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Toyota Connected Service Decade-Long Data Leak Exposed 2.15 Million Customers

May 19, 2023

Cloud-based data management subsidiary of Toyota exposed the information of 2.15 million customers in a decade-long data leak. The Toyota Connected service reminds owners to service their vehicles and links the car to entertainment services, and can assist during emergencies by calling for help and locating a car that’s been stolen.

Aerial view of the U.S. Pentagon, the Department of Defense headquarters showing email server in government cloud leaked military emails

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The Pentagon Leaked Sensitive Military Emails via a Misconfigured Microsoft Azure Government Cloud

March 2, 2023

For two weeks, a misconfigured email server on the Microsoft Azure government cloud exposed thousands of sensitive military emails from the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) branch.

Airline passengers in an international airport showing no fly list in data leak

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Wanted Hacker Accessed Federal No Fly List on an Unsecured Airline’s Server

January 31, 2023

A wanted Swiss hacker accessed a federal No Fly List containing millions of records that was sitting on an unsecured server operated by a regional airline company.

Hands of woman using smartphone with Twitter showing data leak

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Twitter Now Claims Data Leak of 200 Million Profiles Was Phony, Data Set Was Assembled From Pre-Existing Sources

January 18, 2023

Security researchers had matched email addresses to account names, providing an indication that the data leak was legitimate, but Twitter says that the data was gathered via a variety of publicly available sources.

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Nearly 500 Million WhatsApp Records Allegedly Stolen in Data Leak, Offered on Dark Web for a Few Thousand Dollars

December 5, 2022

Threat actor is offering the alleged WhatsApp data leak for a relatively low cost, dividing it up by country of origin and offering each package for prices in the range of several thousand dollars via a dark web forum.

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Data Leak Exposes Private Profile Information of 5.4 Million Twitter Users, Dumped for Free on Underground Forum

December 2, 2022

Vulnerability in Twitter's API in 2021 caused a data leak that exposed private user profile information of at least 5.4 million users. The information is now available for free via a dark web forum.

Hardware or array disk storage in data center showing Amazon RDS leak PII

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Amazon RDS Snapshots Leaking Troves of Personal Identifiable Information (PII)

November 24, 2022

Researchers discovered thousands of Amazon RDS snapshots shared publicly either accidentally or deliberately that were inadvertently leaking clients’ personally identifiable information (PII).

China citizens on the streets of Shanghai showing data leak of personal data

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Data Leak May Have Exposed Sensitive Information of 1 Billion China Citizens; Hacker Offers 23 TB of Personal Data on Underground Forum

July 6, 2022

The personal data of 1 billion China citizens, or about two-thirds of the country's entire population, appears to be available for sale on an underground forum after a data leak.

TV remote on a background of the smart TV showing FOX data leak

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FOX Data Leak Exposed 13 Million Records Including Potentially Sensitive Information

April 14, 2022

FOX data leak exposed 58 GB of information, including names and reference numbers of 65,000 celebrities, cast, crew, and guests, through a misconfigured cloud database.

Nestlé headquarters in Route de Lavaux showing cyber attack and data leak

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Did Anonymous Carry Out a Cyber Attack on Nestlé? Company Claims Data Leak Was Internal

March 30, 2022

Nestlé says that the incident is not a cyber attack by Anonymous but an internal data leak, with the information being errantly published to the public-facing web for some weeks.

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Toyota Connected Service Decade-Long Data Leak Exposed 2.15 Million Customers

The Pentagon Leaked Sensitive Military Emails via a Misconfigured Microsoft Azure Government Cloud

Wanted Hacker Accessed Federal No Fly List on an Unsecured Airline’s Server

Twitter Now Claims Data Leak of 200 Million Profiles Was Phony, Data Set Was Assembled From Pre-Existing Sources

Nearly 500 Million WhatsApp Records Allegedly Stolen in Data Leak, Offered on Dark Web for a Few Thousand Dollars

Data Leak Exposes Private Profile Information of 5.4 Million Twitter Users, Dumped for Free on Underground Forum

Amazon RDS Snapshots Leaking Troves of Personal Identifiable Information (PII)

Data Leak May Have Exposed Sensitive Information of 1 Billion China Citizens; Hacker Offers 23 TB of Personal Data on Underground Forum

FOX Data Leak Exposed 13 Million Records Including Potentially Sensitive Information

Did Anonymous Carry Out a Cyber Attack on Nestlé? Company Claims Data Leak Was Internal

BianLian Ransomware Gang Shifts to Purely Data Extortion Attacks, Warns Joint Advisory

Google Settles Washington Location Tracking Lawsuit for $39.9 Million

Cyber Insurance Cannot Offset the Dangers of Ransomware

Group-IB: Qilin Affiliates Receive Up to 85% Of Each Ransomware Payout