Following up on last Wednesday’s story about the massive data leak that appears to have captured the personal data of everyone in the U.S., U.K., and Canada, the situation may be even worse than originally thought. The leak, which was originally estimated to have compromised about 2.7 billion records, and the data itself was hosted […]
If you live in the western hemisphere or the UK, you’re probably not going to like this. Per Bleeping Computer, a massive data leak of some 2.7 billion records may include sensitive personal data for residents of the US, UK, and Canada. The leaked data includes social security numbers, and is said to have come […]
Well, this is a swift kick in the tenders if you’re an AT&T iPhone customer. More than two years after a hack, the wireless company has finally begun resetting passcodes for customers following the intrusion. Most of the compromised passcodes belong to some 65.4 million current and former AT&T customers. However, the company has reset […]
And now the less-than-terrific news. Wireless carrier T-Mobile has confirmed that it suffered a server breach wherein attackers accessed customer data, with the recently-discovered intrusion involving personal data potentially affecting as many as two million users of the major U.S. carrier. The company published a notice to customers on its web site after T-Mobile’s cyber-security […]
Apple just issued a warning as to how phishing emails are getting more realistic. The company last week posted a new support document to its website detailing a few tips designed to help customers distinguish official emails from phishing attempts, the latter of which have become increasingly sophisticated in recent months. The document, entitled “Identify […]