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12/15/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Hackers target 23andMe DNA testing company, gain access to 6.9 MILLION user profiles
DNA testing company 23andMe recently faced a cyber attack that resulted in hackers gaining access to personal information from about 6.9 million account holders using customers’ old passwords. In some cases, the information hackers were able to steal included family trees, birth years and geographic locations, reported 23andMe. After weeks of speculation, 23andMe publicly acknowledged that […]
10/30/2023
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By Zoey Sky
DNA hacking? Hackers targeted users of DNA testing firm 23andMe
Amid recent world events like the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Palestine conflict, a cyber attack at 23andMe, a popular DNA testing firm, earlier in October didn’t make many headlines. The company provides users with a detailed ancestry breakdown based on their DNA. Leaked data suggests that 23andMe’s customers include Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. The data […]
09/21/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Caesars Entertainment pays ransom following cyberattack on casino
Caesars Entertainment recently gave in to the demand of hackers and paid at least half of a $30 million ransom after a cyberattack late this summer. People familiar with the matter revealed that hackers used a social engineering method where one person pretended to be an employee and then contacted the company information technology (IT) […]
06/16/2023
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By JD Heyes
U.S. govt. agencies hit in global ‘cyberattack’ after pro-Russia ‘hacktivist’ group threatens to take down entire European banking system
Several U.S. government agencies fell victim to what was described as a “global cyberattack” on Thursday following a warning from a pro-Russian “hacktivist” organization that it was going to take down the entire European banking system “within 48 hours.” “This is not a DDoS attack, the games are over,” a mysterious figure warned in a […]
05/05/2023
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By JD Heyes
Apple, Google teaming up to better track your movements under the claim of providing you more ‘security’
Tech giants Apple and Google, which track user data incessantly as part of their business models, are teaming up on an app to prevent others from tracking users in an obvious move to corner the user market once and for all. According to the Washington Times, the tech behemoths “are working to develop new alerts of unwanted tracking […]
03/13/2023
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By JD Heyes
U.S. spy chiefs now support ban on China state app TikTok but don’t want to reign in big tech that spies on Americans
During a congressional testimony on Tuesday, the Director of the U.S. National Security Agency, Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, expressed concern over the data collection practices of Chinese-owned video app TikTok and its potential to facilitate wide-ranging influence operations. But he didn’t say anything about the incredible and wide-ranging spy capabilities of big tech giants like […]
02/23/2023
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By JD Heyes
Leading banker says UK soon to introduce ‘super app’ that will combine digital ID, financial data into the ultimate control tool
A top banker says that the United Kingdom is preparing to launch what he described as a “super app” that will combine a person’s digital ID with their financial data in a manner that privacy advocates and libertarians say will be used to control the population. UK Finance chairman Bob Wigley has predicted the development […]
02/03/2023
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By Belle Carter
PayPal to lay off 2,000 employees as part of a larger effort to reduce spending
Payment firm PayPal Holdings Inc. is set to cut seven percent of its workforce, or about 2,000 employees. “While we have made substantial progress in right-sizing our cost structure, and focused our resources on our core strategic priorities, we have more work to do,” the firm’s CEO Dan Schulman said in a statement. The company’s […]
01/30/2023
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By Belle Carter
PayPal hack exposes names, social security numbers of 35,000 customers
Around 35,000 PayPal user accounts had been hacked using a method called “credential stuffing,” resulting in exposed names and Social Security numbers. The attack involved automatically injecting login credentials that were found during previous data breaches. The California-based payment platform sent a notice on the website of Maine’s Office of the Attorney General. It also sent a letter, […]
01/17/2023
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By Ethan Huff
The world is “just years away” from a Quantum Apocalypse, experts warn
In the very near future, according to Chinese researchers, advancements in quantum computing could lead to a “Quantum Apocalypse” that breaks everything from online banking to “secure” government platforms filled with state secrets. An academic paper on the subject warns that the current encryption keeping all of our data “safe” will quickly become vulnerable, and […]
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