The leak, which apparently has yet to be plugged, exposes a range of very specific data about users

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“Sounds bad”, the former Equifax CIO wrote in a text after learning of the breach that ended up affecting almost half the US population

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With partner abuse increasingly going digital, we took an in-depth look this week at what needs to be done to stop the scourge of stalkerware

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The new feature is intended to protect the kind of data that you hold particularly dear

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A few days apart, two cities in Florida cave in to extortionists’ demands in hopes of restoring access to municipal computer systems

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What technology makers and others can – and should – do to counter the kind of surveillance that starts at home

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The infiltration was only spotted and stopped after the hackers roamed the network undetected for almost a year

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ESET researchers throw light on an unusual cryptocurrency miner and on Android apps that can get around 2FA protections

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Why smaller businesses cannot afford to ignore how they gather, store and protect data

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The story of a Linux miner bundled with pirated copies of VST (Virtual Studio Technology) software for Windows and macOS

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