American healthcare provider Universal Health Services (UHS) is facing a lawsuit filed in 2020 over a data breach. The suit will proceed, but only for one of the affected patients, Stephen Motkowicz, …
Misconfigured Database Exposes 200K Fake Amazon Reviewers
A misconfigured database has allegedly exposed a coordinated scheme by Amazon vendors to boost product ratings through utilizing fake accounts and reviews. Security researchers at SafetyDetectives …
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Data Breach at New England’s Largest Energy Provider
On March 16, New England's largest energy provider, Eversource, discovered that one of its cloud data storage folders was misconfigured, allowing anyone to access the files rather than protecting …
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1.3M Clubhouse Users’ Data Dumped in Hacker Forum for Free
Security researchers have found an SQL file containing the personal data of 1.3 million Clubhouse users available on a hacker forum for free. The information in the file includes names, user IDs, …
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623M Payment Cards Stolen from Cybercrime Forum
According to Group-IB, a database containing stolen payment cards has been hit by hackers, who were able to lift the information off of the Swarmshop cyber-underground card market. The hackers leaked …
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Office Depot Configuration Error Exposes One Million Records
Researchers have found a misconfigured Easticsearch server belonging to Office Depot, a popular office supplies store chain. One million customers' personal information was exposed on the …
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Data scraped from 500 million LinkedIn users found for sale online
A huge trove of LinkedIn data has been discovered on an online marketplace, exposing the IDs, names, email addresses, and personal details of 500 million users. Although the data may not seem harmful …
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Data of Half a Billion Facebook Users Leaked
Cyber-intelligence agency Hudson Rock discovered a leak in which the personal information of half a billion Facebook users has been leaked online. The information exposed includes phone numbers, …
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Forex Broker Leaks Billions of Customer Records Online
Over 20TB of sensitive customer data has been leaked online by popular trading broker Forex after it suffered from a misconfigured cloud database. Researchers at the site WizCase spotted the …
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Health Website Leaks 8 Million COVID-19 Test Results
In India, a teenaged ethical hacker named Sourajeet Majumder uncovered a flawed endpoint associated with a health department in the state of Bengal that exposed eight million Covid-19 test results and …
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