Latest News: Data Breaches

Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to VpnMentor about the discovery of 13 non-password-protected databases that contained 4.6 million documents, including voter records, ballots, multiple lists, and election-related records. I recently discovered a

Minnesota-based spyware maker Spytech has fallen victim to a significant data breach, exposing the sensitive data of thousands of devices worldwide. According to TechCrunch, unknown hackers accessed Spytech’s servers and obtained a cache of files that included detailed activity logs from more than

Greece's Land Registry Department, also known as the Hellenic Cadastre, has faced over 400 cyberattacks within a week. These attacks, aimed at compromising the agency's IT infrastructure, resulted in a limited data breach. Hackers stole 1.2 GB of data from employee terminals — only a minuscule

AT&T has revealed that the call and text logs of approximately 109 million customers were exposed in a data breach. The breach, which occurred between April 14 and April 25, 2024, involved unauthorized access to data stored on a third-party cloud platform operated by Snowflake. The

Advance Auto Parts has confirmed that a data breach has affected over 2.3 million individuals, exposing sensitive personal information such as names, Social Security numbers, driver's licenses, and government-issued identification numbers. This breach, which occurred between April 14, 2024, and May

Hackers have gained access to 440,000 Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets, and are demanding a multi-million dollar ransom from Ticketmaster. The hacker group, ShinyHunters, announced on BreachForums that they possess barcode data for hundreds of thousands of tickets and are threatening to sell the data

On July 2, 2024, Health tech provider HealthEquity disclosed a data breach involving unauthorized access to customers' protected health information via a compromised third-party vendor account. The breach was detected on March 25 and involved HealthEquity's SharePoint data. The incident,

Cybersecurity Researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, discovered and reported to vpnMentor about a non-password-protected database that contained 38.6 million records belonging to Rapid Legal — a legal support services company that offers court filing, process serving, and document retrieval services for law

Twilio, the U.S. messaging giant, has confirmed a significant data breach in which hackers stole 33 million phone numbers from Authy, its two-factor authentication app. The breach, linked to the notorious hacking group ShinyHunters, was facilitated by an unauthenticated API endpoint that allowed

Prudential Financial, a major US life insurance provider, has revealed that a data breach in February 2024 has compromised the personal information of over 2.5 million individuals, a significant increase from the initially reported 36,000. The breach, detected on February 5, 2024, allowed attackers