Data Breach
- India
Baseless, mischievous, says health ministry on reports of CoWIN data breach
Hyderabad: The Union health ministry on Monday said that the CoWIN portal is completely safe and refuted reports of a data breach that had leaked personal information of many Indian citizens on…
- Automobile
Toyota discloses data leak affecting 2.6 lakh car owners
New Delhi: Japanese automotive giant Toyota has admitted another incident in which data of around 260,000 car owners was exposed to the internet for a decade. Last month, the company issued an…
- Technology
Over 1.8 cr Indian citizens’ personal records exposed in 10 data broker breaches
New Delhi: India is the second-most affected country when it comes to data broker breaches, and more than 1.8 crore (18.7 million) personal records of Indian citizens were compromised through 10 data…
- India
India ranks 2nd on list of data breaches exposed worldwide in 2022
New Delhi: Around 2.29 billion records were exposed worldwide in data breach incidents in 2022, with India accounting for 20 per cent of the total, taking it to the second position, a…
- World
Indian-American judge slaps $1 mn fine on Facebook
New York: Indian-American judge Vince Chhabria has slapped a fine of almost $1 million on Meta, Facebook’s parent company, and its law firm for creating obstacles for court and users in a…
- Technology
T-Mobile hacked again, 37 mn customers’ data exposed
San Francisco: US telecommunication provider T-Mobile has been hit again in a data breach, this time involving 37 million customers. This is the eighth time T-Mobile has been hacked since 2018. The…
- Business
Software company CircleCi says hackers stole customers’ data
San Francisco: Software company CircleCi, whose products are popular with developers and software engineers, has confirmed that some customers’ data were stolen in a data breach last month. Although the employee’s access…
- World
6 million Australians victims of data breach: Report
Canberra: A new report revealed on Tuesday that one-third of Australian adults have been exposed to data breaches in the last year. According to the report published by the Australian National University (ANU),…
- Technology
Financial data of over 9 mn cardholders leaked, including from SBI: Researchers
New Delhi: Cyber-security researchers on Wednesday said they have discovered a massive leak involving over nine million cardholders’ financial data that includes customers of the State Bank of India (SBI). The threat…
- Technology
Australian watchdogs launch probe into data breach
Canberra: Two Australian watchdogs on Tuesday announced that they have commenced formal investigations into Optus, in response to the telco’s data breach of up to 10 million customers in September. The Office…
- Technology
DoorDash confirms data breach, customers data exposed
San Francisco: Online delivery giant DoorDash has confirmed that it has been hit by a data breach, which has affected several customers and merchants. The company said it recently became aware that…
- Technology
Single data breach now costs nearly Rs 17.5 cr in India: Study
New Delhi: The estimated average cost of a data breach in India went up to an all-time high of Rs 17.5 crore in 2022 — a 6.6 per cent increase from last…
- Technology
T-Mobile agrees to pay $350 mn in data breach affecting 77 mn users
San Francisco: Telecommunications company T-Mobile has agreed to pay $500 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in a 2021 data breach that impacted nearly 76.6 million users’ data in the US. T-Mobile…
- Technology
Top NFT marketplace OpenSea admits email data breach
New Delhi: Leading non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has admitted a major email security breah, warning users that they may have been impacted. In a blog post, OpenSea said it learned that…
- Technology
37% of firms in India experienced a Cloud data breach in past year: Report
New Delhi: Nearly 37 per cent of Indian organizations have experienced a Cloud-based data breach or failed audit in the past 12 months, up from the previous year (33 per cent), a…
