Hack Archive
FreshMenu, a food delivery service based in India, has apologised after it failed to inform affected customers of a data breach that took place in 2016. How did the breach occur – and why did it go unannounced for so …
The Shanghai police is investigating what seems to be the loss of 130 million customers’ personal data from the Huazhu Hotels Group after the data appeared for sale on a dark web forum. The Huazhu Hotels Group, which manages more …
Cyber criminals have hacked the systems of India’s Cosmos Bank and stolen nearly 944 million rupees (approximately US$13.5 million). The criminal hackers reportedly planted malware on an ATM server to steal customer information. The data was then used to clone …
It has been revealed that more than 200,000 Australians are likely to have been affected by the recent Timehop data breach. How did the breach occur? On 5 July 2018, the social media app company announced it had experienced a …
The introduction of the NDB (Notifiable Data Breaches) scheme and the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in 2018 places a considerable responsibility on Australian organisations that process personal data. Both laws grant data subjects increased rights when it comes …
According to ABC News, hackers based in China have managed to breach the systems of the Australian National University (ANU) – one of Australia’s most prestigious universities. ANU’s systems were first compromised in 2017 and the university has been “working …
It has been revealed that the personal data of more than 5 million Yatra.com customers was exposed in a data breach of the Indian online travel bookings platform. The breach occurred back in 2013, however it was only last week …
On 29 June 2018, Klook announced that it had suffered a potential data breach involving approximately 8% of its users who shared their data on its website between 11 December 2017 and 13 June 2018. The incident involved the possible …
New Zealand-based fuel supplier, Z Energy, has announced that “customer data from its Z Card online data base (ZCOL) was accessed by a third party in late November 2017”. How did the breach occur? On its website, Z Energy revealed …
