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CesiumAstro claims former exec spilled trade secrets to upstart competitor AnySignal

April 20, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology AnySignal, CesiumAstro, claims, competitor, exec, secrets, spilled, trade, upstart

CesiumAstro alleges in a newly filed lawsuit that a former executive disclosed trade secrets and confidential information about sensitive tech, investors and customers to a competing startup. Austin-based Cesium develops active-phased array and software-defined radio systems for spacecraft, missiles and drones. While phased-array antenna systems have been used on satellites for decades, Cesium has considerably [...]read moreCesiumAstro claims former exec spilled trade secrets to upstart competitor AnySignal

Indian government’s cloud spilled citizens’ personal data online for years

April 3, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology citizens, Cloud, Data, Governments, Indian, online, Personal, spilled, Years

The Indian government has finally resolved a years-long cybersecurity issue that exposed reams of sensitive data about its citizens. A security researcher exclusively told TechCrunch he found at least hundreds of documents containing citizens’ personal information — including Aadhaar numbers, COVID-19 vaccination data, and passport details — spilling online for anyone to access. At fault [...]read moreIndian government’s cloud spilled citizens’ personal data online for years

AT&T won’t say how its customers’ data spilled online

March 23, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology ATT, customers, Data, online, spilled, wont

Three years after a hacker first teased an alleged massive theft of AT&T customer data, a breach seller this week dumped the full dataset online. It contains the personal information of some 73 million AT&T customers. A new analysis of the fully leaked dataset — containing names, home addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, and [...]read moreAT&T won’t say how its customers’ data spilled online

A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants

March 1, 2024 mpsingh No Comments Technology 2FA, codes, database, giants, leaky, spilled, tech, worlds

A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was spilling one-time security codes that may have granted users’ access to their Facebook, Google and TikTok accounts. The Asian technology and internet company YX International manufactures cellular networking equipment and provides SMS text message routing [...]read moreA leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants