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Chris Vickery found millions of texts and images from child profiles were stored with "no level of authentication".

With GDPR on the horizon, VTech will soon have a financial incentive for protecting data.

Twitter has fixed the bug and notified user accounts that were affected.

A DC council employee uploaded student data to a public Dropbox folder where it was available for hours.

Legislation should enforce a "basic set of user rights", according to Twitter chief Michael Coates.

The firm's updated terms of service shifts the blame of any future data breach directly onto its users.

The discovery came to light after a whistleblower brought forward evidence of 'misuse of state resources'.

US firm that helps people file tax returns suffered data breach that left more than 8,000 users vulnerable.

A leaked database of 3.3m Hello Kitty fans has been found online, with users urged to change their passwords

A recent breach in the MacKeeper utility software resulted in the exposure of personal data of 13 million of it's users.

Hacked website of British pub chain contained a lot of personal information of customers.

Charity writes to 90,000 UK donors asking them to 'remain vigilant' after bank details are stolen.

Data leaked claims Securus Technologies recorded and stored phone calls of prisoners to their lawyers.

The email contains details that the customers said they did not put elsewhere online.

Comcast forced to change 200,000 passwords after customer details list appeared on the dark web.

Marks & Spencer website started showing user data, including names, date of birth and previous payment details of customers.

TalkTalk boss admits all the company's customer details may have been vulnerable to data breach.

Scandalous hacks like the security breach of adult website Ashley Madison happened frequently in recent years.

Hacking Team's under fire CEO David Vincenzetti gives his side of the story following a massive data breach.

Companies are investigating data breach and urged customers to monitor their credit card accounts.

Health and Social Care Information Centre says issue 'may take some time' to resolve.

Cybercriminals used data stolen from other breaches to manipulate the website's online form.

Criminal complaint against hackers expected to filed in coming months.

Celebrities like Sigourney Weaver, Liam Neeson and Kevin Spacey are all fans of Mandarin Oriental hotels

Pattern emerges of fraudulent charges being made on credit cards of Mandarin hotel customers

Uber has subpoenaed GitHub to provide all the IP addresses that accessed a security key tied to the driver database

US chain store says malware might have let hackers access cardholder names and payment card numbers..

Canadian start-up Bionym is testing wearable security wristband 'Nymi' that can authenticate identity using cardiac rhythm.

Personal records of 18.5 million people in California were at risk in 2013 due to cyber intrusions.

Executives at bank earlier believed only one million accounts were affected.