NTUC s e2i data breach puts 30k individuals data at risk of exposure Details 07 April 2021
NTUC s Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) has been involved in a data breach, putting personal data of approximately 30,000 individuals at risk. The company, which provides skills training and job matching services, said a malware had infected a mailbox belonging to an employee of e2i s appointed third-party vendor, i-vic International on 12 March. The data security incident may have then resulted in an unauthorised access to the affected mailbox that contained personal data of users who have used e2i s services.
The affected individuals are those who had participated in certain e2i’s events or utilised e2i’s services previously from November 2018 until 12 March 2021, e2i said. For instance, they attended a job fair, employability workshop or career coaching. According to the company, the potentially affected personal data may i
Data of 500 million Facebook users leaked Social media giant claims vulnerability used by hackers two years ago Follow Us
Question of the Day In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo an iPhone displays a Facebook page in New Orleans. Facebook says hackers in China used fake accounts and impostor websites in a bid to break into the phones of Uyghur Muslims, Facebook announced . more > By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times - Monday, April 5, 2021
The personal data of more than 500 million Facebook users became widely available online this weekend, although the social media giant said it fixed the vulnerability used by hackers two years ago.
7 Million Australian Accounts Are Caught Up In The Latest Facebook Privacy Breach
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More than 7 million Australian Facebook accounts are caught up in a privacy breach which includes personal data posted publicly including phone numbers and email addresses.
A user posted a trove of data on accounts including phone numbers, email addresses, Facebook IDs, gender, location, profile name, and more.
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More than half a billion Facebook users’ information was posted on a hacking forum after January s original breach of users full names, emails, phone numbers and even locations.
It’s difficult and nearly impossible to know if one specific account was among the 533 million involved in the recent breaching, but there’s a website that allows users to input email to see if the information is floating around hacker groups.
Haveibeenpwned.com only checks emails. It is also looking at adding phone numbers, according to website creator Troy Hunt.
Facebook accounts hacked; ID theft to âskyrocketâ
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Durban - The latest Facebook leak, which has seen the data of more than 500 million people leaked, did not exclude South Africa. According to an information communication technology expert, this would result in attempts at identity theft âskyrocketingâ.
The hack took place in 2019 but has come to the publicâs attention only recently. It was reported that a user on Telegram set up a Telegram bot that had the phone numbers and emails of a large number of Facebook users.
Information and communications technology expert Arthur Goldstuck said: âThe Facebook data leak is bad news for South Africans, because when one looks at the data of the countries from which the usersâ information has been leaked, it appears that South Africa has up to 14 million usersâ information compromised. Itâs identified as Africa, but when you look at other African countries, they have thei