A family tracking app was leaking real-time location data - TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/23/family-tracking-location-leak/

was leaking the real-time locations of more than 238,000 users for weeks

Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years — Krebs on Security

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2019/03/facebook-stored-hundreds-of-millions-of-user-passwords-in-plain-text-for-years/

employees built applications that logged unencrypted password data for Facebook users and stored it in plain text on internal company servers.

Sparkesykkel-appen VOI lagret persondata om nordmenn åpent på nettet

https://nrkbeta.no/2019/03/19/sparkesykkel-appen-voi-lagret-persondata-om-nordmenn-apent-pa-nettet/

2.7 million patient calls to Swedish healthcare hotline left unprotected online

https://thenextweb.com/eu/2019/02/18/2-7-million-patient-calls-to-swedish-healthcare-hotline-left-unprotected-online/

170,000 hours of incredibly sensitive calls were stored on an open web server without any encryption or authentication, leaving personal information completely exposed for anyone with a web browser.

Ring let employees watch customer videos, claim reports - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/10/18177305/ring-employees-unencrypted-customer-video-amazon

Smart doorbell company Ring allowed employees to share unencrypted customer videos with each other

North Korea defector hack: Personal data of almost 1,000 leaked - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46698646

a computer at a South Korean resettlement centre was hacked

Analysts say there are some concerns that the leak could endanger the families of the defectors that still remain in North Korea.

NASA discovered a data breach in October involving employee info, including Social Security numbers; scope of breach and number of impacted employees unclear

https://www.zdnet.com/article/nasa-discloses-data-breach/

Facebook bug exposed up to 6.8M users’ unposted photos – TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/14/facebook-photo-bug/

The bug allowed apps users had approved to pull their timeline photos to also receive their Facebook Stories, Marketplace photos, and most worryingly, photos they’d uploaded to Facebook but never shared.

World’s Biggest Data Breaches & Hacks — Information is Beautiful

https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/worlds-biggest-data-breaches-hacks/

Google will shut down Google+ four months early after second data leak - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/10/18134541/google-plus-privacy-api-data-leak-developers

the new vulnerability impacted 52.5 million users, who could have had profile information like their name, email address, occupation, and age exposed […] even if their account was set to private.