data security
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 […]
10/23/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
Sen. Durbin proposes bill to reduce credit card swipe fees – critics warn bill would increase credit card fraud
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois has once again filed a bill in the Senate that could limit the ability of banks and credit unions to implement anti-fraud technologies to protect users of credit cards. The Credit Card Competition (CCA) Act of 2023 claims to want to lower interchange fees. Also known as “swipe fees,” […]
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) […]
07/04/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Digital prepping: How to survive in a world dominated by AI
Isaac Asimoc, a writer well-known for his works of science fiction, penned the “Three Laws of Robotics” in 1972. Asimov wrote these “laws” while thinking about androids, and he imagined a world where human-like robots would have human masters and need a set of programming rules to prevent them from causing harm. But 51 years after […]
05/17/2023
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By Laura Harris
Starbucks teams up with Amazon to launch BIOMETRIC payment system in certain locations
Coffee shop chain Starbucks has teamed up with tech giant Amazon to launch a biometric payment system in select locations. The system will utilize the Amazon One system that allows payments through palm scanning. According to Reclaim the Net, the program will be launched in selected Starbucks stores in the city of Edmonds in Washington […]
03/16/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
2 Hackers charged with illegally accessing federal law enforcement database
Two men in the United States have been charged with hacking a federal law enforcement data portal. Those charged are 25-year-old Nicholas Ceraolo of New York and 19-year-old Sagar Steven Singh of Rhode Island. Officials claim they are part of an online hacking collective known as “ViLE.” Ceraolo and Singh are being accused of breaking […]
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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