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US DoJ Said to Open Probe Into Coinbase Data Breach, Firm Claims Involvement of Indian Employees
- Tuesday May 20, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by David Delima
Coinbase has reportedly claimed that the contractors and employees who were bribed to leak its user data to the cyberattackers were from India. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has now joined the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the ongoing investigation.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Coinbase Faces Multiple Lawsuits After User Data Breach: ReportÂ
- Monday May 19, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Manas Mitul
At least six lawsuits have been filed against Coinbase following a cybersecurity incident that led to a breach of user account data, a report by CoinTelegraph claimed on Monday. The plaintiffs have said that Coinbase failed to train its employees adequately that led to the incident.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Coinbase Faces Up to $400 Million Reimbursement Cost After Recent Cyberattack
- Friday May 16, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by David Delima
Coinbase has estimated that it could see expenses between $180 million (roughly Rs. 1,541 crore) - $400 million (roughly Rs. 3,426 crore) as it sets to manage the situation after a recent data breach incident. As part of the attack, cybercriminals managed to lure in funds from the exposed users under false claims and Coinbase plans to voluntarily r...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Coinbase Says Cybercriminals Breached User Data, Demanded $20 Million Ransom
- Thursday May 15, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Manas Mitul
In a video message posted on X, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said that cyber attackers had written to the exchange, claiming to have obtained personal data of a portion of Coinbase users. In exchange for not leaking the data, the attackers demanded a ransom of $20 million (roughly Rs. 171 crore).Â
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www.gadgets360.com
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Valve Investigating Reported Leak of 89 Million Steam Accounts, Says Its Systems Were Not Breached
- Thursday May 15, 2025
- Written by Manas Mitul
Valve has commented on a reported Steam data breach wherein details of 89 million user accounts were said to have leaked online. The company said the reported leak did not breach Steam systems, but it was investigating the source of the leak.
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www.gadgets360.com
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LockBit Ransomware Group Reportedly Suffers Data Breach, Extortion Tactics Revealed
- Friday May 9, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
LockBit, the notorious ransomware group, reportedly suffered a massive data breach on Wednesday. As per the report, the group’s dark web platform’s admin and affiliate panels were compromised to show a message and link to a MySQL database dump. The database reportedly contains 20 tables that include sensitive information around the cybercrimina...
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www.gadgets360.com
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ED Said to be Quizzing Apple, Xiaomi in E-Commerce Probe on Amazon, Flipkart
- Tuesday April 29, 2025
- Reuters
ED, which probes economic crimes, has been investigating Amazon and Flipkart for years for allegedly breaching laws by stocking and exerting control over goods they list online. The agency, in recent weeks wrote to smartphone companies, including Apple and Xiaomi, to get data related to their online sales.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Probe Agency ED Seeks Data From Apple, Xiaomi In Probe Of Amazon, Flipkart: Report
- Tuesday April 29, 2025
- India News | Reuters
The Enforcement Directorate has been investigating Amazon and Flipkart for years for allegedly breaching laws by stocking and exerting control over goods they list online.
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www.ndtv.com
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Apple Is Improving Apple Intelligence Features Using Differential Privacy Techniques
- Tuesday April 15, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Apple is developing new techniques to analyse user data patterns and aggregated insights to improve its artificial intelligence (AI) features. The Cupertino-based tech giant shared these differential privacy techniques on Monday, highlighting that these methods will not breach users’ privacy. Instead, the company is focusing on gathering data suc...
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www.gadgets360.com
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UK Launches Investigation into TikTok, Reddit Over Children's Personal Data Practices
- Monday March 3, 2025
- Reuters
UK's Information Commissioner's Office is probing TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur over their children's safety features. As per UK laws, social media platforms are mandated to prevent children from accessing harmful and age-inappropriate content by enforcing age limits and age-checking measures.
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www.gadgets360.com
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DeepSeek Blocked on App Store, Google Play Store in Italy
- Thursday January 30, 2025
- Reuters
DeepSeek could not be accessed on Wednesday in Apple and Google app stores in Italy. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it had also requested information from DeepSeek about data processing in relation to Irish users.
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www.gadgets360.com
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OpenAI Tells Delhi High Court ChatGPT Data Removal will Breach US Legal Obligations
- Thursday January 23, 2025
- Reuters
The Microsoft-backed AI firm also said that it was not within the jurisdiction of Indian courts to hear a copyright breach case brought by local news agency ANI as OpenAI had no presence in the country.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued for Disclosing Customer Information to Train AI Models
- Thursday January 23, 2025
- Reuters
LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting last August that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data, according to a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night on behalf of millions of LinkedIn Premium customers.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Targeted by Russian Hackers Seeking Data on Ukraine
- Friday January 17, 2025
- Margi Murphy, Bloomberg News
Attackers associated with Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, sent emails to specific targets asking them to join WhatsApp groups, Microsoft researchers said in a blog post Thursday.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Data Breach Exposed Precise Location Information of Millions Using Popular Smartphone Apps
- Tuesday January 14, 2025
- Written by David Delima
A data breach exposed precise location information from millions of users from popular apps. The hacker who breached Gravy Analytics allegedly obtained data revealing users' home and workplace locations. iOS and Android smartphones were affected, though some iPhone users might have been protected by a feature introduced with iOS 14.5.
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www.gadgets360.com
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US DoJ Said to Open Probe Into Coinbase Data Breach, Firm Claims Involvement of Indian Employees
- Tuesday May 20, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by David Delima
Coinbase has reportedly claimed that the contractors and employees who were bribed to leak its user data to the cyberattackers were from India. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has now joined the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the ongoing investigation.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Coinbase Faces Multiple Lawsuits After User Data Breach: ReportÂ
- Monday May 19, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Manas Mitul
At least six lawsuits have been filed against Coinbase following a cybersecurity incident that led to a breach of user account data, a report by CoinTelegraph claimed on Monday. The plaintiffs have said that Coinbase failed to train its employees adequately that led to the incident.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Coinbase Faces Up to $400 Million Reimbursement Cost After Recent Cyberattack
- Friday May 16, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by David Delima
Coinbase has estimated that it could see expenses between $180 million (roughly Rs. 1,541 crore) - $400 million (roughly Rs. 3,426 crore) as it sets to manage the situation after a recent data breach incident. As part of the attack, cybercriminals managed to lure in funds from the exposed users under false claims and Coinbase plans to voluntarily r...
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www.gadgets360.com
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Coinbase Says Cybercriminals Breached User Data, Demanded $20 Million Ransom
- Thursday May 15, 2025
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by Manas Mitul
In a video message posted on X, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said that cyber attackers had written to the exchange, claiming to have obtained personal data of a portion of Coinbase users. In exchange for not leaking the data, the attackers demanded a ransom of $20 million (roughly Rs. 171 crore).Â
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www.gadgets360.com
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Valve Investigating Reported Leak of 89 Million Steam Accounts, Says Its Systems Were Not Breached
- Thursday May 15, 2025
- Written by Manas Mitul
Valve has commented on a reported Steam data breach wherein details of 89 million user accounts were said to have leaked online. The company said the reported leak did not breach Steam systems, but it was investigating the source of the leak.
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www.gadgets360.com
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LockBit Ransomware Group Reportedly Suffers Data Breach, Extortion Tactics Revealed
- Friday May 9, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
LockBit, the notorious ransomware group, reportedly suffered a massive data breach on Wednesday. As per the report, the group’s dark web platform’s admin and affiliate panels were compromised to show a message and link to a MySQL database dump. The database reportedly contains 20 tables that include sensitive information around the cybercrimina...
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www.gadgets360.com
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ED Said to be Quizzing Apple, Xiaomi in E-Commerce Probe on Amazon, Flipkart
- Tuesday April 29, 2025
- Reuters
ED, which probes economic crimes, has been investigating Amazon and Flipkart for years for allegedly breaching laws by stocking and exerting control over goods they list online. The agency, in recent weeks wrote to smartphone companies, including Apple and Xiaomi, to get data related to their online sales.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Probe Agency ED Seeks Data From Apple, Xiaomi In Probe Of Amazon, Flipkart: Report
- Tuesday April 29, 2025
- India News | Reuters
The Enforcement Directorate has been investigating Amazon and Flipkart for years for allegedly breaching laws by stocking and exerting control over goods they list online.
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www.ndtv.com
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Apple Is Improving Apple Intelligence Features Using Differential Privacy Techniques
- Tuesday April 15, 2025
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Apple is developing new techniques to analyse user data patterns and aggregated insights to improve its artificial intelligence (AI) features. The Cupertino-based tech giant shared these differential privacy techniques on Monday, highlighting that these methods will not breach users’ privacy. Instead, the company is focusing on gathering data suc...
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www.gadgets360.com
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UK Launches Investigation into TikTok, Reddit Over Children's Personal Data Practices
- Monday March 3, 2025
- Reuters
UK's Information Commissioner's Office is probing TikTok, Reddit, and Imgur over their children's safety features. As per UK laws, social media platforms are mandated to prevent children from accessing harmful and age-inappropriate content by enforcing age limits and age-checking measures.
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www.gadgets360.com
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DeepSeek Blocked on App Store, Google Play Store in Italy
- Thursday January 30, 2025
- Reuters
DeepSeek could not be accessed on Wednesday in Apple and Google app stores in Italy. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said it had also requested information from DeepSeek about data processing in relation to Irish users.
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www.gadgets360.com
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OpenAI Tells Delhi High Court ChatGPT Data Removal will Breach US Legal Obligations
- Thursday January 23, 2025
- Reuters
The Microsoft-backed AI firm also said that it was not within the jurisdiction of Indian courts to hear a copyright breach case brought by local news agency ANI as OpenAI had no presence in the country.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Microsoft's LinkedIn Sued for Disclosing Customer Information to Train AI Models
- Thursday January 23, 2025
- Reuters
LinkedIn quietly introduced a privacy setting last August that let users enable or disable the sharing of their personal data, according to a proposed class action filed on Tuesday night on behalf of millions of LinkedIn Premium customers.
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www.gadgets360.com
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WhatsApp Targeted by Russian Hackers Seeking Data on Ukraine
- Friday January 17, 2025
- Margi Murphy, Bloomberg News
Attackers associated with Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, sent emails to specific targets asking them to join WhatsApp groups, Microsoft researchers said in a blog post Thursday.
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www.gadgets360.com
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Data Breach Exposed Precise Location Information of Millions Using Popular Smartphone Apps
- Tuesday January 14, 2025
- Written by David Delima
A data breach exposed precise location information from millions of users from popular apps. The hacker who breached Gravy Analytics allegedly obtained data revealing users' home and workplace locations. iOS and Android smartphones were affected, though some iPhone users might have been protected by a feature introduced with iOS 14.5.
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www.gadgets360.com