The U.S. state of Washington has sued T-Mobile over allegations the phone giant failed to secure the personal data of millions of state residents prior to an August 2021 data breach, which went on to…
Volkswagen Group’s troubled automotive software unit Cariad left terabytes of customer data on around 800,000 electric Audi, Seat, Skoda, and Volkswagen vehicles exposed to the internet for months, reports Der Spiegel [in German], citing security…
For the past few years, TechCrunch has looked back at some of the worst, badly handled data breaches and security incidents in the hope — maybe! — other corporate giants would take heed and avoid…
The days of walling off the outside world to protect your network are quickly going the way of the Dodo. Thanks to the extraordinary growth of remote workforces, the adoption of cloud-based networking, and new…
Rapido, a popular ride-hailing platform in India, has fixed a security issue that exposed personal information associated with its users and drivers, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The flaw, discovered by security researcher Renganathan P, was…
A major McDonald’s delivery system in India exposed the personal information of its customers and drivers due to several simple security flaws, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The flaws, discovered by Traceable AI security researcher Eaton…
The U.S. state of Nebraska has sued the healthtech giant Change Healthcare over a series of alleged security failings that resulted in a historical data breach exposing the sensitive health information of at least 100…
In September 2018, it came to light that hackers had breached Facebook and gained access to data on over 50 million Facebook accounts. Around 3 million of those affected accounts were based in EU countries.…
When it finally comes time to retire an old laptop, it can feel like saying goodbye to an old friend. Unfortunately, this old friend has all your passwords and personal information in their head… and…
Tech giant Google announced on Friday that it has released the latest version of its ChromeOS operating system (Version M131) to the public. One of the biggest bits of news in this update is a…