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Augmented reality’s peculiar psychological impact
By now, you may have noticed an influx of people of all ages walking around parks and public spaces with their cell phones in hand, wandering in strange circles before swiping a few times…
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Datadog gets bit by hackers
Datadog, Inc. may be a fine Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, but it too needs a guard dog. A recent hack has resulted in a data breach of the Datadog platform, stealing login credentials for users…
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Game controller provider gets played as hacker steals payment data
KontrolFreek, LLC., a provider of video game gear and accessories, may have less control than it had hoped, as a data breach stole the payment card information from multiple customers. Anyone who purchased gaming…
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Triple healthcare hack puts patient data for sale on the darknet
Healthcare is a common target for hackers looking to make a profit off of the personal information of others. After all, hospitals and healthcare organizations store large amounts of data, often including sensitive information…
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Hackers steal and leak US military personnel data
When your job involves defending the nation, you want your computer networks to be just as secure. However, following a data breach of US military personnel info, it seems some hackers have made it…
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New York school district suffers a hack and data breach
Sometimes the important lessons about security are not learned in schools, but by schools. In this week’s course on cyber security, Holley Central School District itself has been schooled, after a cyber attack leaked…
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Millions of voter records leaked on Google
Did you know that there are database records stored on Google? Anyone who wasn’t aware before certainly knows now, as a voter list containing around 154 million records was exposed, thanks to a small…
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Acer data breach loses customer credit cards
Multinational hardware and electronics corporation, Acer Service Corporation, has suffered a data breach that puts a good amount of customer information at risk. An intruder took advantage of a vulnerability in the third-party payment…
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A stolen computer puts Multi-Color employees at risk
Another day, another data breach, as the firm Multi-Color Global Label Solutions suffers a break-in through a third party affiliate. Notably, this breach wasn’t done through hacking or cyber theft, but rather started with…
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Bad catch: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department suffers data breach
A hacker went hunting and caught a big one, as a data breach at the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife (FWD) has resulted in compromised personal information. Anyone who purchased hunting or fishing…