As much or more than hacked data, scammers also rely on people to reveal sensitive information about themselves. One common tactic is to pose as your bank, employer, phone company or other service provider with whom you’ve done business and then try to hook yo...
Bleeping Computer reports that the hacked data involves 2.7 billion records, with individuals having multiple records in the database. In other words, one individual could have separate records for each address where they've lived, which means the number of impacted people may be far lower than ...
Billions of records of personal information, including Social Security numbers, has been exposed. What to do? (Image: DALL-E 3) Question:Right now what worries me most is the info on the news about all accounts being hacked in the USA. I do keep an eye on my bank ...
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SEE ALSO: Bad news for literally anyone with a credit card: there's a good chance you just got hacked Equifax is asking its customers to visit a special website (equifaxsecurity2017.com) it set up to determine whether you might have been affected by the cyberattack. Of course, that we...
Finding out who was hacked Afree toolfrom the cybersecurity company Pentester found that other personal data purportedly exposed by the breach, including Social Security numbers, were on the dark web. National Public Data said on its website that it will notify indiv...
The symmetry problem is simple to comprehend: You are supposed to create unique passwords for different websites, as each can be hacked. When one is hacked, it should not impact your login credentials for the others. Yet, you are expected to give the same SSN to every place that asks for...
Hacked for journalism A 2014 investigative article on social engineering still provides one of the best illustrations of how attackers can obtain extensive information on their victims and employ it in attacks. Telegraph journalist Sophie Curtis agreed to let ethical hacker John Yeo attempt to execute...
Don't click that link! New phishing emails could be very hard to spot True or false: That email you got from the Social Security Administration is a phishing scam We all know the risks that come with surfing the internet. Spoofed websites, malicious links andmalware are more prevalent than...
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