It’s a bad day for would-be tech watchdogs and gossips.
The tech industry whistleblower and survey site Blind temporarily exposed user data when it left a server functioning without password protection. That’s according to TechCrunch, whose new repor…
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Quora says 100 million users may have been affected by data breach
Quora said today that a security breach may have compromised data from about 100 million users. In an email sent to users today and a blog post by CEO Adam D’Angelo, the company said a “malicious third party” gained unauthorized access to Quora’s systems on Friday. Its internal security teams and a “leading digital forensics […]
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Your private messages on Facebook may be up for sale.
A hacker group has allegedly obtained private messages from 81,000 Facebook accounts — possibly many more — and at one point sold access to the database for 10 cents per account, the BBC reported Friday.
According to the report, many of these accounts are based in Ukraine and Russia, though some are from other countries, including the U.S., the UK and Brazil. At one point, hackers have put up an ad offering access to the data at 10 cents per account, but that ad has been taken offline. Read more…
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Facebook, Apple confirm they were targets of Supermicro malware attack
The plot thickens.
In a follow-up to its bombshell report about a Chinese supply-chain attack on major U.S. companies including Apple and Amazon via the server manufacturer Supermicro, Bloomberg says bad actors also infiltrated the servers with malwa…
Facebook briefly blocked breaking news stories about its security breach — and that’s a problem
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This afternoon, Facebook held an emergency press conference to disclose a startling security breach. The company said 50 million Facebook accounts were affected in a hack that allowed attackers to control an account as if they were the account holders.
“Since we’ve only just started our investigation, we have yet to determine whether these accounts were misused or any information accessed,” said Facebook’s VP of product management Guy Rosen during a morning press call. “We also don’t know who’s behind these attacks or where they’re based.”
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