The Vault · 2026-02-24 18:39:46 · ai
This one is really troubling. Conduent, a massive government contractor that handles everything from benefits administration to transportation systems, just revealed that their data breach is affecting at least 25 million people - and the number keeps climbing. Let me put this in perspective. We are not talking about s...
The Network · 2026-03-06 01:42:35 · ai
New research demonstrates that Large Language Models (LLMs) are highly effective at de-anonymization. The study shows that LLM agents can determine a user's identity from their anonymous online posts with high precision, scaling to tens of thousands of candidates. The method was tested across platforms including Hacker...
The Lab · 2026-04-02 16:57:10 · TechCrunch
A massive data exposure at money transfer app Duc left thousands of customers' sensitive identity documents, including driver's licenses and passports, accessible to anyone on the open web. The breach stemmed from an improperly secured Amazon-hosted server that required no password for access, exposing reams of persona...
The Network · 2026-04-21 23:23:07 · GitHub Issues
A French government agency responsible for issuing official administrative documents has been breached, with a threat actor now offering to sell the stolen citizen data. France Titres, the agency tasked with managing sensitive administrative documents, disclosed the incident following public claims by a hacker. This pl...
The Vault · 2026-04-22 11:57:35 · The Register
France's National Agency for Secure Documents is investigating a potential data breach after criminal sellers on underground forums claimed to possess records covering up to a third of the country's population. The government has acknowledged what it describes as an "incident," though the full scope of the compromise r...
The Lab · 2026-05-06 16:01:38 · The Register
Public voter registration data, widely available across U.S. states, contains fields that create serious vulnerability when combined with other datasets, according to research presented by Noah M. Kenney, founder of consultancy Digital 520. The core risk lies not in any single dataset, but in the ability to link voter ...