Data Breaches
Discover expert analysis on data breaches with news, features and insights from the team at IT Pro.
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Meta notifies around 1 million Facebook users of potential compromise through malicious apps
News The vast majority of apps targeting iOS users appeared to be genuine apps for managing business functions such as advertising and analytics
By Connor Jones Published
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Telstra suffers 'sizeable' data breach, mandates two-step security upgrade
News The breach affected around 30,000 past and present employees, with their information being posted in the same forum that the Optus attackers used
By Zach Marzouk Published
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'Systemic ID problems for 10 million Australians’ after Optus breach, warns minister
News The telco giant's response to its 22 September breach has brought on harsh criticism, and the company has now handed over its breach investigation to Deloitte
By Rory Bathgate Published
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Australia looks to amend privacy rules following Optus data breach
News The breach is currently being investigated by the Australian Federal Police
By Praharsha Anand Published
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Australian telco Optus confirms cyber attack involving potential leak of sensitive customer data
News Investigations are ongoing but early signs indicate that some customers may have had identity documents and other identifying information exposed to hackers
By Connor Jones Published
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American Airlines hit by data breach
News The airlines last reported a breach in March 2021 following the SITA servers’ hack
By Praharsha Anand Published
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Uber launches infosec hiring spree after attributing breach to LAPSUS$
News The company also hinted at the belief that LAPSUS$ was also behind the attack on Rockstar Games over the weekend in a revealing update detailing the inner workings of the attack
By Connor Jones Published
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U-Haul data breach exposes customer data
News Despite the scope of the attack, the company affirmed the hack did not compromise customers’ payment card information
By Praharsha Anand Published
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Portugal government cyber attack allegedly leaks "hundreds" of classified NATO documents
News Reports in Portugal have suggested the classified files were lifted by specially designed bots and have now been found for sale online
By Connor Jones Published
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TikTok refutes allegations of a massive security breach
News The alleged hack compromised account details of over two billion TikTok users
By Praharsha Anand Published
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Samsung confirms it was hit by a data breach
News The security incident exposed customers’ personally identifiable information
By Praharsha Anand Published
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TikTok reportedly suffers data breach
News However, one researcher inspected some of the files and found it included publicly accessible data which could have been put together without a breach
By Zach Marzouk Published
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