Equifax: 15.2 Million UK Records Exposed

Equifax: 15.2 Million UK Records Exposed. 700,000 British Consumer Records, Stored on US Server, Contained Sensitive Data https://lnkd.in/g2venBx



Credit-reporting agency Equifax now says records exposed in the massive data breach it revealed last month included information relating to 15.2 million U.K residents. The count of British breach victims is much higher than the business first estimated.

Data Breach Day — Patreon (2.3M), T-Mobile (15M) and Scottrade (4.6M) — HACKED!

This week, three high-profile data breaches took place, compromising personal and sensitive details of millions of people. Telecommunication giant T-Mobile Crowdfunding website Patreon US brokerage firm Scottrade In T-Mobile's case, its credit application processor Experian was hacked, potentially [...]

Lessons We Learned From Ashley Madison Data Breach.

Do you use your Real Identity online and think about being private? If yes, then you are insane. Ashley Madison, the popular online dating website with tagline "Life is short. Have an affair", recently got hacked, reportedly exposing a sample of its users' account information and other personal [...]

 

IRS Confirms Data Breach of 100,000 Tax Accounts

The Internal Revenue Service has confirmed a data breach of 100,000 taxpayers’ account information.

According to a statement posted on the IRS website, criminals allegedly used sensitive information stolen from non-IRS sources to gain unauthorized access to taxpayers’ accounts.[...]