data privacy

How to Protect Your Phone from Being Hacked

Hackers are increasingly targeting smartphones. SIM-swapping attacks run rampant. Malware-infused texts and emails have proliferated. Attacks have become more sophisticated and complex. No one is immune. If compromised, your phone presents a treasure trove of data. So, what can you do?

How to Protect Your Privacy Online

Privacy matters. Keeping our digital lives safe from prying eyes is one of the most important and critical issues that we all face in an age defined by a full-frontal assault on our right to privacy and the proliferation of mass surveillance.

The Ultimate Guide to Data Breaches

A comprehensive guide to understanding data breaches, identity theft, and the data economy, so that you are better equipped to understand what information is being exposed and how it is being used against you.

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.

Introducing Bloom Radar: Free Personal Hack Monitoring

Today, we are excited to announce Bloom Radar, free personal data breach monitoring for Bloom iOS app users. Radar monitors data breaches and notifies you if any of your data might be compromised as new breaches occur.

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.

540 Million Facebook Records Found Exposed Online

Researchers on Wednesday reported that they found hundreds of millions of Facebook user records exposed online. In the report, Upguard, a cybersecurity firm, detailed the discovery of a trove of more than 540 million Facebook user records that were publicly accessible on unprotected servers.

This Week in Data Breaches: Hundreds of Millions of Facebook Passwords Stored in Plaintext

From news of a leak that exposed millions of medical records to revelations that Facebook stored hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext, here we round up the latest in data security and privacy news.

This Week in Data Breaches: Equifax Fines, Facebook “Look Up”, and More

From regulators seeking monetary damages from Equifax to Facebook once again invading user privacy, here we round up the latest in data security and privacy news.

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AT&T Suffers Massive Data Breach Affecting 73 Million Customers