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Data Breaches 101: What They Are And How To Prevent Them

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These commonly breached records include: Personal Information Names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, driver’s license details, passport numbers, patient healthcare records, insurance policy information, financial statements, etc. But some data types see higher breach rates than others.

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Bitcoin Daily: BlockFi Suffered ?Temporary Data Breach?; Celo Milestone Enables Celo Gold Transfers

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BlockFi said it was “able to confirm that no funds, passwords, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, passports, licenses, bank account information, nor similar non-public identification information was exposed as a result of this incident.”. dollars and Ukrainian hryvnias.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ukraine Arrests Hacker In Country?s Largest Theft of Crypto Wallets, Info; Iran Requires Crypto Exchanges To Be Licensed

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The Security Service of Ukraine is reportedly holding a hacker for allegedly selling a database with 773 million email addresses and 21 million unique passwords, CoinDesk reported. The agency claims that it seized phones, computer equipment and cash, with the inclusion of U.S. dollars and Ukrainian hryvnias.

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Hacker Arrested In Capital One Breach Affecting 100M+ 

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Thompson formerly worked for Amazon Web Services, which hosted the Capital One database that was breached. Capital One stressed that credit card account numbers and login credentials were not compromised, while more than 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not impacted.

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Cap One Employees Warned Of Security Issues Pre-Hack

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The alleged hacker, Paige Thompson, was a former employee of Amazon Web Services, which hosted the Capital One database that was breached. “We Capital One stressed that credit card account numbers and login credentials were not compromised, while more than 99 percent of Social Security numbers were not impacted.

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2018 Data Breaches: The List No One Wanted To Make

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For example, Marriott , Facebook and a database marketing firm by the name of Exactis exposed the records of roughly 300 million people. We have investigated the matter thoroughly, addressed the cause and, as a precaution, have implemented additional security measures,” Macy’s said in an emailed statement. Fitness Hacks. Exactis Hack.

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How ALTR Uses Blockchain Tech To Boost Enterprise Security

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“We’ve invented a way to take data, whether it’s from a transactional database or a file system. ALTR, said Sikora, can take the Social Security number out of the database. What we leave in the database is the reference pointer to the first piece of information that lives in the chain,” he told Webster.