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The Weekly Hack: Data on tens of millions of Marriott customers and Quora users was stolen

Security experts say that a hack resulting in the passport numbers of 327 million Marriott customers getting stolen would have been worse if their actual, physical passports were stolen. Thanks for yo... read more

The WIRED Guide to Data Breaches

The LinkedIn hack also turned out to be even worse than it first appeared. In 2016 a hacker known as “Peace” started selling account information, particularly email addresses and passwords, from 117 m... read more

After Starwood Data Breach, Marriott And Customers Face Costly Headaches

The question-and-answer website Quora is the latest company to report a data ... many millions of records were stolen. NOGUCHI: At half a billion affected guests, Marriott's breach is one of the large... read more

Target data breach settlement requires security improvements

Target Corp. reached another settlement this week over its 2013 data breach that compromised tens of millions ... from its customers. "Families should be able to shop without worrying that their finan... read more

Xbox 720 Could Get a Lower Priced Set-Top Box Version

The Xbox 360 is no longer just a games console as Microsoft has partnered with many entertainment providers from all over the world that broadcast their content to the tens of millions of Xbox 360 own... read more

Black Hat Handed CIOs Plenty to Think About

WiFi networks were compromised and had all their traffic redirected as users' browsing habits and passwords were stolen. These were just demonstrations ... Creating a process where security is part of ... read more

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Data breaches can be brought about by weak passwords, missing software patches that are exploited or lost or stolen ... lawsuits from customers, state governments and credit card companies, which resu... read more