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Account Data Breach: StripChat

Millions of records exposed from an adult cam site

In November 2021, the live sex cams and adult chat website StripChat left several databases exposed and unsecured. In June the following year, over 65 million StripChat records appeared on a...

Posted: October 19, 2022, 3:03 PM

Account Data Breach: SitePoint

Shared data has already been used in attacks

In June 2020, the web development site SitePoint suffered a data breach that exposed over one million customer records. Impacted data included email and IP addresses, names, usernames, bios and...

Posted: October 18, 2022, 4:05 PM

Account Data Breach: ShitExpress

In August 2022, the online feces delivery service ShitExpress suffered a data breach that exposed 24,000 unique email addresses. The addresses spanned invoices, gift cards, promotions and PayPal...

Posted: October 18, 2022, 3:57 PM

National Distance Learning Week 2022 Lunchtime Series

Nov 7-11, 2022: Candid Conversations About Online Learning

According to the latest EDUCAUSE students and technology survey, the number of students who prefer some form of online learning increased more than three times between pre-pandemic and...

Posted: October 14, 2022, 9:59 AM