Web scraping, or data scraping, is the process of extracting and collecting data from websites. Today, data harvesting is mostly automated, relying on specific...
Tag - personal data exposure
A threat actor named Pompompurin has posted a treasure trove of 250 million personal records belonging to US residents. The database containing 263 GB of...
Fact: The personal information associated with over 533 million Facebook users was made public on a hacking forum this Saturday. User data appears to have been...
A threat actor who breached the network of Canada-based Aurora Cannabis over Christmas is looking to cash in after posting a database of stolen information...
A data broker is offering freebies on a hacking community forum. According to a security analyst, the threat actor posted the information of 10,000 Mexico...
UK-based renewable energy supplier People’s Energy has disclosed that cybercriminals accessed the personal details of its entire 250,000 customer database in a...
Your Digital Persona at Risk: Around 26 Unique Data Items from Your Digital Footprint Exposed Online
The marks we leave in the digital world create and add to our existing digital footprint every time we connect, post or share information via social media or...
Data Breach at Alaskan Online Voter Registration System Exposes Personal Info of Over 100,000 Voters
A cyberattack on the Online Voter Registration System of the state of Alaska exposed the personal information of 113,000 potential voters, the Governor’s...
Attackers stole protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII) of 295,617 patients of Colorado Springs-based mental...
Mercy Iowa City hospital has revealed a data breach that may have compromised the personal and health information of 60,473 patients. According to a letter...
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