Tag Archives: Data Breach

Earlier this month, Twitch was hacked, leading to massive data leaks, including streamer payment information, source code and other files related to internal Twitch tools and projects. User information like passwords did not seem to be included with the leak and now, Twitch has confirmed that no passwords were exposed …

Earlier today, we reported on a massive data breach over at Twitch. The company’s source code, secret projects and even sensitive information like partner earnings were all obtained and leaked online. Now, Twitch has responded, confirming the leak.  In a statement posted this afternoon, Twitch acknowledged the leak, saying: “We …

It looks like Twitch has suffered the biggest data breach in the site’s history. Not only has an anonymous hacker managed to obtain source code and data on confidential projects, but information on payroll and Twitch partner earnings have also leaked.  The leak was initially posted on 4Chan (via Reddit) …

There have been a number of major cyber attacks on video game companies over the last year, affecting the likes of Capcom, Crytek, Ubisoft and CD Projekt Red. Now, EA has become the latest publisher to suffer a data breach, with hackers obtaining EA game and engine source code.  As …

CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the data stolen during a cyberattack in February has begun leaking online. The data includes internal documents from the studio, some of which may include personal employee information, in addition to game source code and other files.  Yesterday evening, CD Projekt Red posted an …

In November 2020, Capcom confirmed it had suffered a huge data breach, with attackers stealing hundreds of thousands of confidential records and other data, including personal information of employees and plans for future games. In an update this week, Capcom confirms that it has completed its investigation into the attack. …

Another day, another data breach but this time it isn’t the ever-infamous social network. No, this time it’s the community-run question-and-answer website Quora, which has revealed that a hacker has managed to thieve data from up to 100 million users. Following a weekend of investigation, Quora began notifying affected users …

Two “individuals of extraordinary talent” partially responsible for TalkTalk's major data breach in 2015, each receiving jail sentences.

Data breaches have become more and more common in the news lately. Unfortunately for marketing firm, Exactis, this story has less to do with someone ‘breaching’ and much more to do with poor security practices. Exactis is a firm that harvests data on people and businesses, they then store that …

Flightradar24 is a very specialised service that offers tracking of every single commercial flight taking place 24/7. Flightradar24 is free, but there is a freemium model that adds some extra features, and it was discovered today that the service had suffered a data breach for some of those subscribers. Flightradar24’s …

It looks like Uber is about to be subjected to even more scrutiny, as it has emerged that the online taxi app suffered a huge data breach more than a year ago. During this, hackers made off with the details of 57 million drivers and customers. In an effort to …

It turns out that the cyber attack on Yahoo back in 2013 was even worse than originally thought. This week, the company revealed that all three billion of its accounts were hacked during the 2013 breach, which is three times more accounts than previously predicted. Previously, it was thought that …

Millions of usernames and passwords for email services like Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and Mail.ru are bring traded on the Russian black market according to a security expert this week. According to Alex Holden, who has played a key role in discovering huge data breaches in the past, claims that …

British Gas has locked down the accounts of some 2,200 of its customers after details including usernames and passwords for them were posted online. The energy firm ensures the public that a breach has not happened at its end and that no payment details or information from unaffected accounts has …

Windows 10 is set to safe-guard users against data breaches by implementing multiple factor authentication for PC logins. According to Microsoft, the new OS will optionally treat a device as on authentication factor when signing in to a local or internet based account, a pin code or biometric reader will …

It looks like Microsoft is fighting to keep customer and user information safe as the company is refusing to yield to a warrant granting US authorities access to email accounts, stating that the US has no power over its customers in foreign countries. This fight started off back in April when …