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Zomato – 16,472,873 breached accounts
In May 2017, the restaurant guide website Zomato was hacked resulting in the exposure of almost 17 million accounts. The data was consequently redistributed online and contains email addresses, usernames and salted MD5 hashes of passwords (the password hash was
Read MoreMALL.cz – 735,405 breached accounts
In July 2017, the Czech Republic e-commerce site MALL.cz suffered a data breach after which 735k unique accounts including email addresses, names, phone numbers and passwords were later posted online. Whilst passwords were stored as hashes, a number of different algorithms
Read MoreOnliner Spambot – 711,477,622 breached accounts
In August 2017, a spambot by the name of <a href="https://benkowlab.blogspot.com.au/2017/08/from-onliner-spambot-to-millions-of.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Onliner Spambot was identified by security researcher Benkow moʞuƎq</a>. The malicious software contained a server-based component located on an IP address in the Netherlands which exposed a large
Read MoreBiohack.me – 3,402 breached accounts
In December 2016, the forum for the biohacking website <a href="https://forum.biohack.me/index.php?p=/discussion/2101/critical-website-server-compromised-read-this-action-needed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biohack.me suffered a data breach</a> that exposed 3.4k accounts. The data included usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords along with the private messages of forum members. The data
Read MoreBin Weevils – 1,287,073 breached accounts
In September 2014, the online game <a href="http://blog.binweevils.com/2014/09/important-security-update/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bin Weevils suffered a data breach</a>. Whilst originally stating that only usernames and passwords had been exposed, <a href="https://www.databreaches.net/data-from-2014-hack-of-childrens-online-game-bin-weevils-leaked-online-hacker-claims-20m-records/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a subsequent story on DataBreaches.net indicated that a more extensive set
Read MoreDailymotion – 85,176,234 breached accounts
In October 2016, the video sharing platform <a href="http://thehackernews.com/2016/12/dailymotion-video-hacked.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dailymotion suffered a data breach</a>. The attack led to the exposure of more than 85 million user accounts and included email addresses, usernames and bcrypt hashes of passwords.
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Don’t Swipe Your Credit Card Before You Read On…
The worst thing about a hi-tech world is that crime has gone hi-tech too. Credit card skimmers are a popular way for criminals to use tech-savviness to steal our financial freedom. The good thing is that some skimmers have limitations
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3 Shocking New Cyber Hacking Scams
Hackers seem to be at it again as these shocking new cyber hacks reveal the latest scams and how you can avoid becoming the next victim. Recent reports a couple falling prey to a Nigerian online lottery scam after the husband
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Amazon Delivery Reports Twitter Scam
Amazon customers warn others of a new phishing scam that’s targeting anyone who takes to Twitter to complain about delivery issues. Customers and Twitter users who tweeted abut deliveries not coming on time received a tweet from criminals posing as
Read MoreMCBans – 119,948 breached accounts
In October 2016, the Minecraft banning service known as <a href="https://www.mcbans.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MCBans</a> suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 120k unique user records. The data contained email and IP addresses, usernames and password hashes of unknown format.
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