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Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police officers and federal agents

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13 April 2019

A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal ...

ClassPass, Gfycat, StreetEasy hit in latest round of mass site hacks

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17 February 2019

In just a week, a single seller put close to 750 million records from 24 hacked sites up for sale. Now, the hacker has struck again. The hacker, whose...

Marriott now lets you check if you’re a victim of the Starwood hack

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16 February 2019

Hotel chain giant Marriott will now let you check if you’re a victim of the Starwood hack. The company confirmed to TechCrunch that it has put i...

Hacker who stole 620 million records strikes again, stealing 127 million more

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14 February 2019

A hacker who stole close to 620 million user records from 16 websites has stolen another 127 million records from 8 more websites, TechCrunch has lear...

Marriott’s poor data breach response is putting victims at risk of phishing

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3 December 2018

Last Thursday, Marriott sent out millions of emails warning of a massive data breach — some 500 million guest reservations had been stolen from its St...

Facebook policy VP Richard Allan to face the international ‘fake news’ grilling that Zuckerberg won’t

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24 November 2018

An unprecedented international grand committee comprising 22 representatives from seven parliaments will meet in London next week to put questions to ...

Vision Direct reveals breach that skimmed customer credit cards

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18 November 2018

European online contact lens supplier Vision Direct has revealed a data breach which compromised full credit card details for a number of its customer...

Mozilla adds website breach notifications to Firefox

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15 November 2018

Mozilla is adding a new security feature to its Firefox Quantum web browser that will alert users when they visit a website that has recently reported...