-person actions. …
Fortesa Latifi
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Android apps with over 5.8 million downloads caught stealing users’ Facebook passwords
The report goes on to add that Google had only removed some of these apps from the Play store,…
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This World Password Day learn how you can be the strongest link in security
1. Twice The Security Two-factor authentication is a more secure and reliable method of v…
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How to find out in 2 easy steps if your data was exposed in an online breach
The website "Have I been pwned," can tell you if your email account or password has been compromise…
Natasha Dailey
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The CEO of far-right social media site Gab said it was under attack from 'demon hackers.' The hacker threatened to leak passwords and private messages from 15,000 users.
"Hacktivist" JaXpArO created a dataset of more than 40 million posts from Gab, the social media sit…