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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1 billion personal records exposed in massive new data leak — full names, addresses, phone numbers and more ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Security researchers have discovered a database online with troves of personal data from the US, Canada, Australia and dozens of countries around the world. ]]>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Massive Rainbow Six Siege breach reportedly linked to MongoBleed flaw — everything you need to know ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hackers are leveraging the new MongoBleed flaw to leak memory from exposed MongoDB instances and Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege could be one of the first victims. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 21:30:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Online Security]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ anthony.spadafora@futurenet.com (Anthony Spadafora) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Anthony Spadafora ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/56XygDyfU6vdX7NnCRLSVA-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tea app shuts down messaging following second data breach after government IDs and user selfies exposed online ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Tea app has shut down its messaging service after another database filled with sensitive info has been leaked online. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 16:55:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Online Security]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ amber.bouman@futurenet.com (Amber Bouman) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Amber Bouman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jooLQTGPeDLH8jBwTuAjXe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This free VPN exposed 25 million user records — how to stay safe ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The company behind a popular free VPN app left an 18.5GB database of connection logs accessible to the public online. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2022 05:30:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[VPNs]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ anthony.spadafora@futurenet.com (Anthony Spadafora) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Anthony Spadafora ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GeAHoCs9MipJ9GWSrDGeHV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Earth’s Black Box is built to survive our apocalypse while recording it ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Earth’s Black Box project aims to create an indestructible record of the events that lead up to humanity's demise. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 21 Dec 2021 14:26:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ roland.moore-colyer@futurenet.com (Roland Moore-Colyer) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Roland Moore-Colyer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/35KjY5Q3XJJ4wNxtp44tB3-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 3.2 billion emails and passwords exposed online — what you need to know ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ About 3.2 billion sets of stolen usernames and passwords were put up for grabs in an online hacking forum, but almost all the data is years old. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2021 00:00:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 12:03:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Wagenseil ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2XUSwZL6XJT68HBZm3jybN-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How quickly does an unprotected database get found online? Less than 9 hours ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An unprotected server holding a database of fake personal information was accessed 175 times in 11 days. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 17:20:35 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Online Security]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Wagenseil ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fguuXZoW2KdFRzUqk2SyST-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Huge cache of 1.2 billion personal records found online: What to do ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.tomsguide.com/news/huge-cache-of-12-billion-personal-records-found-online-what-to-do</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An unprotected database containing records on 1.2 billion people was found online, but all the data was already publicly available. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:52:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 20:30:12 +0000</updated>
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