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DNA testing company fined after customer data theft

Malwarebytes

What happened in the 2021 breach When DDC acquired Orchid Cellmark, a British company also in the DNA testing industry, as part of its business expansion in 2012, the company didn't know that it also inherited legacy databases that kept personally identifiable information (PII) in plain text form.

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Happy 10th anniversary & Kali's story.so far

Kali Linux

Longer history lesson Knoppix - Initial two weeks work Whoppix (White-Hat and knOPPIX) came about as the founder, @Muts, was doing an in-person air-gap network penetration test lasting for two weeks in 2004. In information security (infosec) there is the need to be on the latest version. A fresh start in March 2013.

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