About 48 million records of detailed personal information on tens of millions of individuals have been leaked, containing Cambridge Analytica–style information gathered and scraped from multiple sources. The culprit, as…
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Carphone Warehouse fined £400,000 over data breach
Carphone Warehouse has been fined £400,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after a data breach in 2015. Hackers gained unauthorised access to the personal data of more than three…
Extra 2.5 Million Americans Affected by Equifax Breach
By Phil Muncaster Equifax has revised upwards the number of Americans affected by a massive data breach at the firm last month to 145.5 million, although data is still being…
Yahoo 'state' hackers stole data from 500 million users
Yahoo says “state-sponsored” hackers stole information from about 500 million users in what appears to be the largest publicly disclosed cyber-breach in history. The breach included swathes of personal information,…