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Forever 21 has over 815 stores in 57 countries including the US, UK, Australia, China, India, Germany, Japan and Latin America.

Troy Hunt, security expert and creator of the data breach repository "HaveIBeenPwned.com" discovered the unsecured file and said the data was compromised in 2015.

The breach impacts Nissan's Canadian customers and may have involved hackers stealing extensive personal information.

A cybersecurity firm says it discovered a weakly protected database that was leaking personal information relating to more than 120 million American households.

With fervent anticipation and excitement surrounding the recent premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, even "starwars" managed to make it to the list.

"This shows the surprising ease with which de-identification can fail, highlighting the risky balance between data sharing and privacy," researchers said.

"This experience of searching and finding passwords within this database is as scary as it is shocking," researchers said.

Dashlane has listed some of the government officials, major companies and notable figures that suffered the most embarrassing password-related gaffes this year.

The Vietnamese hacker has previously compromised numerous Vietnamese websites including those of telecom firms, banks and an online military newspaper.

The week in cybersecurity was largely dominated by cryptocurrency. That's unsurprising, given that bitcoin spiked in value, reaching $17,000 at one point.

From Anthem and Chipotle to Equifax and Uber, this year saw several data breaches and leaks.

The then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanic was reoprtedly aware of the breach and the bug bounty payment, which was made in November 2016.

Major banking applications used by HSBC, NatWest and Co-op had potential to let hackers steal usernames and passwords of account holders.

The data leak is caused by the website's flawed default security settings, leaving users vulnerable to blackmail and hacking.

As cryptocurrency continues to grow exponentially in popularity and value, this isn't the first time hackers have targeted a digital currency platform

Experts raised serious questions about why a virtual keyboard app would need to collect such detailed and personal information that has nothing to do with its functionality.

The San Francisco-based firm leaked data such as internal builds of numerous clients including NFL, CBS, Amex, NBA, FOX, PGA and more.

"The security of TIO's systems and the protection of TIO's customers are our highest priorities," PayPal said.

The exposed data included information such as customers' names, credit reports, full credit card and bank account numbers, and more.

Clarksons confirmed the hack, adding that hackers managed to access its systems by using a compromised user account.

"The public will want to know how there could be this catastrophic breach of personal data security," London Mayor Sadiq Khan said.

The company said it discovered "unauthorised computer code" added to the software that operates the checkout page on its website.

Prince Philip and Prince Charles - both of whom are honorary club members - were not affected by the theft that was discovered on 16 November.

From the Uber hack to the rise of commercial spyware applications on Android: These are the biggest cybersecurity and hacking stories of the week from IBTimes UK's tech team.

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said the data leak "demonstrates the risks of outsourcing work on sensitive material to private contractors".

The company confirmed the breach a day later and published a public disclosure notifying users of the intrusion.

Firefox, the internet browser developed and maintained by Mozilla, will have the ability to warn internet users if a website they are viewing has been hacked in the past.

Uber reportedly said that it was still unable to confirm how many British customers' data may have been compromised.

Under India's Aadhaar system, every citizen receives a 12-digit number, similar to Social Security Numbers in the US, and has his/her biometric data collected by the government.

The Pentagon accidentally left exposed three "publicly downloadable" databases, one of which contained nearly 1.8 billion of social media data.