Data Breach

After a recent cyber attack on the second largest telecom firm in Australia, PM Anthony Albanese express the need to change the privacy policy in the country. Anthony allowed modifying security rules for banks and staying alerted to cyber attacks. Notably, the concern came after personal data including address, licence number, bank details and other data of about 40% of the population, were compromised in Australia's biggest data breaches.… read-more

Elon Musk has publicly accused Twitter of breaking the merger agreement, threatening to walk away from the USD 44 billion deal if the social media network does not provide data on spam and fake accounts that he has demanded. Twitter, according to Musk, is "actively resisting and thwarting his information rights." Musk claims that the actual figure for spam accounts might be as high as 90%. 

Twitch, Amazon's live-streaming e-sports network, announced a data-breach on October 6 without releasing additional specifics. An unidentified hacker alleged to have leaked Twitch data, which included details of the company's source code, clients, and upcoming games. According to a source, the hacker's goal was to "foster more disruption and competition in the online video-streaming space." Approximately 125GB of data was exposed, including… read-more

Cybersecurity researcher Alon Gal, CTO of Hudson Rock, has claimed that the data of 10 lakh Domino's Pizza India users have been sold on dark-web. Sized over 13TB, the data includes name, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and payment details of over 1,000,000 credit cards. Moreover, the hacker has demanded $550,000 for the data available on the Dark Web, Gal added. However, Domino's is yet to react o the breach claim.

Mobile payment application MobiKwik has announced a third-party forensic data security audit after claims of a data breach resurfaced. Reportedly, it has been claimed that the data of 10 crore MobiKwik users have been put on for sale on Darkweb. Denying the breach, MobiKwik stated, "All MobiKwik accounts and balances are completely safe.” However, mentioning Darkweb data, MobiKwik said that "any user could have uploaded her/ his information… read-more