Tag: Data leak

Facebook privacy lapse leaks 400m phone numbers in USA, Britain and Vietnam

By James Barnley   Posted in Apps Cyber Security social media Softwares Technology
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Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were listed online in the latest privacy lapse for the social media giant, US media reported Wednesday. An exposed server stored 419 million records on users across several databases — including 133 million US accounts, more than 50 million in Vietnam, and 18 million in …

Comcast secure second Xfinity security bug issue that leaked data

By James Barnley   Posted in Cyber Security Internet Technology
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A seldom known page on Comcast’s Xfinity website was exposing customers’ account information to anyone — or any app — on a customer’s network. An anonymous security researcher dropped ZDNet an email, explaining that an API used by the internet giant could be tricked into returning customer data, including account numbers, a customer’s home address …