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VIDEO: Protecting yourself from high-tech car theft
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (256+ words) VIDEO: Protecting yourself from high-tech car theft'kiro7.com Save more, spend less & avoid ripoffs Inside look at law enforcement & true crime Your one-stop shop for delicious dishes Documentaries that enlighten & entertain In-depth reporting & trending stories VIDEO: Protecting yourself from high-tech…...
Petco data breach affected customers’ names, Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (189+ words) Petco has said that customers" personal information has been disclosed in a data breach. When the company first announced the security issue last week, it just said that personal information was affected, but on Friday, a legal filing disclosed that…...
What caused AWS outage?
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (310+ words) After a day of glitches and frustrations, officials know what caused the massive Amazon Web Services outage on Monday. Monday's computer problems were the third time in five years that the AWS US-EAST-1 system went down, impacting global business, Reuters…...
Man who pleaded guilty to hacking PowerSchool sentenced
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (129+ words) The man who hacked into an education software platform has been sentenced for his crime. Matthew Lane had pleaded guilty in June to hacking PowerSchool and taking the data, which belonged to millions of students and teachers, to extort the…...
Discord says third-party customer service system breached, 70K users’ government IDs exposed
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (197+ words) Discord has informed users that a data breach occurred at a third-party vendor that has resulted in the exposure of about 70,000 users" government identifications. Discord said that its system was not breached, but instead was at a vendor it uses…...
Secret Service dismantled hidden telecom network before start of UN General Assembly
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (167+ words) The U.S. Secret Service said it neutralized a potential threat in the New York area that could have affected communications in the region. The telecommunication network could have affected cell towers, jammed 911 centers and overwhelmed networks, all while 150 of the world's…...
Facebook privacy settlement payments to be issued soon; how much of the $725M will you get?
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (307+ words) Millions of Facebook users will soon be getting their share of the $725 million settlement over privacy issues. The lawsuits came after the Cambridge Analytica scandal that gave the marketing firm access to Facebook users, targeting them for the 2016 presidential election....
Pierce County Library accused of negligence in massive cyberattack, court filings show
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (357+ words) Two separate class-action lawsuits have been filed in Pierce County Superior Court after a massive data breach at the Pierce County Library System exposed the personal information of more than 335,000 Washington residents. According to court filings, hackers gained unauthorized access…...
Rabbits with tentacle-like warts seen in Colorado
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (210+ words) FORT COLLINS, Colo. " Rabbits that look like something out of a nightmare are being seen in Colorado. Bunnies with what appear to be tentacles growing from their faces are hopping around Fort Collins, KUSA reported. Despite what it looks like,…...
Pacer, the federal court file system, hacked
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (240+ words) Hackers attacked Public Access to Court Electronic Records, also known as Pacer, the online court file system used by the federal government. Politico said the hackers exposed court data in several states and may have leaked confidential informants" identities who…...