Charlie Osborne reports on one of those cases where a data breach results in such a serious risk of harm or trouble that people have to move or significantly change their lives: As reported by the Hackney Gazette, a family in the area adopted a child and the details of who they were and where…
Category: Exposure
AU: National Australia Bank Says Data Breached on 13,000 Customers
Russell Ward reports: National Australia Bank Ltd. has begun contacting about 13,000 customers whose personal information was breached in violation of its data security policies. Data including names, dates of birth and contact details were uploaded to the servers of two data service companies without authorization, the Melbourne-based lender said Friday in a statement. Read…
Brazilian banking users exposed by 250GB data leak
Angelica Mari reports: An unprotected server belonging to a Brazilian financial services provider has exposed a massive batch of data from customers of various local banks, security experts have found. The vulnerability has been detected by security researchers Data Group and the total file size of sensitive personal information available in the public domain is…
Formget security lapse exposed thousands of sensitive user-uploaded documents
Zack Whittaker reports: If you’ve used Formget in the past few years, there’s a good chance we know about it. Formget bills itself as an online form maker and email marketing company based in Bhopal, India. The company allows its 43,000 customers to create online forms so others can submit their resumes or apply for…
YouHodler Misconfiguration Exposed Details on 86 Million Crypto Loan Records
Benjamin Vitáris reports: Security researchers have discovered a data breach that exposed 86 million records of the crypto loan platform YouHodler. According to vpnMentor’s security experts, the breach has exposed a massive amount of sensitive data. The leaked data included personal information ranging from full names to phone numbers and email addresses, and financial information…
AU: ‘Serious breach’: Real identities of Gobbo handlers sent to lawyers of underworld clients
Some breaches can put lives at risk. Chris Vedelago, Tammy Mills and Cameron Houston report: The real identities of Nicola Gobbo’s handlers have been accidentally sent to the lawyers of her former underworld clients by the royal commission that is investigating her role as a police informer. Protecting the names of the covert operatives from…