Grindr shared users' HIV status and location data
Hookup App Grindr has found itself in a sticky situation by sharing its users HIV status and location data to other companies, The Inquirer writes.
Facebook Notorious Leak: Timeline of Events
In mid-March, The New York Times (U.S.) and The Guardian (U.K.) sent shockwaves across the Internet, saying voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica harvested private information from Facebook profiles of 50 million users, causing the largest social network to lose tens of billions of US dollars in stocks, suffer unprec
Merkel's party purchased voter data in 2017 election
Germany’s national mail service Deutsche Post reportedly sold personal data, including information on voters’ gender, wealth and consumer habits, to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party ahead of the 2017 elections, The RT with a reference to German newspaper Bild reports.
Under Armour breach: 150M MyFitnessPal users affected
Under Armour, the fitness company that owns MyFitnessPal, disclosed today a data breach that affected about 150 million users. MyFitnessPal, a food and nutrition application, earlier this week became aware of the breach, which took place late last month, The TechCrunch reports.
Collection of Funny Leaks for the April Fools’ Day
Confidential data leaks are definitely not a joke, but some incidents are so funny that make us smile. This is a digest of ridiculous leaks prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center as we approach the April Fools’ Day, one of the most unusual international holidays.
Trade Secrets and Know-How Leaked from Manufacturing Enterprises
Know-how, pricing, customer details, and shipment specifics are always crucial for manufacturing sector, with leaks of such data undermining a company’s business and development strategy. This is a digest of recent leaks from manufacturing enterprises, prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center.
Zuckerberg loses 6B dollars because of the share slump
Facebook’s stock saw a huge drop today following the Cambridge Analytica reports. The company’s market capitalization shrunk by nearly $40 billion, and CNBC reports that Mark Zuckerberg lost $6.06 billion because of the share slump. The stock closed today nearly 7% down, The Fast Company writes. Facebook’s security chief Alex Stamos is planning on leaving the company, according to the New York Times. Stamos–one of the more public-facing employees at the company–is parting ways over disagreements with how the company has handled its problem with misinformation.
Voter Information Compromised
Every democracy grants its citizens a constitutional right to vote. Any popular election requires huge databases containing personal details and sensitive information on political and other preferences of voters. Such databases may be maintained by both government bodies and analytical companies, which doubles the threat to information integrity, with negligent third-party companies seeming to cause a more significant damage in the event of data compromising. This is a digest of major voter data leaks prepared by InfoWatch Analytical Center.
NY health insurer fined for mailing error
New York health insurance company EmblemHealth has reached a settlement with the New York State Attorney General’s office and will pay a $575,000 financial penalty and enter into a corrective action plan for a mailing error that exposed 81,122 Social Security numbers, the website HealthData Management reports.
Tax refund fraud scheme spans Opelika to Fort Benning
A Phenix City man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in masterminding the theft of thousands of identities for fraudulent tax refunds in a scheme whose victims reached from Opelika to Alabama prisons and inside Fort Benning, the website oanow.com reports.
