Breaches & Alerts
Over 250,000 Instacart Users’ Personal Data for Sale on the Dark Web
Instacart denies their systems have been breached, so what happened and what should you do now? We break it down.
Twitter Suffers Unprecedented Attack Affecting Accounts from President Barack Obama to Kim Kardashian
In the worst security breach in the history of the company, multiple high-profile Twitter accounts—including President Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Kanye West, and more—were hacked yesterday with tweets promoting a bitcoin scam sent from all accounts.
Home Chef One of 11 New Data Breaches Resulting in Millions of User Records for Sale on the Dark Web
Two weeks after Bleeping Computer reported that 8 million user records had been posted to a marketplace on the dark web, Home Chef has confirmed the data breach.
9 Million Emails Exposed and 2,000 Credit Cards Stolen in Sophisticated EasyJet Attack
EasyJet first became aware of the attack in January, but only notified the 2,208 customers whose credit card details had been stolen last month.
GoDaddy Hacked: Number of Affected Users Unclear
Following suspicious activity on its servers, GoDaddy investigated and confirmed a breach that occurred on October 19, 2019. It is unclear how many of their 19 million customers were impacted. It’s important to note that individual customer accounts were not affected and the information stored within, such as addresses and credit card numbers, was not […]
It’s All Fun & Games Until Someone Gets Hacked: What We Know About the Nintendo Cyberattacks
Details are emerging about cyberattacks against users of Nintendo’s Switch gaming console, specifically those using the Nintendo Switch Online service.
500,000 Zoom Accounts on the Dark Web
Half a million Zoom accounts have ended up on the dark web. Here’s what information was exposed and what to do now.
Marriott Breached Again, 5.2 Million Accounts Compromised
On March 31st, Marriott International notified more than 5 million guests that their personal information was compromised due to a vulnerability in the company’s app.
Just Hours After Launching Disney+, Thousands of User Accounts Landed on the Dark Web
Did Disney get hacked? The very same day Disney’s new streaming service went live, hackers began stealing Disney+ user accounts and selling them on the dark web for as little as $3. Many customers were locked out of their accounts and spent hours waiting on customer support. But is Disney to blame? “Disney takes the […]
841 Million User Records for Sale on the Dark Web
In the last few weeks, an unknown hacker has put 841 million user records up for sale on the dark web. The user records aren’t from a single source—they comprise data from 30 different companies and include a wide range of personal information. So far, no financial data has been reported stolen. According to The […]
The 20 Biggest Data Breaches of 2018
The digital information that we save and share online—our private, personal data—is sought after not only by hackers and cybercriminals, but even by foreign governments. Why? Because data is the new oil. Our information has value, and we need to collectively begin behaving as such. We need to stop reusing passwords, stop saving personal and […]
Quora Was Hacked: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Quora, a popular online question-and-answer forum, announced last night that 100 million users may have had their data compromised in a breach. Quora CEO, Adam D’Angelo, said in his official statement that “some user data was compromised as a result of unauthorized access to one of our systems by a malicious third party. We are working […]