You might want to check your email to see if Twitter believes your account got hacked. Twitter has confirmed that a data breach allowed a hacker to gain access to the contact details of up to 5.4 million accounts. The data – which ties Twitter handles to phone numbers and email addresses – has been […]
LastPass has apparently been breached. A number of the password service’s members have reported issues when using multiple attempted logins with their correct master passwords from various locations. The company has stated that the recent attacks are a result of shared passwords gleaned from breaches of other services. Per Hacker News, an unknown number of […]
Per Restore Privacy, wireless carrier AT&T has had personal data stolen from some 70 million customer records, albeit the company has stated the data isn’t really from their subscribers. The data includes names, phone numbers, social security numbers, birth dates, and physical addresses. The hacker, named ShinyHunters, is trying to sell the database for $1 […]
If you have a T-Mobile account, it may be time to change your password. The company last week issued a statement confirming a data breach wherein the personal information of almost 50 million current, former, and prospective customers had been breached. Late last week, T-Mobile confirmed that a forum post that purported to offer data from more […]
If you weren’t enamored with LinkedIn before, you’re not going to love this. A group of hackers are currently selling the personal information over more than 700 million LinkedIn users. Here are the data types that were leaked: Email Addresses; Full names; Phone numbers; Physical addresses; Geolocation records; LinkedIn username and profile URL; Personal and professional experience/background; Genders; Other social media accounts and […]