In response to researchers' claims that some specific Android apps used a sneaky method to grab users' Facebook login credentials, Google has recently banned ...
Data breach
Popular apps caught sharing user’s location data with US military
A grossly shocking report published by Vice’s online magazine, Motherboard, reveals that the US military has constantly been keeping an eye on the user’s ...
Is your medical data safe from the data breach epidemic?
We know that data breaches occur regularly. Haven’t we all scrambled to secure an account after news of a breach at one of our online haunts appeared in news ...
Somehow Facebook continues to grow, despite constant scandal
Facebook announced their quarterly earnings on Wednesday. The tech giant has been drenched in scandals that show no signs of slowing down. Their latest squabble ...
Marriott breach now involves passport numbers
The age of data breaches is upon us in full force. One month ago, Marriott released a statement confirming a large-scale data breach. This leak affected ...
Massive data leak leaves Germany bewildered
This is undeniably the age of harrowing data leaks. The latest leak has affected several high-profile politicians from Germany and left the country reeling. The ...
North Korean hackers hacked personal data of 997 defectors
Hackers from North Korea have stolen data from roughly 997 defectors. The defectors belonged to North Korea as well. It seems the hackers wanted to confirm ...
Twitter security flaw enables hackers access to UK accounts
Twitter has a massive security flaw that enabled vigilante hackers to access accounts based in the UK. Hackers from Insinia, a British security firm, exposed ...
NASA got hacked, says hackers stole employee information
After Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) disclosed that it got hacked, earlier this ...
Twitter leaked country codes of their users’ phone numbers
In another mega blunder, Twitter accidentally exposed a security flaw that allowed others to extract its users’ phone number country codes. This is extremely ...
Marriott Data Breach; One of the largest customer data breaches in history
Official reports claimed that the incident compromised information of around 500 million Starwood customers. However, this is merely the most recent in a string ...
VisionDirect has its customers’ information leaked
Vision Direct, the company which considers itself the number one destination for contact lenses in the UK has been involved in a massive credit card ...
Instagram’s security breach is up next after Facebook
After Facebook made headlines, now, its Instagram’s turn to disappoint. If you have received notification from Instagram, then you are among the few who might ...
Data Leak in Moscow worries many
A well-known internet provider in Moscow, Akado Telecom has recently braved a data breach. Much to the woes of its wealthy CEO Viktor Vekselberg, a majority of ...
Facebook to pay a $644,000 fine for data breach
Facebook is charged with a $644,000 (£500,000) fine for stealing data from Cambridge Analytica Scandal in London, UK. This investigation was done by Britain's ...
Google Shuts down Google+ due to massive data breach
After 50 million Facebook profiles hacked a few weeks ago, the tech giant Google got hit by a software glitch within Google+ which allows access to third-party ...
Amazon starts investigation of leaking data to merchants
Bribery in Tech companies is nothing new. There are numerous stories of factory workers taking pictures of unannounced products. This is how tech blogs get to a ...
