Uber is not known for it’s high level of ethics, but it turns out Uber paid hackers to not go public with the fact they’d breached 57 Million accounts – which is a very shady thing to do. Getting hacked is one thing (usually someone f*cked up), but choosing as a company to systematically cover […]
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Malaysia Telco Hack – Corporations Spill 46 Million Records
The Malaysia Telco Hack has been blowing up in the news with over 46 Million Records being leaked including IMEI numbers, SIM card details, serial numbers and home addresses. This is an interesting one for me as I live in Malaysia, so this Malaysia Telco Hack was big news over here, especially seen as though […]
Taringa Hack – 27 Million User Records Leaked
The Taringa hack is actually one of the biggest leaks of the year with 27 million weakly hashed passwords breached, but it’s not often covered in the Western media with it being a Latin American site (something like Reddit). The leak happened in August and it seems like the hackers were able to brute force […]
Deloitte Hacked – Client Emails, Usernames & Passwords Leaked
It seems to be non-stop lately, this time it’s Deloitte Hacked, which has also revealed all kinds of publically accessible resources that really should be more secure (VPN, RDP & Proxy services). The irony is that Deloitte positions itself as a global leader in information security and offers consulting services to huge clients all over […]
Equifax Data Breach – Hack Due To Missed Apache Patch
The Equifax data breach is pretty huge with 143 million records leaked from the hack in the US alone with unknown more in Canada and the UK. The original statement about the breach is as follows for those that weren’t up to date with it, which came out Sept 7th (4 months AFTER the breach […]