Hackers steal students’ data during breach at education tech giant Instructure

The data breach at education tech giant Instructure includes students’ private data, according to a sample of the allegedly stolen data seen by TechCrunch.

Dental practice software maker fixes bug that exposed patients’ medical records

The security bug is now fixed, but the patient who found it said it was challenging to alert the software company about the issue.

Critical infrastructure giant Itron says it was hacked

The American technology giant provides water and energy monitoring and utility meters to hundreds of millions of homes and businesses.

Vercel says some of its customers’ data was stolen prior to its recent hack

The app and website hosting company has found evidence of a second compromise of customer accounts after expanding its initial investigation following a breach in early April.

Cosmetics giant Rituals confirms data breach of customer membership records

The cosmetics retailer, which counts 41 million customers in its membership data, declined to provide an accurate total number of customers affected.

App host Vercel says it was hacked and customer data stolen

Vercel blamed its breach on an earlier hack at Context AI, which allowed hackers to hijack a Vercel employee’s account to steal customer data.

Fashion retailer Express left customers’ personal data and order details exposed to the internet

Retail giant Express was publicly spilling customer information to the open web. The bug is now fixed after TechCrunch alerted Express, but the company would not say if it plans to notify customers.

Booking.com confirms hackers accessed customers’ data

The travel giant notified customers that their personal data, including names, emails, physical addresses, phone numbers may have been accessed in a security incident.

Hack at Anodot leaves over a dozen breached companies facing extortion

The data breach at Anodot, which affects customers like Rockstar Games, is the latest hack aimed at stealing data from a large number of corporate giants.

Convicted spyware maker Bryan Fleming avoids jail at sentencing

The pcTattletale founder escapes a custodial sentence following the first successful prosecution of a spyware maker in the U.S. for over a decade.