Tag: data leak
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Robinhood trading app hit by data breach affecting seven million
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
US share-trading app Robinhood has been hit by a security breach that has exposed the names or email addresses of more than seven million people. The company says the breach affected “a limited amount of personal information for a portion of our customers”. And it does not believe the most sensitive information it gathers – […]
Read MoreBad App Configuration Causes BrewDog Data Leak of 200k People
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
The data of more than 200,000 of BrewDog’s ‘Equity for Punks’ shareholders and customers has been available on their app over the last 18 months BrewDog’s security issue was supposedly caused by the tokens not being transmitted following a successful user authentication event. This gave users the ability to access any other user’s PII, shareholding […]
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Twitch source code, business data, gamer payouts leaked in massive hack
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
An unknown hacker has leaked the entirety of Twitch’s source code among a 128 GB trove of data released this week. The hack includes: The entirety of twitch.tv, with commit history going back to its early beginnings Mobile, desktop and console Twitch clients Creator payout reports from 2019 Proprietary SDKs and internal AWS services used […]
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Second Afghan interpreter data breach uncovered at Ministry of Defence
- by Connor McBean
- Industry News
A second email data breach has been uncovered at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in the team responsible for relocating Afghan allies to the UK. The BBC reported that dozens of people who may be eligible to come to the UK under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (Arap) were mistakenly copied into an email […]
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British man arrested in Spain over Twitter hack
- by Connor McBean
- General
Spanish police have arrested a 22-year-old UK citizen in connection with the hacking of 130 high-profile Twitter accounts, including those of Elon Musk, Barack Obama and Kanye West. Read via BBC News
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Data of Half a Billion Facebook Users Leaked
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The personal information of half a billion Facebook users has been leaked online, according to experts at cyber-intelligence firm Hudson Rock. read via InfoSecurityMag.
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West Ham Utd Website Spews Out Supporters’ Personal Data
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The website of English Premier League football club West Ham Utd is leaking the personal details of the clubs’ supporters. Read via Forbes.
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Npower app attack exposed customers’ bank details
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Energy firm Npower has closed down its app following an attack that exposed some customers’ financial and personal information. Read via BBC News.
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Data of thousands of Dutch citizens leaked from government Covid-19 systems
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Weak access controls and outdated systems blamed for leaking of the personal details of thousands of Dutch citizens tested for Covid-19 Read via Computer Weekly.
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Hackney council files including alleged passport documents leaked online after cyber attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The attack has coincided with the pandemic to severely disrupt housing services in the East London council. Read via Sky News.
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