Topic: user notification
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DoorDash Data Breach Exposes User Info in October
DoorDash experienced a data breach in October 2025 due to a social engineering attack on an employee, compromising user contact details like names, addresses, and emails. This is the third major security incident for DoorDash in recent years, affecting consumers, delivery drivers, and merchants, ...
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ParkMobile Fined $1 Per Victim in 22 Million User Data Breach
ParkMobile has settled a class action lawsuit from a 2021 data breach, offering affected users up to $1 in in-app credits that must be manually claimed and expire for most by October 2026. The breach exposed personal data of nearly 22 million customers, including names, emails, and vehicle detail...
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Spotify Finally Launches Lossless Audio After 8-Year Wait
Spotify has officially launched its lossless audio feature after years of delays, making high-fidelity streaming available to its Premium subscribers at no extra cost in select regions. The feature, which streams at 24-bit/44.1kHz FLAC, is supported by compatible hardware from brands like Sony an...
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Plex Urges Password Reset Following New Data Breach
Plex is advising all users to reset their passwords immediately after an unauthorized party accessed a restricted database, compromising email addresses, usernames, and securely hashed passwords. The company recommends users change their passwords via a provided link and sign out of all connected...
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Google Pixel Call Recording: How It Actually Works
A native call recording feature is now available on Google Pixel 8 Pro and later models, operating directly within the Phone app for users in legally permitted regions. The feature includes an automatic audible notification to all call participants about the recording and saves files locally with...
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OpenAI API Data Breach Exposed Customer Data
A security incident at OpenAI's analytics provider, Mixpanel, exposed limited customer information for some ChatGPT API users, though no sensitive data like passwords or chat histories were accessed, highlighting third-party risks. The breach resulted from a smishing attack on Mixpanel, affecting...
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OpenAI Alerts Users to Mixpanel API Data Breach
OpenAI notified API users of a data exposure due to a security incident at its third-party analytics provider, Mixpanel, clarifying that its own systems were not breached. The exposed data may include user details like names, email addresses, approximate locations, and device information, but sen...
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WhatsApp to Enable Cross-Platform Messaging in Europe
Meta is launching a cross-platform messaging feature for WhatsApp users in Europe, allowing them to communicate with users on other apps like BirdyChat and Haiket, in compliance with the EU's Digital Markets Act. Users can share various content types and will have the option to enable or disable ...
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UStrive Data Breach Exposed Children's Personal Information
A data breach at UStrive exposed sensitive personal information of users, including minors, due to a misconfigured GraphQL endpoint that allowed unauthorized access to private data. The vulnerability potentially impacted at least 238,000 user records, and the company has not committed to notifyin...
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Instagram Tests Picture-in-Picture for Reels
Instagram is testing a Picture-in-Picture mode for Reels, allowing users to watch videos in a floating window while using other apps. The feature, discovered by an app researcher and confirmed by Instagram, aims to boost engagement and multitasking for selected users. This update helps Instagram ...
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Instagram Resolves Password Reset Email Glitch
Instagram resolved a widespread glitch that erroneously sent password reset emails to users, confirming an external party triggered the automated messages. The platform assured users their accounts remained secure with no unauthorized access, advising recipients to simply ignore the unsolicited e...
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Discord Data Breach Exposes 70,000 Users' Government IDs
Discord clarified that a recent security incident was not a breach of its own systems but originated from a third-party customer support vendor, and it refuted the scale of the incident as part of an extortion attempt. Approximately 70,000 users had their government-issued ID photos potentially e...
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Discord Data Breach Exposed in Third-Party Hack
Discord experienced a security breach through a third-party customer service provider, exposing sensitive user data in a ransomware attack. Compromised information includes user names, email addresses, partial billing details, support messages, and some government ID images, but passwords and ful...
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Google Play Games Will Now Share Your Gaming Activity
Google Play Games is updating to allow users to showcase achievements, track progress, and build communities through their profiles for a more unified gaming experience. The update will roll out starting September 23rd in most regions and October 1st in the EU and UK, with profiles appearing in t...
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Google's Dark Web Report Feature Discontinued in February
Google will retire its dark web monitoring tool in February 2026, citing user feedback that the alerts lacked actionable next steps for addressing data exposures. The tool, which scanned for personal information in data breaches, is being replaced by integrated security features like Security Che...
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Discord Data Breach Exposes User Info and Photo IDs
A security breach at Discord's third-party customer support vendor exposed limited user information including email addresses and partial payment details, though Discord's own systems remained secure. The compromised data includes support ticket information such as names, usernames, and the last ...
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Discord Hack Exposes 70,000 Users' Government IDs
A security breach at Discord exposed sensitive government identification documents of approximately 70,000 users, occurring through a compromised third-party customer support provider and highlighting risks tied to mandatory digital ID verification. The incident poses a substantial identity theft...
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Critical RCE Flaw in Western Digital My Cloud NAS (CVE-2025-30247)
Western Digital has released a critical firmware update (version 5.31.108) to fix a severe remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-30247) in multiple My Cloud NAS models, urging immediate installation to prevent unauthorized access and system takeover. The vulnerability is an OS command inj...
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Plex Data Breach: Users Urged to Change Passwords, Upgrade Servers
Plex has confirmed a security breach involving unauthorized access to customer emails, usernames, and securely hashed passwords, but no payment information was compromised. The company advises all users to reset their passwords, enable two-factor authentication, and log out from all devices to en...
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