Data Breach

Pizza Hut Victim of Hacking

The Pizza Hut restaurant chain is warning customers that hackers might have accessed the company’s data in what they classify as a “temporary security intrusion.” The data breach lasted for 28 hours and was carried out from the morning of October 1 to mid-day October 2. However, officials... Read More »

All 3 Billion Accounts Likely Compromised in 2013 Yahoo Hack

Yahoo revealed in December 2016 that about one billion accounts were breached in the August attack of 2013. But now, the numbers have been corrected and publicized to fit a more realistic count. The latest revelation is much more shocking than the original. The company has now made... Read More »

Over Half a Million Car Tracking Device Passwords Leaked Online

The last few years have been an insane roller-coaster ride as far as online security is concerned. From malware campaigns to ransomware, almost every single part of the globe has been affected by these attacks. Now, a new data breach has just occurred with nearly 540,642 vehicle records... Read More »

Equifax Hack Potentially Exposes 143 Million US Consumers’ Data

This year, cyber attacks are happening with such regularity that it becomes difficult to even keep track. And in each incident, the victims are just ordinary citizens whose privacy and personal data becomes exposed to hackers. The latest such hack has dominated Equifax, one of top credit reporting... Read More »

HBO Hackers Demand Ransom to Stop Leaking Stolen Data

A group of hackers who claim to have made away with data from HBO servers in July have dumped a second set of files online, including a ransom video. The group, represented by a “Mr. Smith” handle, requests over $6 million worth of Bitcoin in order to stop... Read More »

Yahoo Notifies Users of Potential Account Breach

Multi-media giant Yahoo isn’t holding back about the gravity of its recent data breach. The company has come clean that as many as one billion user accounts have been affected. To date, it is the largest data breach of a single company, as measured by the number of... Read More »

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