Tag: PII
Omicron Based Phishing Campaign in Wild, Stealing PII and Banking Details
The UK consumer watchdog - Which? has detailed a new phishing campaign based on the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.
The ongoing campaign targets people in...
WSpot Error Exposed Identifiable Data of Over 2.5 Million Customers
WSpot, a WiFi management software, has exposed 10GB of identifiable data belonging to its clients and their customers.
This was spotted by SafetyDetectives, who saw...
Robinhood Data Breach: Hacker Accessed Data of 7 Million Customers
Robinhood, the American financial services platform has disclosed a data breach incident yesterday, which actually happened earlier this month.
The company reported an unauthorized party...
Signal Was Ordered to Share Identity Details of One of its Users
Signal, the privacy-focused instant messenger wrote in a blog post today that, how far the US law enforcement would go for tracking a person.
As...
Over 400,000 German Students Data Leaked by a Flawed API
A security researcher was able to exploit an API flaw in Scoolio, and access the personal data of nearly 400,000 students registered in it.
Scoolio...
50 Million Records of Moscow’s Drivers Data Setup For Sale
As per reports, hackers are selling a database containing 50 million records of Moscow's drivers' data.
This is spotted in an underground forum, with a...
Identity Thief Stealing PII of US Army Members Sentenced to 151-Month Prison
Frederick Brown, an accused from 2019's identity theft case in DoD, is now sentenced to a 151-month prison. While he admitted to doing the...
JP Morgan Chase Bank Admitted Leaking Sensitive Data of its Customers
JP Morgan Chase Bank has just disclosed a security incident where it admitted leaking sensitive information of one customer to other accidentally.
Chase bank blamed...
Popular Android Apps in Google Playstore Found Leaking User Data
Checkpoint researchers have discovered 23 Android apps from Google's Playstore, exposing users' sensitive data online. With some having millions of installs, these apps are...
Guard.me Data Breach: Personal Details of Students Accessed by Unauthorized Party
Guard.me, a student health insurance company, experienced a data breach incident last week affecting the PII of its customers. The platform realized the unauthorized...