The 500m Facebook leak is not the only 500m leak in the news this past week. There’s also a leak allegedly involving LinkedIn, and now regulators are also looking into that one, too. Danny Mok reports: Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog was seeking clarifications on Wednesday night from career networking site LinkedIn over residents’ possible exposure…
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What Really Caused Facebook’s 500M-User Data Leak?
Lily Hay Newman reports: Since Saturday, a massive trove of Facebook data has circulated publicly, splashing information from roughly 533 million Facebook users across the internet. The data includes things like profile names, Facebook ID numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers. It’s all the kind of information that may already have been leaked or scraped from some…
North Korean Hackers Threatened Bithumb Exchange With a $16M Ransom Amid the 2017 Data Breach, Says Report
Felipe Erazo reports: A new report commissioned by the U.S. secret services unveiled what happened behind the attack launched by North Korean hackers against a South Korean crypto exchange. The case is about a breach on June 29, 2017, which exposed data tied to over 30,000 customers stemming from Bithumb. Hackers Threatened to ‘Destroy’ Data…
Dutch man gets two years in prison for hijacking 13,762 online store accounts
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Dutch man was sentenced last week to 27 months in prison and a €10,000 ($11,800) fine for breaking into 13,762 accounts at Dutch online stores. The man, a 27-year-old from the Dutch city of Arnhem, was found guilty of buying 3.7 million login credentials and using automated tools to test if…
330k Payment Cards and $38m in Gift Cards Stolen in Online Gift Shop Incident
In February 2021, a threat actor sold 895,000 stolen gift cards on a top-tier Russian-language forum. The gift cards had an approximate value of $38 million, and allegedly came from more than 3,000 top name brand companies such as AirBnB, Amazon, American Airlines, Chipotle, Dunkin Donuts, Marriott, Nike, Subway, Target, and Walmart. The auction opened…
SG: Personal data of 30,000 users of NTUC’s e2i training and job matching services may have been breached
Kenny Chee reports: The personal data of about 30,000 people who have used the services of National Trades Union Congress’ Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) may have been accessed by cyber criminals. The crooks may have had unauthorised access to people’s names, educational qualifications and NRIC, contact and employment details, according to a statement by…