Oracle layoffs update: Amid thousands of job cuts, US IT firm's big move triggers massive backlash onlineOracle India layoffs: US tech giant Oracle has been facing backlash online for filing thousands of foreign workers' petitions at a time whe...
03 Apr, 2026, 11.53 AM IST
Meta denies data breach of 17.5 million users; asks users to ignore password reset emailsIn 2021, Facebook, another Meta company, reported that data of over 350 million users had been exposed from publicly accessible profiles bu...
12 Jan, 2026, 09.30 AM IST
Another blunder after text leak: Now, private data of Trump's top ranking officials, including Hegseth, Waltz, and Gabbard, found online in shocking breachA data breach has exposed personal contact information of high-ranking US officials like National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, Director of ...
28 Mar, 2025, 12.39 AM IST
Bengaluru woman exposes LinkedIn rental scam: Stranger offered her money for account accessA Bengaluru-based woman, Nikhita Anil, has shared a viral LinkedIn post detailing a suspicious offer she received—money in exchange for ren...
13 Feb, 2025, 03.12 PM IST
Bits & Bytes: Meta to face more lawsuits in Japan over fake adsMeta Platforms is facing potential legal action in Japan due to fraudulent advertisements that falsely used celebrity endorsements to solic...
27 Oct, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Ireland fines LinkedIn 310 million euros over EU data breachAn Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had fined professional networking platform LinkedIn 310 m...
24 Oct, 2024, 05.03 PM IST
Twitter hacked, 200 million user email addresses leaked, researcher saysTwitter has not commented on the report, which Gal first posted about on social media on Dec. 24, nor responded to inquiries about the brea...
06 Jan, 2023, 08.27 AM IST
Google's first report under new IT rulesFrom Google's first monthly transparency report to Twitter facing a barrage of police cases and Facebook launching a Substack clone, here's...
30 Jun, 2021, 08.08 PM IST
LinkedIn denies data breach that reportedly affected 700 million usersLinkedIn data breach: Earlier this week, RestorePrivacy had reported that a hacker was in possession of 700 million LinkedIn records and ha...
30 Jun, 2021, 11.06 AM IST
Upstox alerts users of data breach; says funds, securities remain safeThe development comes close on the heels of reports of data breaches at organisations like MobiKwik, Facebook and LinkedIn.
11 Apr, 2021, 05.52 PM IST
LinkedIn denies data leak after two-third user base is reportedly compromisedPersonal data of 500 million LinkedIn users was put up for sale on a popular hacker’s platform online, CyberNews has reported, but the Micr...
09 Apr, 2021, 09.34 PM IST
Data skimmersIn today's ETtech Top 5: the personal data of around half a billion LinkedIn users is up for sale online, and more.
09 Apr, 2021, 07.51 PM IST
Expert finds a backdoor in Oyo’s data security systemsOyo said the vulnerability was limited to a single property and was fixed immediately.
02 Oct, 2019, 08.55 AM IST
Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter, Pinterest accounts hackedThe hacker group claims the hack was made possible using the LinkedIn password dump that happened few weeks ago.
06 Jun, 2016, 01.04 PM IST
LinkedIn notifies data breach, alerts 400 mn members to stay safeLinkedIn admitted that the massive data breach in 2012 may result in millions of passwords being leaked. It currently has 400 million users.
28 May, 2016, 09.15 AM IST
LinkedIn notifies data breach, alerts 400 million members to stay safeIn an email sent out to all its members, LinkedIn admitted that the massive data breach in 2012 may result in millions of passwords being l...
27 May, 2016, 02.13 PM IST
LinkedIn mails users to change passwords after security breachOn its blog, LinkedIn confirmed passwords to user accounts were compromised and said it continues to investigate the situation.
07 Jun, 2012, 04.14 PM IST