A confidential informant told the FBI in 2017 that Jeffrey Epstein had a “personal hacker,” according to a document released by the Department of Justice on Friday. The document, which was released as part of…
Online mentoring site UStrive has resolved a security lapse that exposed the personal information of its users, including children. The exposed data included the full names, email addresses, phone numbers, and other non-public and user-provided…
The health department for the U.S. state of Illinois has confirmed that a years-long security lapse exposed the personal information of more than 700,000 state residents. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) said in…
California is giving residents a new tool that should make it easier for them to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal information. While state residents have had the right to demand…
In June, U.S. insurance giant Aflac disclosed a data breach where hackers stole customers’ personal information, including Social Security numbers and health information, without saying how many victims were affected. On Tuesday, the company confirmed…
In June, U.S. insurance giant Aflac disclosed a data breach where hackers stole customers’ personal information, including Social Security numbers and health information, without saying how many victims were affected. On Tuesday, the company confirmed…
Pet wellness company Petco has taken a portion of its Vetco Clinics website offline after a security lapse exposed reams of customers’ personal information to the open web. After TechCrunch alerted the company to the…
Pet products and services giant Petco disclosed a data breach on Wednesday in a filing with California’s attorney general, which the company says involves the personal information of its customers. The state published a sample…
South Korean e-commerce platform Coupang over the weekend said nearly 34 million Korean customers’ personal information had been leaked in a data breach that had been ongoing for more than five months. The company said…
Several public websites designed to allow courts across the United States and Canada to manage the personal information of potential jurors had a simple security flaw that easily exposed their sensitive data, including names and…