Durex India, the Indian subsidiary of the British condom and personal lubricants brand, has exposed its customers’ personal information, including their full names and order details. Security researcher Sourajeet Majumder contacted TechCrunch this week about the issue of exposing sensitive customer data on the condom maker’s website. The brand’s website spilled customer names, phone numbers, […]
CesiumAstro claims former exec spilled trade secrets to upstart competitor AnySignal
CesiumAstro alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that a former executive disclosed trade secrets and confidential information about sensitive tech, investors and customers to a competing startup. Austin-based Cesium develops active-phased array and software-defined radio systems for spacecraft, missiles and drones. While phased-array antenna systems have been used on satellites for decades, Cesium has considerably […]
Indian government’s cloud spilled citizens’ personal data online for years
The Indian government has finally resolved a years-long cybersecurity issue that exposed reams of sensitive data about its citizens. A security researcher exclusively told TechCrunch he found at least hundreds of documents containing citizens’ personal information — including Aadhaar numbers, COVID-19 vaccination data, and passport details — spilling online for anyone to access. At fault […]
AT&T won’t say how its customers’ data spilled online
Three years after a hacker first teased an alleged massive theft of AT&T customer data, a breach seller this week dumped the full dataset online. It contains the personal information of some 73 million AT&T customers. A new analysis of the fully leaked dataset — containing names, home addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and […]
A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants
A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their Facebook, Google and TikTok accounts. The Asian technology and internet company YX International manufactures cellular networking equipment and provides SMS text message routing […]