Jeremiah Fowler writes: Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password protected database that contained approximately 2.3 million records. Upon further investigation, it became clear that these records were associated with multiple dating applications contained in a single database. A majority of the records referred to an application called 419 Dating – Chat…
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UK: Sex abuse victim’s details could be among hundreds revealed by data breach
Bradley Jolly reports: A sex abuse survivor is one of “around 400” victims of a “chilling” data breach, it tonight has emerged. The London Mayor’s Office blunder, currently under investigation, involves complaints about policing in the capital being made wrongly accessible via an official website. The survivor of sexual abuse has described her distress tonight. The probe centres…
FTC investigates OpenAI over data leak and ChatGPT’s inaccuracy
Cat Zakrzewski reports: The Federal Trade Commission has opened an expansive investigation into OpenAI, probing whether the maker of the popular ChatGPT bot has run afoul of consumer protection laws by putting personal reputations and data at risk. The agency this week sent the San Francisco company a 20-page demand for records about how it…
No need to hack when it’s leaking, Saturday edition: Translation service leaked 25k records
Jeremiah Fowler reports finding a non-secured database with more than 25,000 records, many with sensitive information: The unsecured database contained internal screenshots of source code as well as customer documents that were stored in uploads folders. These documents include: US Federal and State tax filings, passports, driver licenses, birth and marriage records, business documents, denied…
Video and chatting app leaks more than 100 million user messages
As reported by vx-underground on Telegram: Tigo, a live video and chatting app for Android and iPhone, accidentally exposed 100,000,000+ user messages online. The app is mostly known for dating & for dudes being thirsty. vx-underground provided the following screencaps as proof, which they credit to Silas Cutler: Tigo is described on Google…
Over 100 fertility patients had data breached by N.L. Health Services
CBC News reports: When Kelsey Puddister-Collins opened an email from Newfoundland and Labrador Fertility Services on Tuesday, she said she was mortified to see the names and email addresses of over 100 people on the email list. Puddister-Collins’ information was among those shared in a data breach. The email was a survey about her experience in…