Security
A security breach at Capital One Financial, one of the nation's largest issuers of credit cards, compromised the personal information of about 106 million people, and in some cases the hacker obtained Social Security and ...
Jul 30, 2019
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Business
British airline EasyJet on Tuesday said it had suffered a "sophisticated" cyber attack, uncovering names and travel details of about nine million customers, amid raised concerns over coronavirus-fuelled Internet hacking.
May 19, 2020
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Business
Amazon is offering $10 in store credit to anyone who hands over their palm prints for use at the company's register-free brick and mortar stores—a move that may make check-out quicker and more convenient for customers, ...
Aug 9, 2021
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Internet
The U.S. has the largest number of surveillance cameras per person in the world. Cameras are omnipresent on city streets and in hotels, restaurants, malls and offices. They're also used to screen passengers for the Transportation ...
Jul 25, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Millions of Australians have had their privacy breached in recent cyber attacks against Optus, Medibank and other companies.
Nov 3, 2022
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Security
News recently that a malware attack at Detroit-based Wolverine Solutions Group, which handles mailing and other services for hundreds of health care companies, potentially exposed the personal information of hundreds of thousands ...
Mar 14, 2019
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Internet
When a person is notified of a data breach involving their personal information, if they react with a feeling of fear—as opposed to anger—they're more likely to stop using the site.
Jun 22, 2023
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Business
A bipartisan group of US senators has sent letters to major digital ad exchanges, including Google and Twitter, asking whether user data was sold to foreign entities who could use it for blackmail or other malicious ends.
Apr 3, 2021
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Security
The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a data breach that affected its 850 locations along the East Coast.
Dec 20, 2019
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Security
A cybercriminal was holding for ransom an Australian health insurer's customer data including diagnoses and treatments, in the nation's second major privacy breach in a month, officials said on Thursday.
Oct 20, 2022
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