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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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Equifax Blames Flaw In Database Software For Breach; Backlash Mounts From Consumers, Lawmakers

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Equifax, the credit scoring company that suffered a data breach that impacted as many as 143 million Americans, is blaming a vendor software flaw in its online databases. According to Equifax, the impacted information includes names, Social Security numbers, birthdates, addresses and, in some instances, drivers’ license numbers.

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T-Mobile Data Breach Puts Personal Data Of 1M+ Customers At Risk

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The information exposed did not include any financial information, social security numbers or password data. None of your financial data (including credit card information) or social security numbers were involved, and no passwords were compromised,” said the disclosure. . We promptly reported this to authorities.

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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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Return To Sender: Address Data Costs U.S. Businesses Billions

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Databases that contain duplicate records are a reputational problem,” he said. We’ve all received multiple pieces of mail, and to me, that looks like they don’t know how to check their database.”. A Constantly Improving Database . Walker said that’s not only wasteful, but also undercuts consumers' confidence. He said the U.S.

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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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