TransUnion data breach compromises financial information of consumers
TransUnion has confirmed to the Massachusetts Attorney General that it recently suffered a data breach, according to the legal blog JD Supra (via AppleInsider). TransUnion, …
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How to find out if your Gmail or Facebook login was stolen in the recent massive data breach
Not a week goes by, it seems, when we don’t have details of a new data breach, password leak or some comparable computer system intrusion …
If you drive a car from this popular brand, your personal data might’ve been stolen
Another day, another data breach to report from another company whose customers have been put at risk. This time the company is the automaker Volkswagen, …
If you use this popular shopping app, your personal data might’ve been exposed
Internet commerce has exploded over the past year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which confined millions of people around the world to their …
If you use this healthcare provider, your medical records might’ve been stolen in a data breach
One of the bits of news that has been especially frustrating to watch in recent weeks is the spate of ransomware attacks and data breaches …
If you use these banks, your personal data might’ve been stolen in a security breach
Hackers have been out in force this year, especially when it comes to security incidents like data breaches and, increasingly, the opportunity to take advantage …
If you use this popular password manager, all of your passwords may have been stolen
A common refrain among digital security professionals is for users to rely on the services of a strong password manager for their myriad account credentials …
If you use this car insurance company, your personal data might’ve just been stolen
The second-largest auto insurer in the US, the one with the cute little gecko from the TV commercials that you’re all familiar with, has been …
SolarWinds 2.0? Feds investigate hack that could impact thousands of companies
An extremely worrying new data breach has been reported at a San Francisco-based software auditing company that the general public has likely never heard of …
If you use this popular smartphone app, change your password immediately
We’ve got another popular and very commonplace smartphone app to add the list of apps and services that have either been hacked or suffered a …
If you use this dating app, a big hack might’ve just exposed your private data
Today is a day of the week that ends in –y, so that means another data breach has been reported with clockwork-like regularity. This time, …
A huge trove of credit card records and Social Security numbers just got hacked
Not a week goes by anymore, it seems like, when we don’t have multiple hacks to report on, as well as a fresh data breach …
This is some of the worst news that a bank customer can get after a hack
Earlier this month, the Michigan-based bank Flagstar disclosed that a security incident had occurred, following the hack by a group of ransomware attackers who exploited …
If you use this app, your private data might have been exposed in a big data breach
Reports have begun circulating that Zee5, an on-demand Internet streaming service based in India, that’s available almost everywhere globally except the US, may have suffered …
These are the most common ways hackers will attack your computer
Cybersecurity company Proofpoint is out with a new report analyzing the various techniques that are used by hackers to conduct data breaches, intrusions, and a …
If you live in this state, your personal data might’ve been leaked in a huge security breach
California’s state DMV has warned that more than a year’s worth of information about residents may have been compromised in a third-party data breach. An …
Do this right now to keep all your passwords safe
Just because your account credentials may have been caught up in a data breach, doesn’t mean you automatically have to suffer the effects of cyber …
If you use this software on an older Windows PC, read this immediately
The FBI has issued an alert highlighting some of the security issues found after investigating the recent Oldsmar water hack in Florida. As part of …
Stop what you’re doing and check here to see if your email credentials have been stolen
Data breaches and hacks are a fact of life and often unavoidable for Internet users, since your passwords and email addresses are so often handled …
Your email and password were probably posted online in the mother of all data leaks
Hackers recently posted more than 3 billion user credentials online as part of a massive data breach compilation of emails and passwords. Read on for …
3.2B email and password pairs were just leaked in the mother of all data breaches
More than 3 billion user credentials were just posted online as part of a data breach compilation that’s mind-boggling in its scale. This collection of …
Altogether, more than 1 billion people had their data compromised in 2018
From credit card skimming to technology bugs to massive outright hacks, 2018 was one of if not the worst year on record in terms of …
Quora discloses major breach that affects 100 million users
You can’t exactly get a sense of the severity of the data breach that Quora disclosed late Monday, which came in the form of a …
