Hacker News with Generative AI: Data Leaks

DDoSecrets publishes 410 GB of heap dumps, hacked from TeleMessage (micahflee.com)
This morning, Distributed Denial of Secrets published 410 GB of data hacked from TeleMessage, the Israeli firm that makes modified versions of Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, and WeChat that centrally archive messages. Because the data is sensitive and full of PII, DDoSecrets is only sharing it with journalists and researchers.

Data Leaks, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Journalism, Israel

666 points by micahflee 39 days ago | 188 comments

Google Chrome data leakage bug confirmed as actively exploited (scworld.com)
A Google Chrome vulnerability allowing the leak of OAuth codes was added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday.

Cybersecurity, Google Chrome, Data Leaks, Vulnerabilities

15 points by Bender 41 days ago | 1 comments

xAI dev leaks API key for private SpaceX, Tesla LLMs (krebsonsecurity.com)
An employee at Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI leaked a private key on GitHub that for the past two months could have allowed anyone to query private xAI large language models (LLMs) which appear to have been custom made for working with internal data from Musk’s companies, including SpaceX, Tesla and Twitter/X, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.

AI, Cybersecurity, Data Leaks, SpaceX

244 points by todsacerdoti 57 days ago | 71 comments

An Employee Surveillance Company Leaked over 21M Screenshots Online (gizmodo.com)
With the refinement of digital tools, companies are subjecting their employees to increasing levels of surveillance — and increasing risks. Now, the security of thousands of employees and their parents companies is at risk after real-time images of their computers were leaked by an employee surveillance app.

Privacy, Security, Employee Surveillance, Data Leaks

8 points by rntn 64 days ago | 0 comments

Anonymous Releases 10TB of Leaked Data (reddit.com)
Anonymous Releases 10TB of Leaked Data: Exposing Kremlin Assets & Russian Businesses (trendsnewsline.com)

Data Leaks, Cybersecurity, Russia, Anonymous, Politics

8 points by reimertz 72 days ago | 1 comments

Anonymous Release 10TB Leaked Data Exposing Kremlin Assets, Russian Businesses (trendsnewsline.com)
In an unprecedented move that has sent shockwaves through the digital world, the Anonymous collective has just unleashed a staggering 10TB of leaked data. This massive trove includes sensitive information about all businesses operating in Russia, Kremlin assets in the West, pro-Russian officials, and much more. As the world watches closely, the implications of this leak are profound, and it raises a host of questions about security, transparency, and the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Cybersecurity, Russia, Ukraine, Data Leaks

217 points by deepnet 73 days ago | 91 comments

Payment processor publishes official NPM package that leaks credit card data (getsafety.com)
Safety’s research team has discovered an npm package published by Cashfree, a large Indian payment processing company, that leaks credit card data to an ngrok endpoint.

Security, Software, Data Leaks, Payment Processing

13 points by Nickste 81 days ago | 0 comments

Leaked data exposes a Chinese AI censorship machine (techcrunch.com)
A leaked database seen by TechCrunch reveals China has developed an AI system that supercharges its already formidable censorship machine, extending far beyond traditional taboos like the Tiananmen Square massacre.

AI, Censorship, China, Data Leaks

6 points by pseudolus 93 days ago | 0 comments

Meta is firing about 20 employees for leaking (theverge.com)
Meta has fired “roughly 20” employees who leaked “confidential information outside the company,” according to a spokesperson.

Meta, Layoffs, Data Leaks, Business

28 points by naomiclarkson 120 days ago | 4 comments

Leaked Microsoft pay data shows how much software engineers report making (businessinsider.com)

Software Engineering, Compensation, Microsoft, Data Leaks

57 points by rntn 309 days ago | 78 comments

'RockYou2024': Nearly 10B passwords leaked online (malwarebytes.com)

Data Breaches, Cybersecurity, Password Security, Data Leaks

11 points by mhavelka77 354 days ago | 5 comments

270GB of source code from The New York Times leaked to 4Chan (twitter.com)

News, Data Leaks, Security

123 points by gaws 385 days ago | 52 comments

Google Leak Reveals Thousands of Privacy Incidents (404media.co)