Xbox spends up to $50 million for Game Pass titles
Xbox Game Pass is a pretty sweet deal for gamers, especially if you don’t want to buy a console or gaming PC. The subscription library is basically the easiest way to get access to a…
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McDonald’s chatbot leaked 64 million records with ‘123456’ password
Information about 64 million people applying for jobs at McDonald’s has been leaked via Olivia, an AI-powered chatbot created by Paradox.ai to handle hiring. Security researcher Ian Carroll gained access by logging into an Olivia…
Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots
MellowTel is also problematic because the sites it opens are unknown to end users. That means they must trust MellowTel to vet the security and trustworthiness of each site being accessed. And, of course, that…
Qantas hack results in theft of 6 million passengers’ personal data
Australian airline giant Qantas said on Wednesday it experienced a data breach that compromised the personal information of at least six million passengers. The airline said a cybercriminal targeted one of its call centers on…
Data for 86 million AT&T customers leaked again. I take it as a warning
AT&T lost information on millions of its U.S. customers last year—not just account numbers, but full names, phone numbers, email addresses, physical addresses, birth dates, and even social security numbers. But that wasn’t the end…
Car-sharing giant Zoomcar says hacker accessed personal data of 8.4 million users
Indian car-sharing marketplace Zoomcar has revealed that a hacker accessed the personal data of at least 8.4 million customers, including their names, phone numbers, and car registration numbers. The Bengaluru-headquartered company identified the incident involving…
184 million major passwords leaked! Avoid these 2 dangers
Back in mid-May, a security researcher announced the discovery of an unencrypted database containing 184 million passwords. Found hosted on a website, the entries included major services like Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and Apple. They also…
NSO Group asks judge for new trial, calling $167 million in damages ‘outrageous’
In May, a jury ruled that spyware maker NSO Group must pay $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for a 2019 hacking campaign that targeted more than 1,400 people. Calling the damages ruling “outrageous,” “blatantly…
89 million Steam accounts leaked? Here’s what to do
As a PC gamer, you may have already seen some alarm around the web regarding Steam—headlines saying 89 million Steam accounts hacked. But you shouldn’t panic. The reports stem from a post on the dark…
Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users
A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users. The verdict,…