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Twitter data breach hack has gotten worse. The stolen private information of 5.4 million users leaked in an online forum.

The Irish Data Protection Commission has imposed a $276 million fine on Meta over its handling of sensitive user data. In the aftermath of the latest announcements, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram will have to pay fines of over $1 billion to the European regulators. Ireland’s privacy watchdog also said that this marks the end of their inquiry which started in April this year after details of over 500 million users were leaked and published online.

When first listed, the seller demanded $30,000 for the data - but now, it's being shared on hacking forums with no fee attached.

Australia is investigating Medibank after a data breach affecting 9.7 million users to see whether regulatory action is needed.

A Twitter data breach last year that exposed nearly 5.4 million phone numbers and email addresses was far worse than initially thought.

Twitter confirmed that a flaw in its system had exposed the data of its users. However, later it stated that it lacked proof that the data was being used for anything else, , twitter, data breach

Southampton County in Virginia has started informing individuals that their personal information might have been compromised in ransomware attack.

Irelands data regulator hit Facebook owner Meta with a 265-million-euro ($275-million) fine after details of more than half a billion users were leaked on a hacking website.

WhatsApp phone numbers of 500 mn users leaked online: Report

San Francisco: WhatsApp phone numbers of around half a billion have been stolen and put on sale on a hacking community forum, according to a report by Cybernews. The stolen data could be sold or used for marketing or phishing. A report by Cybernews stated the stolen dataset allegedly contains WhatsApp users data from  84 countries around the world, including India. It also