January Data Breaches Expose 370,000 Personal Records

REUTERS/Chris Morgan The past decade has seen an explosion in the number of people entrusting massive tech companies with their personal data.....»»

In the first quarter of 2019, there were nearly 2,000 incidents around the world that resulted in the leak of some 1.9 billion personal records......»»

More than 5 billion personal records were exposed in some 6,500 data breaches in 2018......»»

The leaked data of Clubhouse users includes names, social media profiles, and other details. It's the latest in a recent string of data breaches. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhot.....»»

China's economy shrank 6.8% in January-March from a year earlier, official data showed on Friday, the first such decline since at least 1992 when quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) records began......»»

China's economy shrank 6.8% in January-March from a year earlier, official data showed on Friday, the first such decline since at least 1992 when quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) records began......»»

One of the largest breaches of data in recent memory is the attack on Equifax that exfiltrated hundreds of millions of records. Equi.....»»

Data breaches and other cyber crimes take a heavy psychological toll on the millions of Americans whose personal data is p.....»»

Stock markets around the world scaled fresh records after China reported the lowest number of new coronavirus cases since late January, boosting investor hopes the epidemic will be contained and driving up the price of crude oil and other commodities......»»

Data transparency has become a huge topic amid data breaches, stalking apps and personal health information acquisition by tech giants...And Facebook has an app for that...or should I say tool. Veuer’s Chandra Lanier has the story......»»

UniCredit has uncovered a data breach involving the personal records of 3 million domestic clients, it said on Monday, the third security incident at Italy's top bank in recent years......»»

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Data breaches in the first half of 2019 rose sharply compared with the first half of last year and are on track to set a new yearly high for records exposed......»»

Thanks to lax oversight and technical loopholes, Instagram allowed one of its vetted advertising partners harvest vast amounts of public user data to create detailed records of users' physical locations, b.....»»

REUTERS/ Brendan McDermid A massive data breach at Capital One exposed the personal information of 106 million customers. It looks like Capital One may just be the first of several potential data breaches all attributed.....»»

The leading mortgage settlement and title insurance firm left 885 millions customer records accessible on the web, including personal data such as Social Security numbers......»»

Cybercrimes can expose your Social Security account and other financial accounts, too. Stay vigilant to make sure yours isn't compromised......»»

U.S. personal income fell for the first time in more than three years in January and consumer spending dropped by the most since 2009 in December, putting the economy on a weak growth path early in the first quarter......»»

The agency said there was no reason to believe taxpayers’ private data had been breached in the tech meltdown that forced a delay in the tax-filing deadline......»»

Brands are getting slammed with data breaches left and right, leaving many consumers worried about their personal information. Here are four brands that protect your data, and are transparent about how they do it......»»