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November 14, 2025
An ex-AWS employee exploited a firewall misconfiguration to breach Capital One's cloud, impacting over 100 million U.S. and Canadian customers. Data stolen included names, addresses, credit scores, and over 140,000 Social Security numbers, along with 80,000 bank account numbers. This led to heightened scrutiny of cloud security and an $80 million fine for Capital One.
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November 14, 2025
A former AWS employee exploited a firewall misconfiguration to breach Capital One's cloud, affecting over 100 million U.S. and Canadian customers. Data stolen included names, addresses, credit scores, and over 140,000 Social Security numbers. The breach led to intense scrutiny of cloud security and an $80 million fine for Capital One.
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November 14, 2025
T-Mobile revealed a data breach affecting 37 million customers due to an unsecured API. Exposed data includes names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses, posing risks for phishing. This marks T-Mobile's eighth breach since 2018, raising concerns about its cybersecurity.
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January 14, 2026
In 2024, hackers ShinyHunters broke into Ticketmaster’s systems, extracting a 1.3 TB dataset containing personal data for ~560 million individuals including names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, order details, and partial payment card info.
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November 14, 2025
Hackers scraped data of 700 million LinkedIn users more than 90% of its user base using legitimate APIs. Data included full names, email addresses, phone numbers, job titles, LinkedIn usernames, and more. The dataset was later sold on a dark web forum. This breach showed how publicly available or accessible data can be weaponized at scale.
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