Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach related to Ghana’s National Service Secretariate (NSS). The NSS is a government program managing a mandatory year of public service for graduates of certain educational institutions in Ghana. Every year,

vpnMentor's research team recently discovered that Freedom Mobile experienced a huge data breach. Led by hacktivists Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor's researchers discovered a breach which exposes up to 1.5 million active Freedom Mobile users' personal data. Freedom Mobile (formerly Wind

A group of free VPN (virtual private network) apps left their server completely open and accessible, exposing private user data for anyone to see. This lack of basic security measures in an essential part of a cybersecurity product is not just shocking. It also shows a total disregard for standard

Led by Noam Rotem, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach originating from a cloud server belonging to the online appointment company FlexBooker. FlexBooker sells online appointment booking tools that businesses can embed in their websites. This breach is the second time in two

vpnMentor’s research team, led by cybersecurity analyst Noam Rotem, recently uncovered a data breach originating from the Fleek social media app. While it appears Fleek ceased operating in 2019, it failed to secure a huge amount of sensitive data collected from users since it launched in

vpnMentor's research team found a leak in the Fieldwork software database. Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, the heads of our cybersecurity research team, found a leaking database belonging to Fieldwork. Fieldwork offers small business software to manage their operations efficiently. We found a large

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team recently uncovered a potentially massive phishing and credit card fraud operation targeting Facebook users. We discovered the scam via an unsecured database used by the fraudsters to store private data belonging to 100,000s of their

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach belonging to Chinese mobile gaming company EskyFun. The company was using an unsecured server to store vast amounts of data collected from users on its games. Much of this data was incredibly sensitive, and there

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach in the Indonesian government’s eHAC program created to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic spread in the country. eHAC is a ‘test and trace’ app for people entering Indonesia to ensure they’re not carrying the virus

vpnMentor's research team has found a large data breach that may impact millions of individuals in Ecuador. The leaked database includes over 20 million individuals. Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, our team discovered the data breach on an unsecured server located in Miami, Florida. The server

The vpnMentor cybersecurity research team, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, have uncovered a leaking S3 Bucket with over 270k records and greater than 343GB in size on an Amazon server, belonging to Doxzoo. There are potentially over 100,000 users affected by this data leak, with implications not

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team has found a data breach in the email platform used by a South Korean company, DKLOK. DKLOK is an industrial pipe, valve, and fittings manufacturer with clients located across the globe. The vulnerability found in the database of their

The vpnMentor cybersecurity research team, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, have uncovered a leaking, active database with over 123 million records and greater than 9GB in size on an ElasticSearch server, belonging to Decathlon Spain (and possibly Decathlon UK as well). Decathlon Company

Led by Noam Rotem, vpnMentor’s research team discovered a data breach by French consulting firm Bluenove that indirectly exposed thousands of employees and customers from sporting goods giant Decathlon. The data breach appears to originate from a survey undertaken by Bluenove on Decathlon’s

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor's research team discovered a data breach exposing incredibly sensitive images from numerous niche dating and hook up apps. The apps were built for people with alternative lifestyles and particular tastes, such as 'Cougars,' queer dating, fetishes, and

Led by cybersecurity analysts Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor's research team recently found a serious breach in an open Amazon S3 bucket owned by secure cloud storage provider Data Deposit Box. The leak exposed detailed information about 270,000 private files uploaded by customers through

Led by Noam Rotem, a well-known white hat hacker and activist, VPNMentor’s research team discovered a major security breach in Gearbest.  With hundreds of thousands of sales every day, Gearbest is a highly successful Chinese e-commerce company. The site sells a range of electronics and

BBC iPlayer frequently blocks VPNs due to its strong anti-VPN technology. The UK streaming service might flag the server you're on or your cookies are "outing" a previous location. Given that 85% of UK adults use the BBC weekly and spend over 6 hours watching BBC TV and iPlayer (UK Parliament,

Net neutrality often hits the news headlines, so what is net neutrality and how does it affect you? In this article, we’ll explain the ins and outs of net neutrality and why there’s such a big fuss about it. We’ll also explain what you can do to get around unfair restrictions if net neutrality

Intro In an increasingly digital world, where our deepest personal interests and finances are stored on devices, protecting online privacy is more critical than ever. Yet, studies suggest that many internet users still fail to follow best practices. The top two most commonly used passwords are

While we're dedicated to VPNs and online privacy issues, vpnMentor is also your resource for Internet trends and data. As a result, we've scoured the most trusted research sites to present you with the following series of charts. Grouped by general topic, the information below represents the