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Marriott now says 5 million unencrypted passport numbers were stolen in Starwood hotel data breach
Starwood’s data breach just got both better and worse at the same time. Marriott, which owns hotel chain giant Starwood, said…
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DiscountMugs.com says four months of customer credit cards stolen by hackers
DiscountMugs.com, a large online custom mug and apparel store, had a four-month long data breach just before the busy Christmas…
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Hacker leaks data on Angela Merkel and hundreds of German lawmakers
A hacker has targeted and released private data on German chancellor Angela Merkel and other senior German lawmakers and officials.…
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Credit card stealing malware on Canada’s 1-800-FLOWERS website went undetected for four years
It’s going to take more than a bunch of posies to make up for this one. The Canadian branch of…
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1-877-KARS4KIDS had a data breach
Bad news: 1-877-KARS4KIDS had a data breach. Worse news: now you’ll have that awful jingle stuck in your head all…
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A flood of fake installers will really update Flash for you – but also install cryptocurrency mining malware
If you think that Flash, the once-popular web plugin, couldn’t die fast enough, even those annoying fake Flash installers riddled…
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Chegg resets 40 million user passwords after data breach
Chegg, a technology giant specializing in textbook rental, has confirmed a data breach affecting some 40 million customers. In a…
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