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Image Credits:Tibrina Hobson / Getty Images Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai DoorDash disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of an unspecified number of users, which included names, email addresses, phone numbers, and physical addresses. Despite the fact that hackers stole phone numbers and physical addresses, DoorDash said that “no sensitive information was accessed by the…

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 8:36 AM PST · November 7, 2025 Image Credits:Unsplash The U.S. Congressional Budget Office has confirmed it was hacked.  Caitlin Emma, a spokesperson for CBO, told TechCrunch on Friday that the agency is investigating the breach and “has identified the security incident, has taken immediate action to contain it, and has implemented additional…

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai Zack Whittaker 6:17 AM PDT · October 3, 2025 Image Credits:Ron Miller A notorious predominantly English-speaking hacking group has launched a website to extort its victims, threatening to release about a billion records stolen from companies who store their customers’ data in cloud databases hosted by Salesforce. The loosely organized group, which has…

Amanda Silberling, Zack Whittaker Image Credits:TeaOnHer (modified) TeaOnHer, an app designed for men to share photos and information about women they have supposedly dated, has exposed users’ personal information, including government IDs and selfies, TechCrunch can confirm. The app, which launched on the Apple App Store earlier this week, is a response to another viral…

Coinbase said at least 69,461 customers had personal and financial information stolen during a months-long data breach that it disclosed last week. The crypto giant confirmed the number of affected customers in a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Wednesday, as required by the state’s data breach notification law.  Coinbase’s filing said the breach dates back to…