Data Leakage
Articles and discussions related to data leakage prevention, data loss incidents, and best practices for data protection.
Introduction The latest breach involves Condo.com with a domain of condo.com. This breach occurred on 2019-06-01. Overview In June 2019, now defunct website Condo.com suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. The impacted data included 1.5M email addresses alongside names, phone numbers and for a small […]
Introduction The latest breach involves Explore Talent with a domain of exploretalent.com. This breach occurred on 2022-02-28. Overview In July 2024, a data breach attributed to Explore Talent was publicly posted to a popular hacking forum. Containing 5.7M rows with 5.4M unique email addresses, the incident has been described by various sources as occurring between […]
Introduction LockBit ransomware has emerged as a significant threat in the cybersecurity landscape, notorious for its efficiency and impact on various sectors. This article delves into the intricacies of LockBit ransomware, exploring its origins, evolution, and the profound implications it has had across industries. We will also discuss the preventive measures and defense strategies that […]
Introduction The latest breach involves Life360 with a domain of life360.com. This breach occurred on 2024-03-01. Overview In July 2024, data scraped from a misconfigured Life360 API was posted online after being obtained several months earlier. The records included 443k unique email addresses and in most cases, corresponding names and phone numbers (some records were […]
A data breach is a security incident in which sensitive, confidential or protected information is accessed without authorization by an unauthorized person. A data breach can occur through hacking, theft, human error, or negligence. Types of data breach In the following lines we explain the types of data that may be hacked: What are the […]
Introduction The latest breach involves mSpy (2024) with a domain of mspy.com. This breach occurred on 2013-02-28. Overview In June 2024, a huge trove of data from spyware maker mSpy was obtained by hacktivists and published online. Comprising of 142GB of user data and support tickets along with 176GB of more than half a million […]
Introduction The latest breach involves The Heritage Foundation with a domain of heritage.org. This breach occurred on 2024-07-09. Overview In July 2024, hacktivists published almost 2GB of data taken from The Heritage Foundation and their media arm, The Daily Signal. The data contained 72k unique email addresses, primarily used for commenting on articles (along with […]
Introduction The latest breach involves Neiman Marcus with a domain of neimanmarcus.com. This breach occurred on 2024-04-14. Overview In May 2024, the American luxury retailer Neiman Marcus suffered a data breach which was later posted to a popular hacking forum. The data included 31M unique email addresses, names, phone numbers, dates of birth, physical addresses […]
Introduction The latest breach involves Husky Owners with a domain of husky-owners.com. This breach occurred on 2024-07-04. Overview In July 2024, the Husky Owners forum website was defaced and linked to a breach of user data containing 16k records. The exposed data included usernames, email addresses, dates of birth and time zones. the breach of […]
Introduction The latest breach involves Roblox Developer Conference (2024) with a domain of . This breach occurred on 2024-07-04. Overview In July 2024, Roblox disclosed a data breach related to a vendor inadvertently disclosing user information from a 2022-2024 Roblox Developer Conference registration list. The data included 10k unique email addresses alongside names and IP […]