All posts tagged "data breach"
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CyberSecurity
Ransomware Hits Maine Sewage Treatment Plants, Sounding The Alarm About Dangerous CyberSecurity Risks At America’s Many Small Critical Infrastructure Providers
August 16, 2021Two recent ransomware attacks successfully breached computers at wastewater management plants in the US State of...
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CyberSecurity
The Only Thing Surprising About The Crippling Ransomware Attack On A Major US Fuel Pipeline Is That Anyone Is Surprised That The Attack Succeeded
May 12, 2021Colonial Pipeline, which operates a 5,500-mile system that transports nearly 45% of the fuel consumed on...
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CyberSecurity
We Must Condemn, Not Celebrate, The Download of Parler’s Data: Hacker Vigilantism May Even Help Criminals More Than Law Enforcement
January 19, 2021Last week, shortly before Amazon took the Parler social network offline by terminating the latter’s hosting...
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CyberSecurity
Uber’s Former Chief Security Officer (CSO) Charged With Crimes For Allegedly Trying To Cover Up Data Breach
August 25, 2020A criminal complaint filed last Thursday in federal court charges Uber’s former Chief Security Officer (CSO),...
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CyberSecurity
Avoid security breaches: How to protect your data
April 2, 2020Data security breaches at major corporations seem to be perpetually in the news. The hacks range...
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CyberSecurity
Marriott Reveals Yet Another Data Breach
March 31, 2020Marriott announced today that it suffered another significant data breach, but, unlike the one that it...
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CyberSecurity
You Cannot Reset Your Fingerprints: Major Breach In Security System Used By Banks And Police Underscores A Severe Problem With Biometric Authentication
August 15, 2019The fingerprints of over 1 million people, as well facial recognition information, unencrypted passwords, and other...
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CyberSecurity
30 Years Ago Today The New York Post Shockingly Published A Stolen Exam Answer Key On Its Cover, Unknowingly Awakening An Interest In Information Security Just As The Internet Era Was To Begin
June 20, 2019Thirty years ago today, the New York Post made a dramatic move in an effort to...
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CyberSecurity
Deja-Vu: Check Your Venmo Settings Right Now Unless You Want Everyone To See How You Spend Your Money
June 18, 2019If, like millions of other people, you use Venmo, the PayPal-owned online payment system that sports...
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CryptoCurrency / BlockChain / ICO
Marriott Data Breach Compromised 500 Million Starwood Guest Accounts
November 30, 2018Marriott, one of world’s largest hotel conglomerates, said today that the guest reservation system of Starwood...
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