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BioStar 2 data breach: How IGA failures could not have prevented it from happening

In the “Advice from the Experts” section, vpnMentor recommends implementing proper access rules on databases.

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What every customer should do after a company has a data breach

While you debate how much you still trust this company, and whether or not you want to stay, here are 3 other...

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Report says 80 million American households affected by unknown data breach

vpnMentor says this open database is a threat to everyone included in it. Access to your full name can help hackers calculate...

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Google / Security / Tech

Second data breach causing Google to sunset Google+ sooner

If you've been hanging onto Google+, like some of us have been, there's no better time than the present to move on...

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Marriott announces data breach of Starwood Hotel database of 500 million guests

Marriott was alerted to the data breach on September 8, 2018, from a security tool when hackers attempted to access the database...

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Amazon data breach hits company just days before the Black Friday rush

The data breach has been confirmed by Amazon and involves users email addresses and names.

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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia suffers email data breach exposing patient health information

The hospital identified the first incident August 24, 2018, when an unauthorized user hacked into the hospital's physician email account system a...

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Google / Security / Tech

Google data breach undisclosed, “consumer” Google+ to be shuttered as result

In addition to the privacy breach, Google mentioned low user engagement as reasons for shutting down "consumer" Google+

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Business / Mobile / Tech

T-Mobile had an unauthorized data breach that accessed info from about 2 million customers

A spokesperson from T-Mobile told Motherboard that about 3% of customers were affected.

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Infographic: The United States data breach heatmap

The Equifax case should serve as a reminder that the systems in place are still often vulnerable to cyber attack, failure, and...

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The Reddit data breach: Yet another reminder to invest more resources into cybersecurity

Eliminating bad-actors and data breaches is never going to happen, but you can stay a step ahead of them.

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Timehop app experienced a network data breach on July 4th

The data breach included names, addresses, and phone numbers.

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adidas is the latest company to suffer a data breach affecting millions

For now, the breach is limited to contact info, encrypted passwords, and usernames.

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United Kingdom based Dixons Carphone suffers substantial data breach

Dixons Carphone says that the data breach goes as far back as July 2017 but did not say when they first detected...

Equifax officially revealed the extent of its data breach — and it’s not pretty

Even the earliest stories about this breach, as they broke, were clear that the scope of the incident was vast.

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Orbitz data breach sees 880,000 payment card details stolen

The company says the hackers gained access to the information between October 1st and December 22nd, 2017. The stolen data was information...

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[Infographic] These were some of the biggest data breaches of 2017

145.5 million Americans were put at risk in the most recent Equifax in breach of 2017. The same hack touched over 700,000...

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Forever 21 suffers data breach of its credit card systems

You can contact Forever 21 at 1-855-560-4992 Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. P.S.T.

Imgur posts a notice of data breach that occurred in 2014

It may be a good idea to change your Imgur password today and set it to something unique for your Imgur account.

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Commenting platform Disqus suffers data breach on a 2012 database

Disqus says there is no evidence of unauthorized logins on any of the accounts affected.

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Sonic Drive-In is the latest retailer impacted by a data breach

Krebs on Security says this ongoing breach could be linked to a fire sale of millions of credit and debit card accounts.

Yahoo discloses 2nd data breach, this time it affects 1 billion accounts

Yahoo has just disclosed a 2nd data breach adding to its previous 500 million.

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Yahoo said to announce massive data breach soon

The announcement is expected to be made sometime this week.

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Shapeways alerts customers to data breach

When logging into the site, users are once again prompted to change their password, though if you've logged into the site with...

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The 10 biggest data breaches infographic

Data breaches are becoming common place, and that really is a shame. From LastPass to Vtech and Apple to Blizzard, here are 10...

Experian Data Breach Affects 15m Users Including Some T-Mobile Customers

The data breach reports just keep rolling in, it feels like a weekly thing lately more than a monthly thing. This time...

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CVS Online Photo Shut Down After Data Breach

CVS’s online photo service has been shut down due to a possible data breach the company said on Friday. The company said...

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