SecurityJul 30, 2019Capital One Breach Exposes Data of 100 MillionCapital One announced that a vulnerability in its systems allowed an unauthorized person to access personal information from credit applications. The company discove...Data BreachCapital One
TechnologyMar 7, 2026Be aware of extortion scam emails claiming your data is stolenThe article warns readers about a widespread extortion scam email campaign in which scammers claim to have stolen victims' personal data and threaten to release it u...ScamsCybersecurityData Breach+1
GovernmentJun 29, 2026Data Breach Exposes 3M Texas License CustomersTexas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) says a cybersecurity incident against a vendor that handles hunting and fishing license sales may have exposed data for 3,...Data BreachTexas Parks and Wildlife Department
TechnologyDec 16, 2025Password manager fined after major data breachThe article reports on LastPass, a widely used password manager, being fined approximately $1.6 million by the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for faili...CybersecurityLastPassData Breach+1
TechnologyDec 15, 2025Petco confirms major data breach involving customer dataPetco, a national pet supply retailer, has confirmed a significant data breach that exposed sensitive customer information, including names, Social Security numbers,...PetcoData BreachIdentity Theft
PrivacyJun 3, 2026How dark web monitoring works and whether it puts your personal information at riskThe article explains dark web monitoring services and answers the common concern that such services might expose users' information. It states that dark web monitori...Data BreachOnline SafetyDark web monitoring
TechnologyApr 28, 2026Ameriprise Financial says data breach exposed personal information of nearly 48,000 customersAmeriprise Financial disclosed that an unauthorized party accessed certain stored company data and files related to nearly 48,000 customers. The incident occurred on...Ameriprise FinancialData BreachCybersecurity
TechnologyFeb 28, 2026Google dropped dark web monitoring: Should you care?Google has discontinued its Dark Web Report feature, which previously allowed users to scan for personal information tied to their Google accounts that may have appe...GoogleData BreachCybersecurity
TechnologyFeb 22, 2026Conduent data breach hits millions across multiple statesA significant ransomware attack targeted Conduent, a major government and corporate technology contractor, leading to the exposure of sensitive personal information ...Data BreachConduentTexas+2
TechnologyJan 3, 2026University of Phoenix data breach hits 3.5M peopleA major data breach at the University of Phoenix has compromised the personal and financial information of nearly 3.5 million individuals, including students, facult...University of PhoenixData BreachIdentity Theft+2
TechnologyDec 4, 2025How 3.5B WhatsApp numbers were scraped and exposedThe article details a massive data scraping incident involving WhatsApp, in which researchers exploited a weakness in the app's contact-discovery API to collect 3.5 ...WhatsAppData BreachCybersecurity
