Data Protection & Privacy

04
Apr
Student Loan Servicer Leak Exposes 2.5M Records, Amplifies Fraud Risk

Student Loan Servicer Leak Exposes 2.5M Records, Amplifies Fraud Risk

Collection BriefData BreachesTHREATPOST.COM Student Loan Servicer Leak Exposes 2.5M Records, Amplifies Fraud Risk Why it mattersLarge‑scale personal
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02
Apr
Student Loan Platform Breach Exposes 2.5M Records via Misconfigurations

Student Loan Platform Breach Exposes 2.5M Records via Misconfigurations

A student loan processing service was compromised, resulting in the public release of personal and financial data for roughly 2.
1 min read
01
Apr
Misconfigured Cloud Buckets Leak Enterprise Data, Researchers Alert Provider

Misconfigured Cloud Buckets Leak Enterprise Data, Researchers Alert Provider

A top cloud services provider recently disclosed that several object storage buckets were left publicly accessible due to configuration errors.
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31
Mar
Public S3 Bucket Leaks 2 Billion Records—Defenders Must Secure Cloud Storage

Public S3 Bucket Leaks 2 Billion Records—Defenders Must Secure Cloud Storage

An Amazon Web Services S3 bucket was mistakenly configured to allow public write access, turning it into an open data
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31
Mar
EU Enforces AI Security Rules: New Compliance Framework Takes Effect

EU Enforces AI Security Rules: New Compliance Framework Takes Effect

The European Commission has officially adopted a sweeping AI security regulation that obliges any high‑risk artificial intelligence system offered
1 min read
26
Mar

EU Tightens AI Act: Mandatory Audits, Transparency Boost, Heavier Fines

The European Commission has issued amendments to the AI Act that raise the security bar for high‑risk AI systems.
25
Mar
Student Loan Servicer Breach Exposes 2.5M Records via Unpatched Web Portal Flaw

Student Loan Servicer Breach Exposes 2.5M Records via Unpatched Web Portal Flaw

A major student loan servicer suffered a data breach after attackers leveraged a known vulnerability in its public‑facing web
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24
Mar
Atomic Display Switching Tool Exposes Supply‑Chain Screen‑Capture Threat

Atomic Display Switching Tool Exposes Supply‑Chain Screen‑Capture Threat

A GitHub repository hosting “Atomic Display Switching,” a command‑line utility for managing multi‑monitor setups, was flagged after security
1 min read
24
Mar
Student Loan Servicer’s Open Cloud Bucket Leaks 2.5M Borrower Records

Student Loan Servicer’s Open Cloud Bucket Leaks 2.5M Borrower Records

A publicly accessible cloud storage bucket belonging to a major student loan servicer was discovered exposing personal and financial data
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23
Mar
Public Cloud Bucket Leak Exposes 2.5 M Student Loan Records

Public Cloud Bucket Leak Exposes 2.5 M Student Loan Records

A leading student loan servicing platform inadvertently left an Amazon S3 bucket publicly accessible, allowing anyone on the internet to
1 min read