Hacking News

Actor Shahid Kapoor’s Twitter and Instagram accounts were hacked on Thursday afternoon and appear to have been restored now. On his Instagram story, Shahid Kapoor posted this message for his fans: “Hey guys, thank you for the wonderful wishes. My Instagram and Twitter had been hacked. Read more

The airline said 380,000 customers’ bank details have been stolen. The stolen data did not include travel or passport details. BA said the breach has been resolved and the website is working normally. It said from August 21 2018 until September 5 2018, the personal and financial details of customers making bookings on our website

The Town of Midland’s computer systems were hacked over the long weekend. In the early morning hours of Sept. 1, the town became the victim of a cyberattack in which the town’s network was illegally accessed and infected with ransomware. The malware was able to encrypt a number of town systems rendering them unusable. The

WALTHAM (CBS) – A Waltham mother is hoping for major security changes by Facebook, after her 16-year-old daughter’s account was hacked and disabled. The family’s nightmare began one week ago, when a friend noticed a Facebook account under “People You May Know.” It featured photos of the 16-year-old girl that friend knew, but under a

Hoopeston Area School District was hacked over the holiday weekend, according to a post on the school’s website. Superintendent Suzi Hesser posted the following message to the school district’s website: “Hoopeston Area School District sends apologies to families who received repeated messages this morning while our system was hacked. No student data was taken, we

Last July, in Google’s Sunnyvale offices, a hacker found a way to trick doors into opening without the requisite RFID keycard. Luckily for Google, it was David Tomaschik, an employee at the tech giant, who only had good intentions. Read more

Venice, California-based Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) is in the news so often, here at L.A. Biz we call stories about the social-media platform “daily Snaps.” Here’s what the company has been up to recently: Read more

According to an email to customers, attackers may have accessed basic profile data, including names, email addresses and phone numbers — but also more sensitive data that users may have added to their profiles, including passport numbers and expiry date, passport country of issuance, NEXUS numbers for trusted travelers, gender, dates of birth, nationality and

AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you’ve eaten at Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen in the past year, the restaurant chain is offering free identity protection services after a security breach was recently identified. The restaurant says it learned on Aug. 16 that between Nov. 3, 2017, and Jan. 2, 2018 someone was able to gain access to the

The government website, cybersecurityhub.gov.za, was completely shut down on Tuesday by a notorious hacker who identified himself as @VirusSec. The hacker contacted South African media houses to notify them of his intentions saying that they are targeting government sites because “the current South African government is greedy, and it needs to change”. Read more