News: Hacking
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Yukon education department exposed students' personal info

An education department worker exposed the data of more than 500 Yukon students, according to a notification obtained by CBC News.

197K patients impacted by data breach at Physician’s Business Office impacts

Physician’s Business Office (PBO) notified 196,573 patients that their personal information and protected health data was stolen.

Mysterious Team Bangladesh targeting Indian govt servers

On Sept. 22, cybersecurity experts reported they have discovered a hacktivist group from Bangladesh that is targeting the Indian government's websites and servers.

Covid test results of 1.7m people exposed online

An Elasticsearch server belonging to a healthcare software provider in India is currently exposing the Covid antigen test results of Indians and foreign nationals who traveled to or from India in the last couple of years.

Iranian govt sites hacked by Anonymous amid protests following death of Mahsa Amini

Anonymous hacker collective have claimed to be behind attacks on several websites affiliated with the Iranian government amid protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.

Google’s Tag Manager hacked, sensitive info exposed

Google’s Tag Manager (GTM) containers were hacked to install malicious e-skimmers that steal payment card data and personally identifiable information of shoppers on e-commerce sites.

Optus under massive hacker attack, customer info stolen

Optus has suffered a massive cyber-attack, with the personal information of customers stolen, including names, dates of birth, addresses, and contact details.

American Airlines suffers data leak, sensitive info exposed

American Airlines has notified customers of a recent data breach after hackers compromised an undisclosed number of employee email accounts and gained access to sensitive personal information.

Revolut data breach exposed info of 50,000 users

Revolut has been hit by a hacker attack that gave an unauthorized third party access to personal information of tens of thousands of clients.

Starbucks Singapore reported data breach

On Sept. 16, Starbucks Singapore reported its customer database was breached online, with local media reporting that 200,000 individual's information was stolen.