What do you need to know about protecting your private data, in the event that YOUR telecom services are compromised?
Author: Alex Alper
Fresh out of the box, your phone probably had the provider’s preferred web browser; an application to Map your way around; somewhere to send messages and even backup data! What do you do with all these default programs?
In early February, a Reddit employee fell for a phishing scam. That led to a data breach exposed the administrators’ side of Reddit’s database.
Recently, an investigation into suspicious activity on GoDaddy servers uncovered a massive data breach that’s been ongoing since at least 2020.
Recently, Community Health Systems experienced a data breach that affected the private information of one million patients.
This is the latest in a string of supply chain attacks targeting businesses.
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The Wroba.o malware was already discovered in France, the U.S. and Japan in just the last quarter of 2022.
Many companies use third-party services to perform routine operations, including customer support. That naturally opens up a crack for hackers to slither in and try to drill into big databases like Google’s.
In this case, that’s exactly what happened.
The 37M users whose data was stolen included their name, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays and even T-mobile account information.
If you’re new to encryption, this article will teach you everything from common terms and definitions, to how encryption works in practice.