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This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles.. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continual
The 2014 Russian hacker password theft was an alleged hacking incident resulting in the possible theft of over 1.2 billion internet credentials, including usernames and passwords, with hundreds of millions of corresponding e-mail addresses. [1]
The flaw was discovered when two system programmers were editing at the same time and the temporary files for the message of the day and the password file became swapped, causing the contents of the system CTSS password file to display to any user logging into the system. [8] [9] [10] [11]
The mistake went unnoticed until Oct. 24 and the machines were not compromised by the leak, because the passwords were one of several layers of security, according to a Nov. 4 Colorado Department ...
The report set out actions to improve the process, but the time of the breach, two years later, many of them had not been completed. [ 12 ] A key security patch for Apache Struts was released on March 7, 2017 after a security exploit was found and all users of the framework were urged to update immediately. [ 13 ]
All voting systems associated with the password leak be “immediately decommissioned” All Colorado ballots be hand-counted by the respective counties Temporary Rule 8 CCR 1505-1 , Rule 20.5.2(c ...
On Monday 22 February 2016, CIO Donna Seymour resigned, just two days before she was scheduled to testify before a House panel that is continuing to investigate the data breach. [ 36 ] In 2018, the OPM was reportedly still vulnerable to data thefts, with 29 of the Government Accountability Office's 80 recommendations remaining unaddressed. [ 37 ]
This was both a promising and infuriating development for German software programmer Stefan Thomas. Thomas, who lives in San Francisco, has a digital wallet stuffed with 7,002 bitcoins worth over ...