Data Breach
- Telangana
Govt issues notice to smart cards supplier over data breach risks
Hyderabad: The Telangana Transport Department has issued a show-cause notice to M/s. Colorplast India Pvt. Ltd. for allegedly supplying smart cards with substandard chips, raising concerns about potential data breaches and unauthorized…
- Business
43 pc of WazirX customers to lose their money, demand grows for scrutiny
New Delhi: After a massive Rs 2,000 crore data breach, more bad news awaits WazirX customers — including at least 4.2 million Indian users — as nearly 43 per cent of them…
- Business
Average data breach cost in India touches record Rs 19.5 crore
Bengaluru: The average cost of a data breach in India reached an all-time high of Rs 19.5 crore this year, as the local industrial sector experienced the costliest cyber attacks across sectors,…
- India
Bharti Airtel denies claims of data breach of over 375 million users
Bharti Airtel has denied reports claiming that the data of 375 million customers has been breached and listed for sale. On its X handle, it wrote, “There has been a report alleging…
- Top Stories
Telangana TSCOP app collecting hotel visitor data? Privacy concerns raised
Hyderabad: In contrast to the Telangana director general of police’s claim, the state police’s TSCOP application is collecting data of people checking into hotels in Hyderabad. This aspect of the police app…
- News
Entertainment giant Live Nation confirms data breach via Ticketmaster
San Francisco: Entertainment major Live Nation has confirmed that its ticketing subsidiary Ticketmaster was compromised by hackers, who allegedly offered data of 560 million users on the dark web for sale. The…
- Business
P2P lending platform LenDenClub allegedly suffers data breach: Researchers
New Delhi: Researchers at New Delhi-based nonprofit organisation CyberPeace on Saturday claimed they have discovered an alleged huge data breach at LenDenClub, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, that may have affected 22…
- Business
Hackers likely used ChatGPT to create fake data breach
London: Hackers have likely used ChatGPT to promote a fake data breach where they claimed a cache of stolen data from the rental car giant Europcar. The hackers claimed to have stolen…
- World
Massive data breach reveals 26bn records from LinkedIn, Snap, X, more: Report
New Delhi: Cybersecurity researchers have warned that a database containing over 26 billion leaked data records has been discovered, which include users’ data from LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Snapchat, Weibo, Tencent, and…
- Technology
Discord starts notifying users affected by March data breach
San Francisco: Popular chatting platform Discord has started notifying users affected by a March data breach, about three months after the company announced the attack in May. According to a data breach…
- Technology
Tesla admits data breach impacting 75,000 employees was insiders’ job
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run Tesla has admitted that a data breach affected more than 75,000 employees was perpetuated by insiders in the company. In a data breach notice filed with attorney general…
- Technology
Average cost of data breach in India reaches over Rs 17cr: Report
New Delhi: The average cost of a data breach in India reached Rs 17.9 crore in 2023, almost a 28 per cent increase since 2020, a new report said on Tuesday. According…
- Technology
Apple supplier TSMC confirms data breach, hackers demand $70 mn
San Francisco: Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has confirmed that it suffered a data breach after being named as a victim by the Russia-linked LockBit…
- Technology
Modified Telegram app with malware that puts your data at risk found
New Delhi: Cyber-security researchers on Friday revealed a modified version of the popular messaging app Telegram on Android that is found to be malicious and can steal your data. The malware within…
- Technology
UK-based university confirms data breach in recent cyberattack
London: UK-based the University of Manchester has confirmed that attackers behind a cyberattack revealed in early June had stolen data that is related to some students and alumni. “Based on our investigations,…
