With two-thirds of the most popular websites affected, the Heartbleed Bug remains the biggest threat to identity theft–potentially resulting in more stolen information than the 110 million affected by the Target breach. We say potentially because, as of yet, no one really knows just how much damage has been done. But we’ll show you how
It appears there’s a new superbug in town. No, it’s not ecoli or some new form of [insert animal name here]-flu. In fact, this one has no biological existence, but that doesn’t mean it can’t irreparably damage yours. I’m talking about Heartbleed, the new super virus thwarting popular encryption codes and stealing passwords, credit card
It appears that a subsidiary of Experian–one of the nations Big Three credit reporting bureaus–has suffered a massive data hack, exposing some 200 million social security numbers and other personal information to potential theft. Reuters broke the story recently, pointing out that the blame may lie on just one man, a Vietnamese national now in
Well it appears the US government has been asking the same questions we have “Who’s responsible for these data breaches and who should be held accountable when things go wrong?” And it appears there might be a bill on the way to answer that question. Do you believe you might be the victim of data
By this point most of us are pretty familiar with the hacking situation mega-retailer Target faced at the end of 2013. With upwards of 70 million customer’s credit card information compromised, Target has spent most of 2014 trying to make amends and figure out how this all happened. Well, it appears there may have been
It looks like California’s Department of Motor Vehicle’s is the latest institution to suffer a data breach from hackers. These attacks seem to keep popping up as frequently as new episodes of Saturday Night Live–not that there’s a connection–that we know of! Let’s take a look at this latest digital plundering. Attacks like these prove
Young people are coming out of college strapped with debt and entering a job market of slim pickings. Many of these young people are not finding employment or are forced to return to the kinds of minimum wage jobs they had back in high school. As such, it can be very easy for young people
Written by Alex Bach Data theft has struck again! This time targeting a new and emerging currency instead of our credit cards and dollars. Bitcoin, the all digital currency made popular by Mt. Gox and Silk Road, suffered a devastating blow last month that shows us just how wide and penetrating data theft is right now.
Written by Alex Bach With 2013 being The Year of the Breach, millions of consumers are asking, “What does the future hold for better data security?” “How can we learn from this and better protect ourselves?” Well, it won’t be quick, and it won’t be easy or cheap, but there are some hints as to what
Written by Alex Bach Many could very easily describe 2013 as the Year of the Data Breach–if it weren’t for the fact that 2014 and subsequent years will be chock full of the same. While data breaches have been going on for years, 2013 gave us the earth-shattering vista of how truly vast some of the
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