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Women #Dating Safety App 'Tea' #Breached , Users' IDs Posted to #4chan

Users from 4chan claim to have discovered an exposed database hosted on Google’s mobile app development platform, #Firebase , belonging to the newly popular women’s dating safety app #Tea. Users say they are rifling through peoples’ personal data & selfies uploaded to the app, and then posting that data online, according to screenshots, 4chan posts, and code reviewed by 404 Media.
#privacy #security

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404 Media · Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan“DRIVERS LICENSES AND FACE PICS! GET THE FUCK IN HERE BEFORE THEY SHUT IT DOWN!” the thread read before being deleted.

Via #LLRX - @psuPete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 15, 2025. llrx.com/2025/06/pete-recommen
Four highlights from this week: Protect Yourself #Online; Study: #OpenAI Has Been #Breached More Than 1000 Times; #Feds warn: Hang up on #phone #scammers pretending to be #borderpatrol agents; and #Cybercriminals Are Hiding #Malicious #Web Traffic in Plain Sight. #cybercrime #cybersecurity #breaches #internet #malicious

#Flock Decides Not to Use #Hacked Data in #PeopleSearch Tool

The #surveillance company Flock told employees at an all-hands meeting Friday that its new #people #search product, Nova, will not include hacked data from the dark web. The announcement comes a little over a week after 404 Media broke the news about internal tension at the company about plans to use #breached data, including from a 2021 #ParkMobile data break.
#privacy #darkweb #breach

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404 Media · Flock Decides Not to Use Hacked Data in People Search ToolThe move comes after internal pressure and 404 Media’s reporting.

Mysterious Database of 184 Million Records Exposes Vast Array of #Login #Credentials | WIRED

A trove of #breached data, which has now been taken down, includes user logins for platforms including #Apple , #Google , and #Meta. Among the exposed accounts are ones linked to dozens of governments.
#security #privacy

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WIRED · Mysterious Database of 184 Million Records Exposes Vast Array of Login CredentialsBy Matt Burgess

The #Signal Clone the #Trump Admin Uses Was #Hacked

A #hacker has #breached and stolen customer data from #TeleMessage , an obscure #Israeli company that sells modified versions of Signal and other messaging apps to the U.S. government to archive messages …The data stolen by the #hacker contains the contents of some direct messages and group #chats sent using its Signal clone, as well as modified versions of #WhatsApp , #Telegram , and #WeChat.
#privacy #security

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404 Media · The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was HackedTeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.

There's always drama with the Breached/BreachForums saga. Here's some of what has been going on in the past few weeks after BreachForums[.]st went offline without any explanation:

"SCAM" is a four-letter word: BreachForums edition: databreaches.net/2025/05/02/sc

#cybercrime #forum #hacking #Breached #BreachForums #scam #ShinyHunters #Anastasia #Momondo

@campuscodi @euroinfosec @zackwhittaker @lawrenceabrams

US #Treasury #Threat #Intelligence #Analysis Designates #DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff’s access to federal #payments #systems “the single greatest insider threat #risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service #BFS has ever faced. This may not have the impact it deserves - Almost all US payments are made using a system that has been #breached #hacked #cybercrime #nationalsecurity #natsec #IT #networks #software wired.com/story/treasury-bfs-d

WIRED · A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’By Vittoria Elliott

Latest #cybercrime victim US Treasury Dept, disclosed #Chinese state-sponsored hackers had #breached its #network via 3rd party provider, accessing some unclassified documents. While details of the #hack remain scant, #cybersecurity experts say it confirms what US intelligence officials warned earlier this year, that China is the “most active and persistent #yber threat to US government, private-sector and critical infrastructure networks.” #cybersecurity #china #intel bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Bloomberg · China Hack: US Treasury Latest Victim of Alleged State-Sponsored AttackBy Jake Bleiberg

European govt air-gapped systems breached using custom #malware

"An APT hacking group known as GoldenJackal has successfully #breached #AirGapped government systems in Europe using two custom toolsets to steal sensitive data, like emails, encryption keys, images, archives, and documents."
#KRITIS
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BleepingComputer · European govt air-gapped systems breached using custom malwareBy Bill Toulas