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Inside the Massive Alleged AT&T Data Breach

Troy Hunt

We're here at "alleged" for two very simple reasons: one is that AT&T is saying "the data didn't come from us", and the other is that I have no way of proving otherwise. But I have proven, with sufficient confidence, that the data is real and the impact is significant. For my part, I've got 4.8M

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The Data Breach "Personal Stash" Ecosystem

Troy Hunt

That's the analogy I often use to describe the data breach "personal stash" ecosystem, but with one key difference: if you trade a baseball card then you no longer have the original card, but if you trade a data breach which is merely a digital file, it replicates. Ashley Madison.

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Acuity Who? Attempts and Failures to Attribute 437GB of Breached Data

Troy Hunt

Allegedly, Acuity had a data breach. That's the context that accompanied a massive trove of data that was sent to me 2 years ago now. One of the first things I do after receiving a data breach is to literally just Google it: acuity data breach. The other 3, however.

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Mother of all Breaches may contain NEW breach data

Malwarebytes

On January 23, 2024, we reported on the discovery of billions of exposed records online, now commonly referred to as the “ mother of all breaches ” (MOAB). Since then, the source of the dataset has been identified as data breach search engine Leak-Lookup. And it’s not just cybercriminals that are buying this type of data.

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Hackers target Roku: 15,000 accounts compromised in data breach

Graham Cluley

Streaming company Roku has revealed that over 15,000 customers' accounts were hacked using stolen login credentials from unrelated data breaches. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

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Breached Data Indexer ‘Data Viper’ Hacked

Krebs on Security

Data Viper , a security startup that provides access to some 15 billion usernames, passwords and other information exposed in more than 8,000 website breaches, has itself been hacked and its user database posted online. The apparent breach at St.

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Data Breach Strikes Hathway: 41.5M Data Exposed

Security Boulevard

Data breach incidents have increased since post covid. The increase in work-from-home for employees has led to multiple cyber attacks, data breaches, and financial fraud. A significant breach is observed in consumer data encryption during a ransomware attack. Data Exposed appeared first on Kratikal Blogs.