Tag: PII
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Intimacy for Ransom: ShinyHunters Extorts PornHub Over 200M Stolen Premium Search & Watch Records
PornHub has stated that it has become the target of extortion by the ShinyHunters group, which claims to have obtained data related to search queries and viewing histories of Premium users. According to the company, the issue stems from a security incident at analytics contractor Mixpanel, rather than a breach of PornHub’s internal systems. PornHub…
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Shadow AI Leakage: Study Finds 77% of Employees Paste Sensitive Data into ChatGPT from Unsecured Accounts
According to a LayerX report, thousands of corporate users are inputting personal and payment data into ChatGPT prompts—often from personal, unsecured accounts. Researchers are observing a growing leakage of critically sensitive information through generative AI services, ranging from names and addresses to bank card numbers and fragments of proprietary corporate code. LayerX monitors user activity…
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Discord Data Breach: Hackers Steal User IDs and Government ID Images from Third-Party Contractor
Discord has confirmed that attackers gained access to the personal data of some users after breaching one of its third-party contractors responsible for customer support services. The incident affected individuals who had previously contacted Discord’s support or Trust & Safety teams. According to the company, the motive behind the breach was extortion — the attackers…
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TalentHook Data Breach Exposes 26 Million Job Seekers’ Resumes Via Misconfigured Azure Cloud
As a result of a data breach caused by TalentHook, tens of millions of job seekers’ resumes were left openly accessible online. The incident was first reported by the Cybernews team, which discovered a misconfigured cloud container belonging to the service. The breach stemmed from an exposed Azure Blob Storage repository containing approximately 26 million…