A massive lapse of security at National Public Data has resulted in the theft of a wide array of personal data — including social security numbers — for almost every American. You can't rewind time to prevent the theft, but there are ways to check if you've been exposed.
If you thought last week that just about every piece of personal data about you was stolen last week was bad, wait until you hear about how the passwords for the holding company were stolen too.
A recent data breach exposed sensitive information including social security numbers for billions of people globally, potentially leading to a significant increase in identity theft and cybercrimes. Here's what you need to know, and what you should do about it.
In a significant cybersecurity incident, Trello, the popular project management tool, was at the center of a data breach in January.
Terabytes of data sourced from Apple's TestFlight have been leaked online, with the data trove holding thousands of builds of iOS apps and games dated from 2012 to 2015.
Just five months into the year, T-Mobile disclosed its second data breach, but thankfully only affected a small number of customers.
A hacker breached Western Digital and stole data, and in response, the company has shut down a wide swathe of its services which is preventing users from accessing their My Cloud files.
T-mobile has suffered another data breach after a malicious party obtained "limited types of information" on user accounts.
LastPass has claimed that it would take millions of years to crack a user's master password, but a rival company claims that the process won't take nearly that long, and could be done for a mere $100.
LastPass informs users that the August data breach gave hackers access to users' names, addresses, and encrypted password data vaults.
TransUnion has sent letters to consumers alerting them to a recent data breach that compromised a wide array of their personal and financial information.
Storage and moving firm U-Haul says that while a hacker stole drivers' license numbers from its database, it insists no credit card details were stolen.
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