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GitHub CEO says the majority of developers are now using AI coding tools to improve workflow.

GitHub confirms hackers stole data from 3,800 internal repositories: What we know so far

May 21, 2026 9:10 am

The GitHub data breach comes at a time when hackers are increasingly targeting popular open source projects, including coding extensions.

Vercel confirms data breach linked to third-party AI tool: All you need to know

April 21, 2026 8:55 am

The Vercel data breach points to an emerging trend of hackers targeting third-party AI tools to carry out supply chain attacks.

Rockstar Games confirms data breach tied to third-party service, says ‘no impact’ on players

April 14, 2026 8:41 am

Prominent hacker group ShinyHunters has reportedly claimed responsibility for the data breach, and demanded a digital ransom from Rockstar Games by April 14.

Meta denies Instagram data breach claims, says password reset issue is fixed

January 12, 2026 7:39 pm

The allegedly exposed dataset includes ‘sensitive information’ such as usernames, physical addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and more.

OpenAI API customer details, including user IDs, exposed in Mixpanel data breach

November 28, 2025 8:58 am

OpenAI has said it is in the process of notifying impacted organisations, admins, and users directly about the data breach.

Over 18 lakh users of society management app Adda exposed in alleged data breach: Report

November 27, 2025 5:56 pm

The ‘stolen’ data includes owner IDs as well as users’ first and last names, phone numbers, email addresses, and passwords.

ICAR data breach: Head of institute replaced 3 days before end of term

October 20, 2025 6:14 am

2 Principal Scientists also shunted out after report submitted by probe panel

Hackers steal client data from Kering's Gucci, Balenciaga and McQueen: Report

September 17, 2025 2:44 pm

The hackers, who identified themselves as "Shiny Hunters" to the BBC, claim to have data linked to 7.4 million unique email addresses.

IIT Roorkee data breach: A wake-up call for higher education institutions

August 15, 2025 12:42 pm

All Indian HEIs should take the time to reflect and acknowledge that they can no longer claim to be purely academic institutions creating knowledge — they collect the sensitive personal data of lakhs of individuals including minors, and hence are clearly responsible under the law for creating a digital infrastructure and security system for data protection