The second Wednesday in October is one of the most important holidays we have since it impacts every single citizen in the world. National Stop Bullying Day is not only an awareness campaign about a crucial global issue, it is also one that impacts young and old, rich and poor, every race and nationality. There […]
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On September 26, 2019, a DoorDash data breach was announced by the popular food delivery app, leading to hackers accessing the company’s data system. Approximately 4.9 million customers, restaurants and delivery workers had their personal information exposed, including their driver’s license numbers, names and addresses and bank and credit card information. Users who joined after
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A new Venmo scam is making the rounds nationally, one that can lead to massive financial losses in your Venmo account. Payment apps are a fairly new invention, especially peer-to-peer apps that are connected to your bank account or a credit card. Unfortunately, what is not new is phishing scams. Fraudsters are reaching out to
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Online clothing reseller, StockX, has admitted that hackers have compromised their customer accounts. StockX, an online platform for reselling high-end shoes and apparel, appears to have suffered a data breach that affected 6.8 million of its customers’ accounts. Forced Password Reset However, that is not the newsworthy part of the story. After discovering suspicious activity
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The recent Choice Hotels data breach contains so many cybersecurity variables that it is difficult to process the entire breach. Three separate problems all came together to expose an estimated 5.6 million records, although the situation is not as dire as it might seem. Problem #1 – An accidental data breach The first issue in
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The latest Poshmark data breach has led to personal identifying information (PII) being exposed for some users of the marketplace concept that lets people buy and sell clothing and beauty items. Thanks to the abundance of websites and apps that let us buy, sell, and trade, it has never been easier to find what we
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The internet is a great tool in many ways, but it is also filled with privacy pitfalls. Overexposed information from data breaches are now the third certainty but background check websites are a legal, affordable and easy way for someone to collect a lot of your personal information. With the right pieces of the puzzle,
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The unsecured Facebook server contained nearly 500 million users’ contact info including a treasure trove of usernames and phone numbers. More than 220 million of them, were found for sale online, leading to a Facebook server leak. How much does it cost to buy access to hundreds of millions of people? Just $1,000. According to
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Thanks to a new settlement valued at $170 million, child privacy on the internet just got a little bit safer. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just announced the largest-ever settlement of a privacy claim against Google’s YouTube for illegally collecting data on children and using it to target young viewers with advertising. This is the
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