Yahoo Says 1 Billion User Accounts Were Hacked
Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.
Quest Diagnostics says personal health information of 34,000 customers hacked
NEW YORK — Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. says a hack of an internet application on its network has exposed the personal health information of about 34,000 people. The Madison, New Jersey-based company says “an unauthorized third party” on...
Celebgate Hacker who stole celebrity emails gets five years in prison
This week, the 24-year-old hacker Alonzo Knowles was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty in a case involving the hacking of female celebrities’ online accounts. Knowles didn’t stop at stealing what he found in the hacked accounts. He attempted...
Dailymotion hacked, millions of user accounts exposed
More than 87 Million accounts associated with video-sharing site Dailymotion, one of the biggest video platforms in the world, have been stolen in another “mega-breach”. An unknown hacker has extracted all 87.6 million email addresses and usernames from...