Facebook Offers to Pay Users for Sharing Information
Facebook invited lots of criticism earlier this year for having paid users in the 13 to 35 age group for permission to install a...
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Flipboard Database Hacked — Users’ Account Information Exposed
Flipboard, a popular social sharing and news aggregator service used by over 150 million people, has disclosed that its databases containing account information of...
Georgia Supreme Court Rules that State Has No Obligation to Protect Personal Information
Almost exactly one year after the stringent European General Data Protection Regulation came into effect (May 25, 2019), the Supreme Court of the state...
Instagram Influencer’s Account Information Exposed
The life of Instagram Influencers goes public. An exposed database seems to have been added to the information available about them. According to a...
Information Services Giant Wolters Kluwer Hit by Malware Attack
Global information services giant Wolters Kluwer has taken many of its applications and platforms offline after discovering malware on its systems. The Netherlands-based company...
How Crossword Puzzles Can Improve Your Information Security Posture
This may come as a surprise to people who know me, but I’ve recently developed a love for crossword puzzles. Aside from challenging our...
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Unprotected Database Stored Information on 80 Million U.S. Households
Researchers have stumbled upon an unprotected database storing information on the individuals living in roughly 80 million households in the United States. Noam Rotem...
Data breach at University Of Alaska exposes personal information of students online
A Data breach incident at the University of Alaska has compromised the personal information of students and other individuals. The university allegedly faced online...
Data breach at University Of Alaska exposes personal information of students online
A Data breach incident at the University of Alaska has compromised the personal information of students and other individuals. The university allegedly faced online...
Three out of five IT workers share sensitive information by email
Bosses should be worried about their employee behaviour around sensitive documents according to a recent report. With the high volume of data that IT...