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It’s Still Easy for Anyone to Become You at Experian

Krebs on Security

Attempts to log in to my account directly at Experian.com also failed; the site said it didn’t recognize my username and/or password. The homepage said I needed to provide a Social Security number and mobile phone number, and that I’d soon receive a link that I should click to verify myself.

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Poloniex forces password reset following a data leak

Security Affairs

The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange is forcing users to reset their passwords following a data leak. . Another bad news for the community of the virtual currencies communities, the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange has forced its users to reset their passwords following a data leak. . This is a real email! Pierluigi Paganini.

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Twitter Fined $150 Million for Misuse of 2FA User Data

SecureWorld News

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) charged Twitter with a $150 million penalty for " deceptively using account security data for targeted advertising.". Twitter, like many other social media websites, asks users to provide their phone number and email address to better protect their account.

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Twitter announces measures to protect accounts of people involved in 2020 Presidential election

Security Affairs

.” The platform will provide recommendations about account security measures that the owners of the accounts have to enable to secure their accounts. One of these measures is the use of strong passwords, the owner of the accounts using weak passwords will be forced to change it.

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Hundreds of Instagram accounts were hijacked in a coordinated attack

Security Affairs

It’s not clear how hackers have hacked the Instagram accounts, there are some cases in which owner s of the accounts explained that they were using two-factor authentication (2FA). Woznicki says Instagram sent him security emails notifying him the email address on his account had been changed (once again, to a.ru