Phee Waterfield and Timothy Revell report: Data from millions of Facebook users who used a popular personality app, including their answers to intimate questionnaires, was left exposed online for anyone to access, a New Scientist investigation has found. Academics at the University of Cambridge distributed the data from the personality quiz app myPersonality to hundreds of researchers…
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Irish Data Protection Commissioner investigating cyber attack that claimed player details from World Rugby
Gavin Mairs reports: World Rugby has been forced to suspend one of its websites after the governing body was the target of a cyber attack that saw hackers obtain personal data from thousands of subscribers to one of their databases, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. It is understood that the hackers were able to access…
Notice of Unauthorized Access to Chili’s® Grill & Bar Guest Data
On May 11th, 2018, we learned that payment card information of some of our Guests who visited certain Chili’s® Grill & Bar corporate-owned restaurants have been compromised in a data incident. Currently, we believe the data incident was limited to between March – April 2018; however, we continue to assess the scope of the incident. Upon…
JP: Morinaga Milk fears leak of 120,000 online customers’ info
The Mainichi reports: Morinaga Milk Industry Co. said Wednesday that credit card or other personal information of up to 120,000 online customers may have leaked. The dairy producer said it has suspended credit card payments at its shopping website for health foods and asked a third-party body to investigate the matter. Read more on The…
Malley’s Chocolates’ website hacked, 3,400 online customers’ card information breached
Teresa Dixon Murray reports: A computer hacker hit Malley’s Chocolates two weeks before Easter and stole credit and debit card information belonging to 3,400 customers. The Brook Park-based candy icon started notifying affected customers last week by mail. The data breach affected consumers who made purchases online, not those who bought items in one of…
Remember your baby’s newborn pictures? They may still be online.
UPDATED April 23, 2021: Apparently people find this news article in Google search results and then contact me via email or phone to ask about getting their newborn’s photos. This is a news article written in 2018. Neither I nor DataBreaches.net have your baby’s photos. Do not call me or email about them as I…