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Connor Hays

Writing on data privacy and security, banking and finance, credit and debt.

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Connor Hays
This Week in Data Breaches: The Great Twitter Hack

This Week in Data Breaches: The Great Twitter Hack

The crypto scam turned out to be part of a massive coordinated hack affecting dozens of major Twitter accounts with millions of followers, the largest security breach in the company’s history.

  • Connor Hays Connor Hays
Jul 21, 2020
This Week in Data Breaches: Two Cryptocurrency Exchanges Hit by Data Breaches

This Week in Data Breaches: Two Cryptocurrency Exchanges Hit by Data Breaches

A round-up of the latest data breaches, leaks, and privacy intrusions. This week: Honda operations halted in the wake of a major ransomware attack and a pair of cryptocurrency exchange data breaches.

  • Connor Hays Connor Hays
Jun 12, 2020
This Week in Data Breaches: Data of 9 Million People Stolen in EasyJet Data Breach

This Week in Data Breaches: Data of 9 Million People Stolen in EasyJet Data Breach

A round-up of the latest data breaches, leaks, and privacy intrusions. This week: data of millions of EasyJet customers stolen in a massive data breach, billions of Thai internet records leaked online, and unemployment insurance fraud surges in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Connor Hays Connor Hays
May 27, 2020
This Week in Data Breaches: 28,000 Hosting Accounts Compromised in GoDaddy Data Breach

This Week in Data Breaches: 28,000 Hosting Accounts Compromised in GoDaddy Data Breach

A round-up of the latest data breaches, leaks, and privacy intrusions. This week: 28,000 accounts compromised in GoDaddy data breach, 10.88 billion records exposed in a leak at an adult cam site, and a third data breach at Chegg.

  • Connor Hays Connor Hays
May 8, 2020
This Week in Data Breaches: Personal Information of Emergency Loan Applicants Exposed in SBA Data Leak

This Week in Data Breaches: Personal Information of Emergency Loan Applicants Exposed in SBA Data Leak

A round-up of the latest data breaches, leaks, and privacy intrusions. This week: thousands exposed in SBA data leak, 2.5 million credit cards compromised in a massive leak at a payment startup, and a sophisticated phishing attack on oil producers amid the global oil shock.

  • Connor Hays Connor Hays
Apr 24, 2020
Bloom Co-Founder Jesse Leimgruber on Nasdaq TV

Bloom Co-Founder Jesse Leimgruber on Nasdaq TV

Bloom co-founder Jesse Leimgruber recently sat down with Monica Malpass of Nasdaq Marketsite to talk about how Bloom is empowering consumers to take control of their data.

  • Connor Hays Connor Hays
Apr 23, 2020
Say Hello to  Free Credit Monitoring and Smart Identity

Say Hello to Free Credit Monitoring and Smart Identity

Today, we are very excited to announce free credit monitoring and smart identity on iOS and Android! Bloom 2 brings free credit monitoring, data breach monitoring, and enhanced smart identity features to nearly 1 million Bloom users.

  • Connor Hays Connor Hays
Apr 14, 2020
How to Take Control of Your Credit

How to Take Control of Your Credit

A beginner’s guide to understanding and improving your credit score. What is a good credit score. What factors affect your credit score. How you can improve your credit score.

  • Connor Hays Connor Hays
Apr 9, 2020
This Week in Data Breaches: Marriott Hit by Second Major Data Breach

This Week in Data Breaches: Marriott Hit by Second Major Data Breach

This Week in Data Breaches: Marriott hit by major data breach for the second time in under two years, Zoom vulnerabilities could give attackers access to users’ microphones and webcams, and a data breach at Princess Cruises.

  • Connor Hays Connor Hays
Apr 3, 2020
Helping Fight COVID-19 with Verifiable Immunity Credentials

Helping Fight COVID-19 with Verifiable Immunity Credentials

As the global coronavirus pandemic has exploded, mass lockdowns and quarantines have fundamentally altered our lives. Bloom is working to develop a Verifiable Immunity Credential so that people who have recovered from the virus can safely return to work.

  • Connor Hays Connor Hays
Apr 2, 2020
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