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Brazil was the fourth most breached country in the world second quarter of 2022, according to a global data breach study produced by cybersecurity company Surfshark.With 3.2 million users breached in Q2, the report suggests Brazil has seen a seven-fold increase in leaked accounts quarter-over-quarter, and a 771% spike compared to the previous quarter when the country had seen a slight improvement in its data breach situation. Russia tops the list with 28.8 million breached users, followed by India (4.4 million) and China…

Twitter fired back at Elon Musk on Monday, accusing the world's richest person of "knowingly" breaching an agreement to buy the social media firm, days after the Tesla chief sought to back out of the $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,37,465 crore) deal.In a letter sent to Musk, dated Sunday and filed with regulators on Monday, Twitter said it had not breached its obligations under the merger agreement as indicated by Musk on Friday for looking to end the deal."Twitter demands that Mr. Musk and the other Musk Parties comply with…

Britain's army said its Twitter and YouTube accounts had been breached on Sunday.As of 6pm GMT (11:30pm IST), the @BritishArmy handle, which is verified by Twitter, had retweeted a number of posts promoting non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on its timeline.The army YouTube account had been renamed 'Ark Invest' and showed several videos relating to cryptocurrency."We are aware of a breach of the Army's Twitter and YouTube accounts and an investigation is under way," an army spokesperson said."We take information security…

At least 18 out of every 100 Indians have been affected by data breaches since 2004, making India sixth in the world by the number of breached users, a new report revealed on Monday.As of June 1, India's breach rate was 740% higher than the first quarter (Q1) this year, rising from five to 42 breached accounts per minute.Indian users' data may become increasingly endangered as the new directive from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (Cert-In) calls companies to extensive data collection within Indian…

Image: wk1003mike -- ShutterstockCTARS, the makers of a cloud-based client management system used by the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) as well as disability services, out of home care, and children's services, has revealed it was breached on May 15 and found the data posted to the dark web a week later. "Although we cannot confirm the details of all the data in the time available, to be extra careful we are treating any information held in our database as being compromised," the company has…

Google is finally making good on its promise to let Google Assistant help users come up with new passwords after they’ve been breached. With a few simple taps, the virtual assistant can take care of setting up a new password in seconds after notifying you that there’s been an issue. The company announced the feature last year, but now the rollout has begun, as Android owners have started spotting the feature on their phones. Notifications for breached passwords are nothing new; Google Chrome has been pushing them for…

Google Assistant in Chrome can now reportedly automatically change your stolen passwords. This feature was initially announced by the search giant during Google I/O 2021. At the time, Google had said that this feature would be released gradually for Chrome on Android in the US. Screenshots of this new security feature have allegedly surfaced on Twitter. Google has said that this feature utilises its 'Duplex on the Web' technology that was initially used to automate tedious tasks like booking movie tickets…

The Lapsus$ hacking group stole T-Mobile’s source code in a series of breaches that took place in March, as first reported by Krebs on Security. T-Mobile confirmed the attack in a statement to The Verge, and says the “systems accessed contained no customer or government information or other similarly sensitive information.” In copies of private messages obtained by Krebs, the Lapsus$ hacking group discussed targeting T-Mobile in the week prior to the arrest of seven of its teenage members. After purchasing employees’…