Lifelabs Data Breach, the Largest Ever in Canada, May Cost the Company Over $1 Billion in Class-Action Lawsuit https://www.cpomagazine.com/cyber-security/lifelabs-data-breach-the-largest-ever-in-canada-may-cost-the-company-over-1-billion-in-class-action-lawsuit/
2019 Data Breach Hall of Shame: These were the biggest data breaches of the year https://www.cnet.com/news/2019-data-breach-hall-of-shame-these-were-the-biggest-data-breaches-of-the-year/
A Twitter app bug was used to match 17 million phone numbers to user accounts https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/24/twitter-android-bug-phone-numbers/
A Data Leak Exposed The Personal Information Of Over 3,000 Ring Users https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/data-leak-exposes-personal-data-over-3000-ring-camera-users
267 Million Names And Phone Numbers Leaked Online — And They’re All From Facebook https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2019/12/19/267-million-names-and-phone-numbers-leaked-online---and-theyre-all-from-facebook/
Facebook waited two weeks to tell employees their payroll data was stolen https://mashable.com/article/facebook-employee-payroll-data-stolen/
LifeLabs reveals data breach, possibly affecting up to 15 million Canadians https://globalnews.ca/news/6308439/lifelabs-data-breach/
Thief Stole Payroll Data for Thousands of Facebook Employees https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-12-13/thief-stole-payroll-data-for-thousands-of-facebook-employees
Iran Banks Burned, Then Customer Accounts Were Exposed Online https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/world/middleeast/Iran-bank-hacking-protests.html
Over 750,000 applications for US birth certificate copies exposed online https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/09/birth-certificate-applications-exposed/
A Saudi Telecom Exposed a Streaming List of GPS Locations https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3kxxe9/saudi-telecom-stcs-exposed-gps-locations
As Moscow’s facial recognition system activates, journalists find access to it for sale on the black market https://meduza.io/en/feature/2019/12/06/as-moscow-s-facial-recognition-system-activates-journalists-find-access-to-it-for-sale-on-the-black-market
Millions of SMS messages exposed in database security lapse https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/01/millions-sms-messages-exposed/
Cheap kids smartwatch exposes the location of 5,000+ children https://www.zdnet.com/article/cheap-kids-smartwatch-exposes-the-location-of-5000-children/
Data breach compromises about 220,000 Medicare card numbers https://www.whsv.com/content/news/Data-breach-compromises-about-220000-Medicare-card-numbers-565437381.html