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Your data was probably stolen in cyberattack in 2018

Those customers may ... breach also hit 500 million accounts. Just days after Marriott’s announcement, question-and-answer website Quora said a security breach compromised the data of as many as 100 m... read more

Uber’s $148 Million Settlement Is Costliest Data Breach Payout Ever

Uber now has the ignominious distinction of paying out the most expensive data breach settlement ever after covering up a massive hack. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi ... information of more than 25 million of ... read more

Marriott Says 25M Passport Numbers Stolen in Recent Breach

(TNS) — Passport numbers of more than 25 million guests at the Starwood chain of hotels were stolen by hackers in November, Marriott ... data breach at Yahoo affected its 3 billion users, exposing nam... read more

2018 saw a billion people’s data compromised

Because Uber brushed it under the carpet and failed to notify its customers (and the 3.7 million drivers whose trip summaries, weekly ... The biggest data breach of the year (if not ever) exposed the ... read more

Target data breach settlement requires security improvements

customers' information, and this one will require the retailer to make more than just a million ... the data it collects from its customers. "Families should be able to shop without worrying that thei... read more

Charged With a Crime? Better Check Your Facebook Pictures

Earlier this year, the realms of law and new media collided when Lori Drew was hit with federal charges for creating a fake MySpace page and harassing a neighboring teenager, who then committed suicid... read more

Top 14 viral videos of 2011: Royal weddings, zombies and muppets top list

The trailer generated 8 million views on Youtube, and tens of thousands of likes on Axis Animation’s Facebook page. This Volkswagen ad originally aired during the February 2011 Super Bowl broadcast, f... read more

Stories for January 2015

FreedomPop is offering unlimited voice, text and data through 10 million Wi-Fi hotspots across the country for a fraction of what mobile carriers charge for similar contracts. Skechers USA Inc. announ... read more

Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (June 2012)

Please lead with the location of the position and include the keywords INTERN, REMOTE, or H1B if the corresponding sort of candidate is welcome. Feel free to post any job that may interest HN readers ... read more

Hacker pleads guilty to orchestrating Heartland credit card heist

A Miami-based hacker plead guilty this week for his role in orchestrating a series of massive data security ... firms of tens of millions of credit and debit cards. Albert Gonzalez, 28, plead guilty i... read more