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📊 Q1 2025 saw 824 breach incidents affecting 91 million individuals; average breach cost hit $4.44M globally and $10.2M in the U.S..
Infosecurity Magazine
Infosecurity Magazine
August 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
📊 Q1 2025 saw 824 breach incidents affecting 91 million individuals; average breach cost hit $4.44M globally and $10.2M in the U.S..
Infosecurity Magazine
Infosecurity Magazine
👗 Australian fashion brand SABO had a massive breach: a 292 GB unencrypted database containing 3.5 million+ order documents with names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and more.
August 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
👗 Australian fashion brand SABO had a massive breach: a 292 GB unencrypted database containing 3.5 million+ order documents with names, addresses, emails, phone numbers and more.
📊 Q1 2025 saw 824 breach incidents affecting 91 million individuals; average breach cost hit $4.44M globally and $10.2M in the U.S..
Infosecurity Magazine
Infosecurity Magazine
August 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
📊 Q1 2025 saw 824 breach incidents affecting 91 million individuals; average breach cost hit $4.44M globally and $10.2M in the U.S..
Infosecurity Magazine
Infosecurity Magazine
🧷 Allianz Life Insurance has confirmed a breach affecting nearly 1.4 million U.S. customers, due to a social‑engineering attack on a third‑party CRM. PII like names, DOBs, and addresses were accessed.
July 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🧷 Allianz Life Insurance has confirmed a breach affecting nearly 1.4 million U.S. customers, due to a social‑engineering attack on a third‑party CRM. PII like names, DOBs, and addresses were accessed.
🔒 A recent LexisNexis breach affected over 364,000 individuals, exposing names, SSNs, driver licenses and contact data via compromised GitHub credentials.
July 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
🔒 A recent LexisNexis breach affected over 364,000 individuals, exposing names, SSNs, driver licenses and contact data via compromised GitHub credentials.
💥 Q2 2025 breach report: 957 incidents, 120 million records exposed, average dwell time of 200 days before detection.
July 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
💥 Q2 2025 breach report: 957 incidents, 120 million records exposed, average dwell time of 200 days before detection.
🏥 Texas Digestive Specialists (Harlingen, TX) disclosed that 41,521 patient records were exposed in a ransomware attack—including SSNs, medical and insurance data. Delay in detection made it worse.
July 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🏥 Texas Digestive Specialists (Harlingen, TX) disclosed that 41,521 patient records were exposed in a ransomware attack—including SSNs, medical and insurance data. Delay in detection made it worse.
🏥 A healthcare provider in California just notified 30k patients of stolen medical records and Social Security numbers via e-mail—detected weeks later.
July 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
🏥 A healthcare provider in California just notified 30k patients of stolen medical records and Social Security numbers via e-mail—detected weeks later.
📊 In Q1 2025 there were 824 breaches affecting 91 million+ individuals, and 1,732 incidents reported by mid‑year, surpassing 2024’s pace.
July 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
📊 In Q1 2025 there were 824 breaches affecting 91 million+ individuals, and 1,732 incidents reported by mid‑year, surpassing 2024’s pace.
🔓 Yesterday, a popular payment processor leaked 5 million credit card tokens plus PII after a supply-chain hack. Attackers used stolen certificates to impersonate the API gateway.
July 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🔓 Yesterday, a popular payment processor leaked 5 million credit card tokens plus PII after a supply-chain hack. Attackers used stolen certificates to impersonate the API gateway.
🔑 A jaw‑dropping 16 billion login credentials were exposed across ~30 unsecured databases—fresh infostealer data, not recycled old leaks. Hackers now possess a blueprint for mass account takeovers.
@identity
@identity
July 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🔑 A jaw‑dropping 16 billion login credentials were exposed across ~30 unsecured databases—fresh infostealer data, not recycled old leaks. Hackers now possess a blueprint for mass account takeovers.
@identity
@identity
🛡️ A massive breach just dropped—20 million users at a major telco had names, addresses, SSNs, and call logs exposed. Centralized PII vaults keep becoming honeypots.
July 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🛡️ A massive breach just dropped—20 million users at a major telco had names, addresses, SSNs, and call logs exposed. Centralized PII vaults keep becoming honeypots.
🧵 The Tea app, designed for women’s anonymous dating advice, exposed 72,000+ ID selfies, verification docs, and direct messages on sensitive topics like abortion and harassment.
July 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🧵 The Tea app, designed for women’s anonymous dating advice, exposed 72,000+ ID selfies, verification docs, and direct messages on sensitive topics like abortion and harassment.
🌐 ~86 million AT&T customer records (SSNs, DOBs, addresses) popped up mid‑2025—tied to ShinyHunters' broader breach spree.
July 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌐 ~86 million AT&T customer records (SSNs, DOBs, addresses) popped up mid‑2025—tied to ShinyHunters' broader breach spree.
i'm not a privacy guru.
but i show up, build, learn, and share daily.
if you’re on the same path, advocating for user rights and digital identity, let’s follow each other.
but i show up, build, learn, and share daily.
if you’re on the same path, advocating for user rights and digital identity, let’s follow each other.
July 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
i'm not a privacy guru.
but i show up, build, learn, and share daily.
if you’re on the same path, advocating for user rights and digital identity, let’s follow each other.
but i show up, build, learn, and share daily.
if you’re on the same path, advocating for user rights and digital identity, let’s follow each other.
🏥 In late May, Texas Digestive Specialists suffered a ransomware incident (InterLock), exposing SSNs and medical records of ~41,500 patients.
July 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🏥 In late May, Texas Digestive Specialists suffered a ransomware incident (InterLock), exposing SSNs and medical records of ~41,500 patients.
📈 Q1 2025 saw 824 breaches, impacting over 91 million individuals. Globally, cybercrime is on pace to cost ~$10.5 trillion by year‑end.
July 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
📈 Q1 2025 saw 824 breaches, impacting over 91 million individuals. Globally, cybercrime is on pace to cost ~$10.5 trillion by year‑end.
i’m really worried about how digital identity and ownership are becoming so opaque. barely anyone outside a small group of privacy advocates cares deeply, so tech giants exploit that gap for profit and spin misleading stories about security with no accountability
July 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
i’m really worried about how digital identity and ownership are becoming so opaque. barely anyone outside a small group of privacy advocates cares deeply, so tech giants exploit that gap for profit and spin misleading stories about security with no accountability
🔎 A global marketing analytics firm exposed user geolocation histories and email addresses for 10 million consumers—they relied on a single AWS S3 bucket misconfiguration.
July 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
🔎 A global marketing analytics firm exposed user geolocation histories and email addresses for 10 million consumers—they relied on a single AWS S3 bucket misconfiguration.
💼 On July 2, 2025, Louis Vuitton clients in Australia/NZ had names, birthdates, addresses and optionally passport numbers exposed—reported nearly 20 days later.
July 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
💼 On July 2, 2025, Louis Vuitton clients in Australia/NZ had names, birthdates, addresses and optionally passport numbers exposed—reported nearly 20 days later.