Neowin News Feed for: Breach

70,000 Discord users impacted by data leak

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 09:50:01 +0000

Discord has refuted reports about millions of customers being impacted by a recent data breach, claiming that 70,000 users are actually affected. Read more...

Chess.com confirms data breach

Usama Jawad — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 10:46:01 +0000

Popular chess platform, Chess.com, has confirmed a data breach that affects many of its customers. Those affected have been offered some free services. Read more...

Login credentials for millions of PayPal accounts reportedly being sold online

Usama Jawad — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 05:46:02 +0000

A seller claiming to have the credentials of millions of PayPal customers exposed as recently as May 2025 is selling them online for $750. Read more...

Dating safety app Tea spills private chats in new leak

Usama Jawad — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 04:32:01 +0000

A database containing over a million chat messages from dating safety app Tea users has leaked online, discussing topics like abortions and unfaithful husbands/boyfriends. Read more...

PayPal hit with $2 million fine by regulators after investigation revealed massive breach

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:02:01 +0000

PayPal has been fined $2 million by the New York Department of Financial Services for exposing sensitive customer data like social security numbers and more. Read more...

Indian gov fixes breach that exposed citizen's Aadhar, COVID-19 records, and more

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 07:20:01 +0000

The Indian government has resolved one of the most significant breaches of its citizens' sensitive information which included Aadhar information, COVID-19 vaccination records, and even addresses. Read more...

No X-Men games for Xbox players until at least 2036, huge data leak suggests

Martin Hodás — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 14:16:02 +0000

Following the massive leak of Insomniac Games internal files, X-Men fans are disappointed to learn they won't be able to play as a Wolverine on their Xbox consoles for over a decade. Read more...

U.S. Marshals Service hit by major security breach compromising sensitive information

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:44:01 +0000

The United States Marshals Services has suffered a major security breach that compromised the department's sensitive law enforcement information followed by a ransomware attack. Read more...

Canadian telecom company Telus investigating potential data breach

Justin Luna — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:58:01 +0000

Telecommunications company Telus is looking into the possibility of a data breach. This comes after a cybercriminal allegedly gained access to employee data, GitHub repositories, and more. Read more...

Atlassian suffers data breach, blames Envoy, which then blames Atlassian

Justin Luna — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:30:02 +0000

Software giant Atlassian recently suffered a data breach. The company blamed the incident on Envoy, a third-party workplace management services provider. However, Envoy countered this claim. Read more...

Identity management solutions provider Okta gets its GitHub account hacked

Justin Luna — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:16:01 +0000

Access management solutions provider Okta recently had its GitHub source code repositories hacked. The company assures the public that no customer data was stolen, and Okta remains operational. Read more...

LastPass confirms another security breach, customer data accessed this time

Usama Jawad — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 03:48:01 +0000

Password management company LastPass has confirmed another cybersecurity incident following the August hack. However, unlike the previous instance, customer data has been accessed this time. Read more...

Uber faces major cybersecurity breach, investigation underway [Update]

Hemant Saxena — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:32:01 +0000

Uber has suffered a significant data breach. The rideshare company has taken several of its internal systems offline to assess the extent of the damage done. It's the first major attack since 2016. Read more...

LastPass confirms breach, says user data is safe

Usama Jawad — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 20:41:36 +0000

Password management company LastPass has announced that its development environment was recently hacked. However, there are no signs of illicit access to user data at this point in time. Read more...

Google slapped with $60 million fine for misleading customers about data collection

Usama Jawad — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 11:06:01 +0000

Responding to a ruling issued last year, Google has agreed to pay a $60 million fine in Australia for misleading customers about its data collection practices when it comes to your location history. Read more...

Indonesia has blocked Steam, Yahoo, PayPal, and more for license violations

Usama Jawad — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:12:01 +0000

The Indonesian government has blocked multiple companies and services for continuing to operate without registering themselves. Registration would also enforce certain tough regulatory restrictions. Read more...

T-Mobile to pay $350 million in settlement and $150 million upgrading data security

Paul Hill — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:24:01 +0000

T-Mobile has agreed to pay $350 million as part of a settlement after the records of 76.6 million customers were compromised. It will also spend $150 million upgrading its data security. Read more...

Arkose Labs' security report shows entry level fraudsters make $20k a month

Christopher White — Wed, 18 May 2022 09:00:02 +0000

Want to make between $20k and $600k a month? Apparently you can if you don't mind breaking international law and risking heavy jail time. Learn how to protect yourself against cybersecurity threats. Read more...

Lapsus group claims to have breached several Microsoft DevOps accounts

Steven Parker — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 12:48:01 +0000

Microsoft's DevOps accounts have allegedly been breached by the same hacker group responsible for hacking Samsung, and threatening to dump Vodafone proprietary data earlier this year. Read more...

Lapsus$ hackers threatening to release Vodafone's proprietary code

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 18:30:01 +0000

The hacking group Lapsus$ is threatening to dump Vodafone source code online in a couple of days. Vodafone has said that it's aware of the threat from the group and that it's investigating. Read more...

Samsung confirms massive hack, claims personal user data has not been stolen

Usama Jawad — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:16:01 +0000

Samsung has confirmed a massive data breach that led to its source code and internal data belonging to partners being stolen. It has assured the public that their personal data is safe. Read more...

A CISO's Guide to Communicating Risk - Free White Paper

Sponsored — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:00:01 +0000

On average, it takes 212 days before a breach is detected. So you have to wonder: How long have we been compromised? What will it take to recover? Learn all in this free White Paper. Read more...

GoDaddy reports breach to the SEC, says investigation is still ongoing

Paul Hill — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:22:01 +0000

GoDaddy has told the SEC that its systems have been compromised since September 6. It noticed the breach on November 17 and is now working to change exposed passwords and other affected data. Read more...

Twitch suffers massive data breach, sensitive details leaked

Usama Jawad — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:16:01 +0000

Twitch has reportedly been the target of a massive data breach. The publicly leaked data contains encrypted credentials, source code for some software, and payout details related to popular streamers. Read more...

Facebook bans NYU Ad Observatory's accounts for unauthorized data scraping

Usama Jawad — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 06:32:01 +0000

The NYU Ad Observatory project studies political ads on Facebook. Its access to the platform has now been shut down because it breached user privacy by scraping data, despite repeated warnings. Read more...

Clubhouse confirms security breach, deploys new safeguards

Usama Jawad — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 13:46:01 +0000

Clubhouse has confirmed a security breach which allowed live audio to be siphoned. This follows concerns raised by multiple researchers around the integrity of the backend platform for the app. Read more...

Microsoft Edge will now let you know if your password is compromised

Usama Jawad — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:52:01 +0000

Microsoft is rolling out Password Monitor for Edge users. As the name implies, the service monitors a database of breached credentials and lets you know if your password is unsafe to use. Read more...

Malwarebytes says it was targeted by SolarWinds hackers too

Paul Hill — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:18:02 +0000

The security firm, Malwarebytes, is the latest entity to reveal it was targeted by state-sponsored hackers implicated in the SolarWinds breach. The hackers gained access to a limited set of emails. Read more...

EFF tells Twitter to encrypt DMs after hacking incident

Paul Hill — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 20:42:01 +0000

The EFF has said that the recent Twitter breach further highlights the need for direct messages to be end-to-end encrypted. The firm, two years ago, told Senator Wyden it would add the feature. Read more...

Twitter reveals what information was accessed in recent breach

Paul Hill — Sat, 18 Jul 2020 18:12:02 +0000

Twitter has revealed what information hackers were able to access during the breach earlier this week. The firm has also clarified the actions it will take going forward to regain users' trust. Read more...

Twitter claims that a social engineering attack led to the spread of the cryptocurrency scam

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 06:44:01 +0000

The social media website has responded to last night's hack stating that the attack was socially engineered and targeted some Twitter employees with access to internal tools and systems. Read more...

Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and other prominent Twitter accounts hacked for Bitcoin scam [Update]

Abhay V — Wed, 15 Jul 2020 21:22:01 +0000

Twitter accounts of prominent personalities and Bitcoin exchange companies were compromised earlier today. The hackers linked to a phishing website that siphoned off close to $25,000 already. Read more...

Google removed over 70 malicious Chrome add-ons from its web store

Usman Khan Lodhi — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:22:01 +0000

These add-ons amassed over 32 million downloads and were detected by Awake Security last month. The extensions claimed to warn users of malicious activity on websites or convert files' format. Read more...

UK: User data exposed by free Wi-Fi at several train stations

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:28:01 +0000

A security researcher has uncovered a public database containing a plethora of information about users that connected to public Wi-Fi at UK train stations. Access has since been restricted. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Series X ports, patches for a price, and stories in the cloud

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 12:04:01 +0000

A number of things happened this past week, including the leak of some real-life images of the Series X (and its ports), some new cloud announcements from Microsoft, and more. Catch up below. Read more...

New analysis shows the Dutch are as bad as everyone else at passwords

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 15:14:02 +0000

The top ten passwords used by Dutch netizens has been revealed. They're not too dissimilar from the type of passwords we've seen before but some of the entries have a unique Dutch spin. Read more...

Cryptocurrency exchange gets hacked, loses a hefty $32m

Hamza Jawad — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:32:02 +0000

The Bitpoint exhange in Japan has suspended its services, following a security breach in which $32m in digital currencies got stolen. Most of the funds that are lost belong to customers. Read more...

Private data of 6 million Instagram influencers and celebrities exposed [Update]

Namerah Saud Fatmi — Mon, 20 May 2019 22:10:01 +0000

Millions of Instagram accounts held by popular influencers, brands and celebrities had their private data such as contact information exposed. The leak has been traced back to Chtrbox in Mumbai. Read more...

Epic Games will focus on strengthening user account security this year

Usama Jawad — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 07:36:02 +0000

Epic Games has released a security bulletin detailing the steps that it takes to strengthen account security, as well as laying out its plans for the future, which include SMS-based authentication. Read more...

Investigation underway into malware attack on the Police Federation of England and Wales

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:46:01 +0000

Several bodies, including the National Crime Agency, are investigating a malware incident affecting the Police Federation of England and Wales. The National Cyber Security Centre is also involved. Read more...