AT&T Suffers Massive Data Breach Affecting 73 Million Customers In another devastating blow to data privacy, telecommunications behemoth AT&T has disclosed a massive breach involving the personal records of over 73 million current and former customers. The compromised data, spanning
This Week in Data Breaches: Equifax Settles for $650 Million Over 2017 Data Breach It’s been a big week in data security and privacy news. This week, Equifax settled with regulators for up to $650 million over the company’s 2017 data breach and there have been new reports on popular web browser extensions that are scraping the data of millions of users.
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This Week in Data Breaches: British Airways Faces $230 Million GDPR Fine From news of the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office slapping British Airways with a $230 million fine for its 2018 data breach to startling new reports of Chinese state surveillance, here we round up the latest in data security and privacy news.
This Week in Data Breaches: 11.9 Million Patients' Data Stolen in Quest Diagnostics Breach From the personal information of 11.9 million Quest Diagnostics patients being stolen to a data breach at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, here we round up the latest in data security and privacy news.
This Week in Data Breaches: 885 Million Financial Documents Exposed by First American From 885 million mortgage documents exposed by First American in a massive data leak to a breach at Stack Overflow, here we round up the latest in data security and privacy news.
This Week in Data Breaches: WhatsApp Spyware Exploit From news of a WhatsApp exploit that allowed attackers to install spyware on users’ phones to Microsoft’s “wormable” malware vulnerability, here we round up the latest in data security and privacy news.
This Week in Data Breaches: Facebook Expecting $5 Billion Fine for Privacy Violations From news of a $5 billion fine looming on the horizon for Facebook to hackers gaining access to Microsoft email accounts, here we round up the latest in data security and privacy news.
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This Week in Data Breaches: Imposter Scams Run Rampant in Lead Up to Tax Day From news of a possible data leak at Toyota to warnings about imposter scams in the run-up to the tax deadline, here we round up the latest in data security and privacy news.
How to Protect Your Identity Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America. In a world of never ending data breaches and leaks, it is more important than ever to take proactive steps toward safeguarding your data and protecting your identity online.
