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Data breaches compromised 4.5 bln records in Q1/Q2, 2018

Almost 1 billion records were compromised in Aadhar breach incident.

15 Oct 2018 7:01 PM IST

The breach allowed attackers to access millions of users location and history.

How to know if you were a victim of Facebook's big data breach

Facebook confirmed that 29 million people were victim to the September 18 data breach.

13 Oct 2018 10:36 AM IST

Within two days, we closed the vulnerability, stopped the attack, and secured peoples accounts by resetting the access tokens for people who were potentially exposed, said Facebook.

Facebook shares details about the cyber attack

The attackers already controlled a set of accounts, which were connected to Facebook friends.

13 Oct 2018 9:36 AM IST

Facebook has been ramping up its video offerings with original shows and this week announced new formats including interactive game shows, quizzes and polls. (Photo: Pixabay)

Data breach affected 29 million users, details impact: Facebook

The company said it would message affected users over the coming days.

13 Oct 2018 9:23 AM IST

Googles written testimony did not identify specific prior mistakes but the company has come under fire for privacy issues. (Photo: AP)

Google to explain delay in disclosing vulnerability

Republican US senators asked Google to explain why it delayed disclosing vulnerabilities with its Google+ social...

12 Oct 2018 9:10 AM IST

Millions of people were not getting pension as their thumb impressions no longer matched the impression stored in the Aadhaar data due to old age. (Photo: PTI)

UIDAI dismisses breach claim of Aadhaar data being sold on WhatsApp...

The reported case appears to be an instance of misuse of the grievance redressal search facility, claims the UIDAI's...

5 Jan 2018 8:38 AM IST

Centre does not give us enough to spend and they take so much tax from the state, Mamata Banerjee said. (Photo: ANI)

Govt was fully aware of snoopgate, want thorough probe: Mamata...

Countering chief minister's remarks, BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya said it is habit of Mamata Banerjee govt...

3 Nov 2019 9:53 AM IST

WhatsApp has introduced some handy features to enhance your experience. (Photo: Pixabay)

In second alert, WhatsApp informed breach of 121 Indians: sources

This was the second alert after May which was sent by WhatsApp to the Indian authorities about the privacy breach.

3 Nov 2019 9:19 AM IST

Twitter had hosted a closed-door discussion and one of the participants had shared her experience as a low-caste Dalit woman.

Twitter under investigation for privacy rules breach

The DPC has this week opened a new statutory inquiry into the latest data breach it received from Twitter on 8 January,...

26 Jan 2019 12:09 PM IST

Google said it would not renew a contract to help the US military analyse aerial drone imagery when it expires, as the company sought to defuse internal uproar over the deal.

Google fined $57 million for privacy breach

Google lacked transparency and clarity in the way it informs users about its handling of personal data.

22 Jan 2019 10:05 AM IST

Data breaches will continue. And as long as we as netizens will continue to use simple and common passwords, the database will keep increasing. (Photo: Pixabay, representative image purpose only)

773 million email ID, passwords exposed. Were you part of it?

2,692,818,238 rows of email IDs and passwords are listed in a single database online.

19 Jan 2019 1:59 PM IST

Russia, which has denied hacking U.S. systems, has been accused of interference in the U.S. presidential election by hacking American political sites and email accounts. (Photo: Representational Image)

Hamburg working with Irish authorities to stop spread of German data

The Twitter account used to spread personal data has been deleted.

5 Jan 2019 9:42 AM IST