The company confirmed the breach a day later and published a public disclosure notifying users of the intrusion.
Big-name brands including Mars and Lidl have pulled advertising from video giant YouTube after they were attached to videos of children attracting lurid comments from paedophiles.
As Christmas approaches, British parents are being warned that some cutting-edge children's toys could easily be hijacked by cybercriminals – and urged to take precautions.
Commercial spying apps for Android devices are being openly advertised on Google and – upon installation – can be used to snoop on text messages, phonecalls and Facebook chats.
With the cacophony of deals this holiday season, shoppers need to be extra careful and be wary of the risks when making purchases.
Two rare Gottfried Lindauer paintings were stolen from a gallery in New Zealand in April, one of which is now up for sale on the dark web.
Hackers have begun sending potential Uber users phishing emails, specifically tailored to trick them into divulging account passwords.
Firefox, the internet browser developed and maintained by Mozilla, will have the ability to warn internet users if a website they are viewing has been hacked in the past.
The Megaupload founder took to Twitter to warn that breaking net neutrality would "accelerate" people adopting a "new network".
"We expect this technique to be rehashed, broadened, and repurposed for other cyberattacks," Trend Micro researchers said.
Uber reportedly said that it was still unable to confirm how many British customers' data may have been compromised.
Barclays bank has warned customers about a rise in text-based phishing scams attempting to steal personal details, stressing it will never send out official links via SMS messages.
Austrian police say cyber-thieves transferred bitcoins worth more than €100,000 (£89,000, $117,000) from a man's account while he was logged into a restaurant's public WiFi.
Details were still collected even if a device has been reset to factory default settings, no mobile apps have been installed and there is no SIM card installed in the phone.
The Iranian hacker, Behzad Mesri, who went by the pseudonym "Skote Vashat" or "Mr Smith", reportedly has links to the Iranian military.
Different manufacturers will roll out updates to fix the issue on their own devices which means customers could receive patches at different times, depending on their system.
Tether said it is now attempting to get the stolen funds back and also ensure that the hacker cannot spend the money.
Uber reportedly paid hackers $100k to delete info and keep a hack of 57 million users' data. Of those, 600,000 drivers had their names and license details exposed
Russian hackers are using the dark web to go on luxury holidays that are heavily subsidised by air miles stolen from UK residents.
A hacker group was found targeting Saudi Arabia, UAE, India, Pakistan, US and others in a massive cyber-espionage campaign.
The malware has already targeted Wells Fargo, Chase, Barclays, CitiBank, SunCorp, Raiffeisen Bank, ICICI and Bank Austria among others.
The Lazarus hacker group has designed a malware that poses as the legitimate app – The Bible – that translates the holy book into Korean.
Researchers at Princeton University are concerned about companies using session scripts being vulnerable to targeted hacks and leaking user data.
The US Department of Homeland Security only recently banned the use of Kaspersky's software by federal agencies and departments, citing potential risks to national security.
More than 70 British MPs have pledged support for Lauri Love, an alleged computer hacker currently battling extradition to the US where he faces up to 99 years in prison.
Security experts believe that Pyongyang's hackers could likely be working out of India and other foreign nations to provide the "Kim regime plausible deniability".
European authorities have been warning parents about the dangers of IoT toys that have GPS trackers and can record audio. Germany is the first to ban IoT smartwatches.
Under India's Aadhaar system, every citizen receives a 12-digit number, similar to Social Security Numbers in the US, and has his/her biometric data collected by the government.
From Amaq hacks to Anonymous and Russian troll farms - here are the biggest cybersecurity news stories of the week, as chosen by the IBTimes UK technology desk.
The Pentagon accidentally left exposed three "publicly downloadable" databases, one of which contained nearly 1.8 billion of social media data.
