Topic: personal information
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Western Sydney University hit by cyber attack
Western Sydney University experienced a cybersecurity breach compromising extensive personal data of students, staff, and alumni, including contact details, financial information, and sensitive records. The university is collaborating with NSW Police, leading to an arrest, but attacks persist, an...
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Prosper Data Breach Exposes 17.6 Million Accounts
Prosper, a peer-to-peer lending platform, experienced a data breach compromising the personal details of approximately 17.6 million individuals, including current customers and loan applicants. Sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and financial data was exfiltr...
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Toys "R" Us Canada Data Breach Exposes Customer Information
Toys "R" Us Canada experienced a data breach where unauthorized individuals accessed and distributed customer information, discovered on July 30, 2025, via a dark web posting. The compromised data includes personal details like names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers, but sensitive financial ...
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WestJet Data Breach Impacts 1.2 Million Travelers
WestJet experienced a data breach affecting approximately 1.2 million travelers, exposing personal details like names, addresses, and sensitive travel documents such as passports, but no payment card information was stolen. The breach resulted from hackers using social engineering to access an em...
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Massive Data Breach Exposes 31,000 in South Carolina Schools
A South Carolina school district experienced a cybersecurity breach potentially affecting over 31,000 individuals, compromising sensitive data including Social Security numbers and financial information. The district responded by engaging cybersecurity experts, offering affected individuals free ...
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Allianz Life Data Breach Exposes 1.5 Million Customers
Allianz Life experienced a cybersecurity breach compromising personal data of nearly 1.5 million individuals, including names, addresses, birth dates, and Social Security numbers, through a third-party cloud system. The breach has been linked to the ShinyHunters group targeting Salesforce systems...
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MATLAB Developer Hit by Ransomware, 10,000 Users' Data Stolen
MathWorks experienced a ransomware attack in April that compromised the personal data of over 10,000 individuals, including sensitive information like names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers. The breach caused significant service disruptions, affecting multi-factor authentication, the onlin...
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Healthcare Services Group Data Breach Exposes 624,000 Patients
A data breach at Healthcare Services Group exposed the personal information of over 624,000 patients, highlighting vulnerabilities in the healthcare support sector. The breach occurred from September 27 to October 7, 2024, with stolen data including sensitive details like Social Security numbers ...
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Whistleblower: DOGE Leaked Social Security Data on Unsecured Server
A whistleblower alleges that the Social Security Administration's DOGE department uploaded hundreds of millions of sensitive records to an unsecured cloud server, risking exposure of personal data for nearly all Americans. The complaint claims senior officials approved the transfer despite warnin...
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Privacy Commissioner Issues New Social Media Rules
Australia's privacy watchdog has introduced new regulations requiring social media platforms to implement age verification measures that protect user privacy, with enforcement starting December 10 under the Social Media Minimum Age (SMMA) scheme. The guidance mandates that platforms and verificat...
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DOGE May Have Exposed Millions of SSNs on Insecure Server
A Senate report reveals that personnel from Elon Musk's DOGE team are operating a cloud server containing millions of Americans' sensitive personal data, including Social Security numbers, without adequate protective measures. The exposed database includes actual production data such as birth det...
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Insight Partners Warns Thousands Following Ransomware Attack
Insight Partners suffered a cybersecurity breach due to a sophisticated social engineering attack, exposing sensitive personal and financial data of thousands. The breach occurred from October 2024 to January 2025, compromising banking details, employee records, and information on partners and po...
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17 Million Hit by Prosper Data Breach Exposing Personal Info
A data breach at Prosper exposed the personal information of about 17.6 million customers, including sensitive details like names, Social Security numbers, and government IDs. The breach was caused by unauthorized database queries, but the company quickly revoked access and reported no disruption...
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Insight Partners Hit by Ransomware Attack, Exposing Staff and Investor Data
Insight Partners suffered a significant data breach due to a sophisticated cyberattack, compromising personal information of over 12,600 individuals. The stolen data included banking details, tax information, and personal records of employees and limited partners, highlighting vulnerabilities in ...
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FinWise Bank Reports Insider Data Breach
FinWise Bank experienced a data breach by a former employee, which occurred on May 31, 2024, and went undetected for over a year until June 18, 2025, affecting around 689,000 customers. The breach exposed sensitive data, including full names, from both FinWise and its partner American First Finan...
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Cyber-Attacks Hit Three French Regional Healthcare Agencies
A coordinated cybersecurity breach compromised personal data of patients in multiple French regions, though medical records remained secure. Attackers used stolen credentials to impersonate healthcare professionals and access systems via regional e-health platforms. Authorities are taking action ...
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Insight Partners Notifies Staff, LPs of Data Breach
Insight Partners has completed notifying individuals affected by a January data breach that compromised sensitive personal and financial information of limited partners, employees, and details about investment funds and portfolio companies. The breach was identified as a social engineering attack...
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TransUnion Data Breach Exposes 4.5 Million US Customers
A data breach at TransUnion compromised the personal information of 4.5 million U.S. individuals, though credit reports and core credit data were not affected. The breach occurred through a third-party application on July 28, 2024, and impacted customers are being offered free credit monitoring a...
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DOGE Exposes Social Security Data in Major Cloud Security Breach
An unauthorized live copy of the Social Security database was created in a cloud environment, bypassing standard oversight and putting the personal data of over 300 million Americans at risk. The breach, allegedly directed by SSA officials, exposed sensitive information including names, birth det...
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Hackers Extort 39 Victims With New Data Leak Site
A new cybercriminal group, Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, is extorting nearly 40 major corporations by threatening to leak stolen data from Salesforce databases obtained through social engineering. The stolen data includes personal and contact details, sensitive information like Social Security numbe...
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Clop Hackers Use Oracle Zero-Day to Steal Executive Data
Oracle has patched a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2025-61882) in its E-Business Suite, which hackers exploited to steal sensitive personal data from corporate executives without needing login credentials. The hacking group Clop has been linked to this mass exploitation campaign, sending e...
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Senate Probe Finds DOGE Offices Barricaded, Windows Covered
A Senate investigation found that the Digital Office of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uploaded a live copy of the highly sensitive Social Security NUMIDENT database to an unmonitored cloud environment, bypassing oversight protocols. The data transfer was approved by SSA Chief Information Officers ...
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Prepare Your Digital Go Bag: Job Security in the Digital Age
Sudden job loss is a common risk, but creating a digital go bag helps protect your professional documents and career data. A digital go bag should include performance reviews, tax forms, project portfolios, and other key records, stored both locally and in the cloud. Regularly update and tailor t...
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