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Kids toy co. VTech gets breached, details on 5 million stolen
Kids toy co. VTech gets breached, details on 5 million stolen
Motherboard has revealed this week that Chinese kids toy maker VTech was recently breached, losing personal information on 5 million parents and over 200,000 kids. 28 Nov 2015 - 1 comment
TalkTalk hackers walked away with details for 1.2 million customers, including 21,000 bank account numbers
TalkTalk hackers walked away with details for 1.2 million customers, including 21,000 bank account numbers
According to the carrier, the hackers that attacked TalkTalk last week walked away with less information than expected but there was a still a large amount of data stolen. 01 Nov 2015
15-year-old arrested in investigation over TalkTalk hack
15-year-old arrested in investigation over TalkTalk hack
The UK Metropolitan Police have arrested a 15-year-old today in connection with the major security attack on TalkTalk. 27 Oct 2015 - 1 comment
Sony delays their earnings report due to last year's massive cyber attack
Sony delays their earnings report due to last year's massive cyber attack
Sony has said this week that it is delaying the reporting of its quarterly earnings as it continues to assess the damage from the cyberattack that took down Sony Pictures last year. 25 Jan 2015
Twitter hacked, 250,000 users affected, are you one?
Twitter hacked, 250,000 users affected, are you one?
Twitter has confirmed that around 250,000 users have been affected in an attack on the service that exposed some user information. 02 Feb 2013
Adidas sites taken down by cyber attacks
Adidas sites taken down by cyber attacks
Earlier this week, Adidas confirmed that a number of its sites were taken offline due to a "sophisticated cyber attack." Says Adidas: ...... 08 Nov 2011
     

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