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09/27/2024
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By Richard Brown
Hezbollah warns people in Lebanon against scanning QR codes from Israeli leaflets
Hezbollah has cautioned people in Lebanon against scanning QR codes found on leaflets dropped by Israeli warplanes in several parts of the country. In a statement, Hezbollah’s media department confirmed that these leaflets had been distributed in the Beqaa Valley in eastern Lebanon. “We strongly advise against opening or sharing any QR codes; they should be […]
09/27/2024
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By Kevin Hughes
Massive DATA LEAK at background check company exposes private information of over 100 million Americans
The private information of almost one-third of the population of the United States has been leaked following a security lapse within a major corporation responsible for conducting background checks. The affected company, MC2 Data, provides background check services. The company collects, organizes and analyzes data from a vast range of public sources, such as criminal records, […]
09/23/2024
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By Ethan Huff
Apple collecting private mental health data from iPhone users
If you use Apple products, be warned that the company’s iPhones are collecting as much personal information about your mental health as possible from the data your device is constantly collecting about you. The iPhone Health app performs mental health assessments that are designed to probe the inner workings of users’ brains. Under the guise […]
09/11/2024
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By Ethan Huff
Therapy logs, video sessions for 1.7 million American mental patients LEAKED to open web after data breach
Austin-based healthcare startup Confidant Health is in the news after an estimated 5.3 terabytes worth of the company’s mental health data was leaked to the open web. More than 1.7 million activity logs including psychological profiles and therapy sessions for thousands of patients, including “telehealth” audio and video files, were included in the leak, as […]
08/21/2024
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By Laura Harris
Hackers steal over a million Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information from National Public Data
Background check service National Public Data (NPD) has confirmed that hackers breached its systems and leaked Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information of over a million people. Earlier in August, Christopher Hoffman filed a lawsuit against Jerico Pictures Inc., the company that operates the NPD service, on behalf of the others affected. In the lawsuit, Hoffman […]
08/19/2024
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By Laura Harris
Ransomware gang claims responsibility for recent hacking incident against conservative newspaper The Washington Times
A newly identified ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for hacking conservative media outlet The Washington Times and is now threatening to auction off the stolen data. The group, known as Rhysida, is notorious for its “ransomware as a service” operations, a process by which the group leases its malware to cybercriminals and receives a share of […]
08/16/2024
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By Arsenio Toledo
FBI opens investigation after suspicious claim that Iranian hackers targeted Trump campaign
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has opened an investigation into reports that alleged Iranian or Tehran-linked hackers may have targeted the campaign of former President Donald Trump. Trump’s campaign reported that it has received a cyber threat assessment report from Microsoft. The report notes that a cyber group dubbed “Mint Sandstorm” hacked one of the […]
07/31/2024
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By Richard Brown
Hackers leak sensitive information from one of U.S. government’s largest IT service providers
Hackers have leaked internal documents from Leidos Holdings Inc., exposing sensitive information from one of the largest IT services providers to the U.S. government. Leidos, based in Virginia and a key contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense, is believed to have originated from a previously reported compromise of a Diligent Corp. system used by […]
07/24/2024
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By Kevin Hughes
Hackers stole “nearly all” records of customer calls, texts from AT&T
An enormous amount of customer data has been stolen from telecommunication company AT&T for the second time this year. AT&T disclosed in a regulatory filing on Friday, July 12, that the most recent batch of customer data includes “records of customer call and text interactions” that happened “between approximately May 1 and October 31, 2022, as well […]
07/18/2024
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By Cassie B.
Your private financial records are not safe with the IRS or any government agency, Trump tax leak reveals
All Americans know that giving out your social security number is a big security risk, and most of us would like to think that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and other agencies that use this number protect it and other personal information at all costs. However, the man who leaked former president Donald Trump’s tax […]
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