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Panasonic has been hit hard lately; the company’s servers have been attacked by hackers again. According to a statement from the Japanese company, the attacker or attackers have taken control of the servers and have access to all data. The last time Panasonic’s Indian subsidiary servers were attacked was in 2020, when 4 GB of data was downloaded. The amount and quality of data downloaded this time is still under …
Unknown hackers have hacked into Gravatar’s servers and downloaded many data. According to the company’s investigation, 167 million records are involved. Although the email addresses were stored in encrypted form, the provider, unfortunately, chose an insecure solution, and 114 million have already been hacked, according to Have I Been Pwned, which found the data. Gravatar Gravatar is a service from Automattic, the company behind WordPress, which people use to manage …
You might not know it, but the password security system we use today was invented by Fernando Corbato back in 1961. Corbato’s proposal for a computer password system was one of the first pieces of work he did when he joined MIT. The case Fernando Corbato invented the computer password system in 1961 to manage student terminal use at the MIT computer center. It never occurred to him that it …
When it comes to cybercrime, most people are aware of the dangers of losing sensitive data or being held for ransom by hackers. But with the internet becoming an increasingly important part of our daily lives, businesses have started to become targets, too – mainly through cyber-attacks targeted at ISPs. The case The Internet service provider Kassel has suffered a cyber attack. The details are not yet precise, so it …
In this world where digital information is transmitted and stored through the internet, it is becoming increasingly easy for cyber-criminals to find ways to break in and steal sensitive information. The case The British authorities have arrested eight people for stealing money from well-known American athletes, influencers, and musicians. The total amount involved could be more than $100 million. The fraudsters had stolen the celebrities’ SIM cards to use the …
Microsoft revealed on Tuesday that its systems had been hacked by unknown attackers, potentially including intruders who compromised the company’s Windows source code. The company said in a blog post that it was “working hard to protect customers” and to determine what had been accessed. The case Microsoft servers were also hacked in the attack, and Microsoft says that the hackers obtained several secret parts of the Windows source code …
There are many ways that your data can be stolen. The simplest way is by someone stealing your phone or computer, but this isn’t the only way. Thieves can also gain access to your information by breaking into email accounts, hacking websites, and more. The case Nearly 70 TB of data was stolen from Parler‘s servers; the attack also stole user credentials, allowing fraudsters to access user accounts and all …
Ubiquiti is a company that provides wireless networking products to enterprises, service providers and the public. They recently had a security breach in which customer data was potentially compromised. The case Ubiquiti, a US-based provider of cloud-based external hosting services, has been the victim of a hacker attack, obtaining user data. Therefore, the company is asking all its customers to change the password they use to access the service for …
The cyberattack on SolarWinds is one of the most significant hacker attacks on a large scale in decades. Many companies and public authorities could be affected. The case At the end of 2020, hackers hacked into the servers of IT security solutions company FireEye, causing a significant stir. It emerged that the hackers had also used the stolen data to hack into other companies’ servers. In the case of SolarWinds, …
Spotify is a digital music streaming service, founded in Sweden in 2008. Recently, hackers obtained the personal data of more than 300,000 Spotify users and published it online. Here’s what you need to know about the incident. The case Unknown hackers have downloaded a database containing the personal data of more than 300,000 Spotify users. Fortunately, the hackers forgot to install strong protection on the server, so a security expert …