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16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself

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Close Home Tech Security 16 billion passwords leaked across Apple, Google, more: What to know and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? PT Moor Studio/Getty With so much news about data breaches, you have to be careful not to panic each time you hear of a new one.

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Heard about the 16 billion passwords leak? Here are the facts and how to protect yourself

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Here are the facts and how to protect yourself Wondering if your information is posted online from a data breach? PT Moor Studio/Getty With so much news about data breaches, you have to be careful not to panic each time you hear of a new one.   Think you've been involved in a data breach?

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Uber agrees to pay $148 million in massive 2016 data breach settlement

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Uber agrees to $148 million settlement with US States and the District of Columbia over the massive 2016 data breach that exposed personal data of 57 million of its users. The hackers tried to blackmail Uber and demanded $100,000 from the company in exchange for avoiding publish the stolen data. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Experian, T-Mobile Pay Up in Multimillion-Dollar Data Breach Settlements

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Massachusetts Attorney General announced settlements across multiple states for damages from Experian's 2012 and 2015 breaches that violated consumer protection and notification laws.

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Cybersecurity Report: June 29, 2015

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US to Raise Breach of Government Records at Talks with China. This Monday, The United States began the annual security talks with China and an official said that the US government representative would raise directly the major data breach at OPM during the discussion. Follow the SiteLock blog for the latest cybersecurity news.

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It’s a Holiday Security Breach Blowout

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It’s a heartwarming tale of multiple mass data compromises, which affected yours truly. We’ll also discuss how major data breaches occur, and what you can do to protect yourself in the Age of the Large Data Breach. How Website Security Breaches Occur. Last week was special.

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NIST Plans To Examine Internet of Things (IoT) For Its Cybersecurity Framework

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In 2015, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued guidance encouraging certain best practices in the IoT sector. NIST is accepting public comment on the new draft guidance through July 7, 2017. NIST’s focus on the IoT sector also comes as the IoT sector is coming under greater regulatory scrutiny in the US.

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