Database Breach

Investigations into the reported data breach on the CoWIN portal have ascertained that there was no bulk data download from its beneficiary database, Union Minister for State for Health S P Singh Baghel told the Lok Sabha on Friday.

After the Union health ministry dismissed reports of a data breach on the CoWIN platform, cyber security firm CloudSEK has said that threat actors do not have access to the entire portal nor the backend database. "Based on matching fields from Telegram data and previously reported incidents affecting health workers of a region, we assume the inform...

The government on Monday shared a detailed response to reports of an alleged data breach of the CoWIN database, following reports that an automated bot on Telegram was surfacing personal details of people who had registered with the CoWIN platform to receive COVID vaccinations during the pandemic.

Realme is reportedly gearing up to launch the Realme GT Neo 5 SE smartphone as its latest mid-range smartphone offering. The smartphone that has previously been spotted on various benchmarking databases including Geekbench, MIIT, China's 3C, and TENAA certification platforms. It has now reportedly been spotted on AnTuTu's benchmarking database. The...

A cyberattack on the Washington state database has exposed social security numbers and personal data of about 6,50,000 people.

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited's (ABFRL) database of customers has allegedly been leaked online. The alleged database includes the email addresses of the affected customers. The data also allegedly carries physical addresses and the date of birth of users and employees.

Russia has opened an administrative case against Google for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory, a move that could see the tech giant fined, communications regulator Roskomnadzor said.

A Swedish information technology firm said on Tuesday a database containing patient data, including COVID-19 test results, had been breached but it was unclear if any contents had leaked.

The audit found many sensitive information were stored in "plain text" in some databases, leaving the data unprotected if the system was breached

Unacademy, a popular online learning platform in India, suffered a data breach in January that has put the details of around 2.2 crore users at risk.

Decathlon Group is found to have suffered from a data breach that exposed the data of over 123 million users and employees.

A social media booting service called Social Captain, that helps users grow their Instagram follower counts, has leaked thousands of Instagram usernames and passwords for potential hackers.

SpiceJet was reportedly affected by a security flaw that exposed private details of more than 1.2 million passengers, including flight information. The information is said to have been found in an unencrypted database file after a security researcher gained access to a SpiceJet system by brute forcing the password.

Microsoft has admitted it exposed nearly 250 million customer service records owing to "misconfiguration of an internal customer support database" used for tracking support cases that included logs of conversations between Microsoft support agents and customers from all over the world.

In September, Zynga suffered a major security breach involving around 173 million user accounts. Personal information such as usernames, passwords, and email addresses was stolen.

Investigations into the reported data breach on the CoWIN portal have ascertained that there was no bulk data download from its beneficiary database, Union Minister for State for Health S P Singh Baghel told the Lok Sabha on Friday.

After the Union health ministry dismissed reports of a data breach on the CoWIN platform, cyber security firm CloudSEK has said that threat actors do not have access to the entire portal nor the backend database. "Based on matching fields from Telegram data and previously reported incidents affecting health workers of a region, we assume the inform...

The government on Monday shared a detailed response to reports of an alleged data breach of the CoWIN database, following reports that an automated bot on Telegram was surfacing personal details of people who had registered with the CoWIN platform to receive COVID vaccinations during the pandemic.

Realme is reportedly gearing up to launch the Realme GT Neo 5 SE smartphone as its latest mid-range smartphone offering. The smartphone that has previously been spotted on various benchmarking databases including Geekbench, MIIT, China's 3C, and TENAA certification platforms. It has now reportedly been spotted on AnTuTu's benchmarking database. The...

A cyberattack on the Washington state database has exposed social security numbers and personal data of about 6,50,000 people.

Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited's (ABFRL) database of customers has allegedly been leaked online. The alleged database includes the email addresses of the affected customers. The data also allegedly carries physical addresses and the date of birth of users and employees.

Russia has opened an administrative case against Google for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory, a move that could see the tech giant fined, communications regulator Roskomnadzor said.

A Swedish information technology firm said on Tuesday a database containing patient data, including COVID-19 test results, had been breached but it was unclear if any contents had leaked.

The audit found many sensitive information were stored in "plain text" in some databases, leaving the data unprotected if the system was breached

Unacademy, a popular online learning platform in India, suffered a data breach in January that has put the details of around 2.2 crore users at risk.

Decathlon Group is found to have suffered from a data breach that exposed the data of over 123 million users and employees.

A social media booting service called Social Captain, that helps users grow their Instagram follower counts, has leaked thousands of Instagram usernames and passwords for potential hackers.

SpiceJet was reportedly affected by a security flaw that exposed private details of more than 1.2 million passengers, including flight information. The information is said to have been found in an unencrypted database file after a security researcher gained access to a SpiceJet system by brute forcing the password.

Microsoft has admitted it exposed nearly 250 million customer service records owing to "misconfiguration of an internal customer support database" used for tracking support cases that included logs of conversations between Microsoft support agents and customers from all over the world.

In September, Zynga suffered a major security breach involving around 173 million user accounts. Personal information such as usernames, passwords, and email addresses was stolen.