Articles about data breach

Data linked to professional licenses may be affected by potential Washington state breach

The data of professionals licensed with Washington state may have been compromised, according to the agency that issues such licenses.… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch hit with major breach of source code, security tools, streamer payouts, and more

The Amazon-owned livestreaming network Twitch has confirmed that it’s been hacked, in what one BBC analyst called “the biggest leak… Read More

Data breach exposes 1.6 million Washington state residents who filed unemployment claims in 2020

The Office of the Washington State Auditor is investigating a security incident which has compromised the personal information of more… Read More

Zappos settles major data breach lawsuit with 10% discounts for customers through end of year

Zappos is giving customers who may have been affected by a major 2012 data breach 10 percent discounts on purchases… Read More

Indictment says accused Capital One hacker also used exploited cloud servers for cryptojacking

Updated with Vodafone statement. A federal grand jury indicted Paige Thompson, a former Amazon engineer, on multiple counts of wire… Read More

Capital One hacking suspect Paige Thompson appears in court, ordered to remain in custody

A federal judge in Seattle ordered Paige Thompson, a former Amazon employee accused of hacking Capital One and dozens of… Read More

Premera Blue Cross to pay $10M to 30 states for health data breach

Premera Blue Cross, the Pacific Northwest’s largest health insurance company, agreed to pay $10 million to Washington and 29 other… Read More

Didn’t know you had a Quora account? The latest internet data breach appears to surprise many

If you got an email indicating you were affected by the latest internet data breach and were mystified, you’ve apparently… Read More

Marriott’s Starwood breach: What should you do? That depends on who, and why

It’s easy to focus on the big number associated with the Starwood breach announced by Marriott International on Friday —… Read More

Facebook reveals new details of account breaches, revises login token theft down to 30M people

Facebook is releasing new details of an attack that gave hackers access to tens of millions of individuals’ Facebook accounts.… Read More

Uber to pay Washington state drivers $2.2M in multistate $148M settlement over 2016 data breach

Uber will pay Washington state $5.79 million as part of a massive $148 million settlement reached with attorneys general in… Read More

T-Mobile discloses breach that exposed customer personal information

T-Mobile discovered and shut down a breach that the company says could have exposed some customers’ personal information. UPDATE: T-Mobile breach impacted… Read More

TLDR: Day 2 of Zuckerberg’s testimony, protest at Amazon HQ, Snap Spectacles

[Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More

Washington files first state suit against Uber over massive data breach, seeking millions in penalties

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Uber in King County Superior Court for failing to report a massive… Read More

Personal data of 36,000 Boeing employees put at risk after employee emails info to spouse

In an age where companies and governments are protecting themselves against cyberattacks on a global scale, mundane security risks are easy to overlook.… Read More

Hacker embarrasses US by releasing contact info for 20,000 FBI personnel

A hacker has extracted contact information belonging to 20,000 FBI employees and published via the Internet on Monday, according to… Read More

Costco Photo Center finally back online after security breach forces seven-week outage

Costco is telling customers they can start ordering photos online again, seven weeks after a security breach at a third-party hosting company… Read More