Alon gal
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Alon Gal is an Israeli cybersecurity expert and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and chief technology officer of Hudson Rock,[1] a cybercrime intelligence company.[2][3][4]
Data breaches[edit | edit source]
One of Gal's contributions to the industry was to uncover a massive data breach that affected over 533 million Facebook users.[3] The breach included users' phone numbers, email addresses, birthdays, and other personal information. Gal was the first to report the breach, which ultimately led to a $276 million fine for Facebook from the Irish Data Protection Commissioner for violating General Data Protection Regulation laws.[5]
In addition to the Facebook breach, Gal also played a role in uncovering a 2023 data breach that affected over 200 million Twitter users. The breach involved user information, including email addresses, usernames, and other personal information.[2]
Gal's work has also led to the uncovering of other significant data breaches, including a T-Mobile breach that exposed the personal information of 40 million customers.[6]
For a period of time between 2019 and 2021, Gal operated a pseudo-anonymous Twitter account and a Medium (website) blog called "Under The Breach", the account gained popularity for the uncovering of several additional data breaches such as the 91 million Indonesian Tokopedia users data leak,[7] the 337,000 Maltese voters database leak which resulted in a 65,000 euro fine,[8] and the 20 million BigBasket users data leak.[9]
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External links[edit | edit source]
- Official website
- Under The Breach
- Alon Gal at LinkedIn.
- Alon Gal's interview at PureVPN.