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 […]
Netflix has begun cracking down on the password sharing that you’ve come to know and love. The company has begun enforcing the crackdown in Canada, New Zealand, Portugal, and Spain. In its quarterly earnings report on Wednesday, Netflix revealed that it would expand its paid password sharing system to the United States within the next […]
It kind of happened again. Over the weekend, it was revealed that a huge data breach occurred at Facebook, the leak compromising various email addresses, phone numbers, full names, and dates of birth for more than 500 million accounts. Per security firm, Hudson Rock, the breach occurred in January 2020, as noted here: In early […]
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Per Jason Gurwin of The Streamable, Netflix has begun cracking down on instances wherein the service detects that you’re using another user’s password. The company offered the following statement: “This test is designed to help ensure that people using Netflix accounts are authorized to do so.” It […]