Alleged hacker puts up Tokopedia’s user details for sale on darknet

Indonesia’s largest e-commerce platform, Tokopedia said, it is investigating an attempted cyber attack and claims that details of millions of its users had been leaked online. “We found that there had been an attempt to steal data from Tokopedia users,” said Tokopedia’s spokesman. “However, Tokopedia ensures that crucial information such as passwords remains successfully protected…

Pearson Plc’s discloses massive data breach for U.S. students

13,000 schools and university accounts have been exposed by the breach. On Thursday, Pearson Plc, a British education company stated, it has notified customers of a massive data breach which resulted in unauthorized access to about 13,000 school and university accounts, mostly confined to the United States. The data breach exposed the first names, last…

Facebook approaches settlement with the FTC over consumer data data breach violations

The focus of the FTC’s investigation into Facebook’s data breach was whether the sharing of personal data of 87 million users with British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica violated its 2011 agreement with the FTC wherein it had pledged to safeguard user’s privacy. As per a report from the Wall Street Journal citing sources familiar…

New Zealand-based fuel supplier Z Energy reports data breach in Nov 2017

Z Energy did not mention the extent to which its database was compromised. However, the compromised system has remained closed since December 2017. On Wednesday, Z Energy Ltd, a New Zealand-based fuel supplier disclosed it has been presented with evidence that its customer data from its Z Card Online database was accessed by a third…

Massachusetts gets green signal to sue Equifax Inc over data breach

Equifax’s data breach is likely to be one of the most costly hacks in corporate history. The credit reporting firm is already facing a series of class action lawsuits and investigations by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and various state attorneys general. A ruling by Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Kenneth Salinger in Boston, which…

Private information of 46 million subscribers stolen from more than 12 mobile operators in Malaysia

Law enforcement agencies got tipped off when someone tried to sell the stolen database in an internet forum. On Wednesday, Salleh Said Keruak Malaysia’s Communications and Multimedia Minister said, the country is investigating the alleged attempt to sell stolen data related to 46 million mobile phone users in the company. Malaysia has recently suffered a…