Per Restore Privacy, wireless carrier AT&T has had personal data stolen from some 70 million customer records, albeit the company has stated the data isn’t really from their subscribers. The data includes names, phone numbers, social security numbers, birth dates, and physical addresses. The hacker, named ShinyHunters, is trying to sell the database for $1 […]
If you weren’t enamored with LinkedIn before, you’re not going to love this. A group of hackers are currently selling the personal information over more than 700 million LinkedIn users. Here are the data types that were leaked: Email Addresses; Full names; Phone numbers; Physical addresses; Geolocation records; LinkedIn username and profile URL; Personal and professional experience/background; Genders; Other social media accounts and […]
It kind of happened again. Over the weekend, it was revealed that a huge data breach occurred at Facebook, the leak compromising various email addresses, phone numbers, full names, and dates of birth for more than 500 million accounts. Per security firm, Hudson Rock, the breach occurred in January 2020, as noted here: In early […]
This is a bit of a mess. A bug has been discovered in the newly-released iOS 12.1 operating system in which Group FaceTime calls can allow a hacker to access the details of a contact stored on an iPhone, without needing to unlock the device. The public release of iOS 12.1 allowed iPhone and iPad […]