Security company McAfee discovered 15 SpyLoan apps that target developing markets and had received eight million downloads, on Google Play. The apps, which promised fast loans, were used by cyber criminals to gather personal data then blackmail or harass the borrower to make repayments. All the apps have been removed following the investigation.
These were the badly handled data breaches of 2024
TechCrunch has summarized major data breaches from 2021. Key examples include: genetic testing giant 23andMe losing data for close to 7 million customers and blaming
