An Internet leak occurs when a party's confidential information is released to the public on the Internet. Various types of information and data can be, and have been, "leaked" to the Internet, the most common being personal information, computer software and source code, and artistic works such as books or albums.
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Colossal Ecuador leak exposes data of 20M individuals — including Julian Assange
The personal data of just about every citizen of Ecuador has been found exposed online in what could be the country's biggest ...
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Facebook leak contained phone numbers for 419 million users
Another month, another Facebook data breach. As reported by TechCrunch, security researcher Sanyam Jain was able to locate ...
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XKCD forum goes offline after discovery of data leak affecting 562K members
The popular XKCD forum has been taken offline after personal information of more than 562,000 members was exposed online. ...
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French travel site Option Way leaks 100GB worth of customer details
A report published today by security research firm VPNMentor suggests its team found 100GB of unsecured customer data from ...
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Capital One data breach compromises 106 million customers' personal data
Capital One bank, revealed last night a data breach that exposed data of exposed the data of 106 million credit card applicants including ...
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Cryptocurrency startup YouHodler leaks troves of unencrypted customer data
Cryptocurrency startup YouHodler has reportedly exposed troves of sensitive customer data including credit card information ...
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Over 100 Chinese loan apps are leaking millions of users' financial data
In China, over 100 loan apps are leaking their users' private data, including contact details, financial information, and ...
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Hackers breached Bulgaria's tax agency and leaked the data of 5M people
Hackers breached Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency – its own version of the IRS – and emailed the personal data of five ...
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Baltimore didn’t pay Bitcoin ransom so hackers leaked sensitive data on Twitter
Officials investigating the Bitcoin-fueled ransomware attack that hit Baltimore City last month believe hackers have leaked ...
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2.7 million patient calls to Swedish healthcare hotline left unprotected online
2.7 millions audio recordings of calls made to 1177 Vårdguiden were left online without any authentication or encryption. ...
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773 million email addresses have been leaked – check if yours is on the list
We’re just over two weeks into 2019, and one of the biggest data leaks in recent years has surfaced. Today, renowned security ...
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200 million Chinese resumes leak in huge database breach
Last night, HackenProof published a report stating that a database containing resumes of over 200 million job seekers in ...
