W Social (@wsocial.eu)

This is not a leak. It is public information all our users have given consent when they verified

Updated: Data Breaches Caused by Leaks in 2024

We’re tracking data breaches that are most likely caused by leaked secrets and keeping this page up-to-date.

Robin Berjon (@robin.berjon.com)

*Breaking* just as I'm writing this I hear that someone made a tool for W users to check if they're in the leak: wdonthavetime.tngl.io/wsocial-wned/.

Hackers uncover the most alarming frontend leak in Discord’s age verification data

Exposed age verification code tied to Discord's identity vendor has intensified debate over facial scans, ID uploads, and user trust.

W Social (@wsocial.eu)

As we have communicated. We did the update on Septemebr 17th. Now a question back to you @wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social Who have funded you and what is your connection to other PDS operators? What is your motive to create a site framing public information as a "data-leak" what's your motive?

Researcher reveals evidence of private Instagram profiles leaking photos

A researcher has released detailed evidence showing some Instagram private accounts exposed photo links to unauthenticated visitors. The issue was later fixed, but Meta closed the report as not applicable and did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Leak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ Society

More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.

Facebook Data Privacy Scandal: A Cheat Sheet - TechRepublic

Read about the saga of Facebook's failures in ensuring privacy for user data, including how it relates to Cambridge Analytica, the GDPR, the Brexit campaign, and the 2016 US presidential election.

2021 Facebook leak

In 2021, an internal document leak from Facebook (now Meta Platforms, or Meta) showed it was aware of harmful societal effects from its platforms, yet persisted in prioritizing profit over addressing these harms. The leak, released by whistleblower Frances Haugen, resulted in reporting from The Wall Street Journal in September, as The Facebook Files series from journalist Jeff Horwitz, as well as the Facebook Papers, by a consortium of news outlets the next months.

A Cypherpunk's Manifesto

Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn't want the whole world to know, but a secret matter is something one doesn't want anybody to know. Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world.

How Big Tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll

Environmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.

When Private AI Chats Become Public: Lessons from Grok’s Privacy Spill

Understand the implications of the Grok breach where hundreds of thousands of private chats were leaked to the public.

Leak Shows ICE Planning to Use Facial Recognition Glasses to Identify Targets in Real Time

Newly leaked documents revealed the existence of the government's in-house facial recognition platform, coming soon to an ICE agent near you.

Hack of Age Verification Company Shows Privacy Danger of Social Media

We’ve said it before: online age verification is incompatible with privacy. Companies responsible for storing or processing sensitive documents like drivers’ licenses are likely to encounter data