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What Are the Risks of a Data Breach?

Identity IQ

What Are the Risks of a Data Breach? IdentityIQ In a society dominated by digital interconnectedness, the risks associated with data breaches loom over individuals, businesses, and society at large. The ramifications extend past financial losses due to personal, corporate, and regulatory privacy being at risk.

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When Accounts are "Hacked" Due to Poor Passwords, Victims Must Share the Blame

Troy Hunt

It's just another day on the internet when the news is full of headlines about accounts being hacked. This is when hackers try usernames and password combos leaked in data breaches at other companies, hoping that some users might have reused usernames and passwords across services. Without doubt, blame lies with them.

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A bug in the Walgreens mobile app leaked customers’ messages

Security Affairs

Pharmacy store chain Walgreens has disclosed a data breach that impacted some customers of its mobile application. Pharmacy store chain Walgreens has disclosed a data breach that impacted some customers of its mobile application. ” reads the data breach notification letter sent to the users.

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No, Spotify Wasn't Hacked

Troy Hunt

Here's a perfect example of what I'm talking about, this one eventually triggering an email to me just last week: Let's imagine you're the first person on the list; you get a notification from HIBP, you check out the paste and see your Hotmail account listed there alongside your Spotify password and the plan you're subscribed to.

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Black Friday and Cyber Weekend: Navigating the Tumultuous Waters of Retail Cybersecurity

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Data breaches in the retail sector illustrate the vulnerabilities inherent to this industry, emphasizing the need for robust cybersecurity measures. This finding not only underscores the vulnerability of the retail sector but also accentuates the financial repercussions of such breaches. Governments: Look to global benchmarks.

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Top of Mind Security Insights from In-Person Interactions

Cisco Security

Insider cyber-attacks are among the fastest growing threats in the modern security network, an increasingly common cause of data breaches. Using their authorized access, employees are intentionally or inadvertently causing harm by stealing, exposing, or destroying sensitive company data. Everyone is an insider .

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The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach

Troy Hunt

Many people will land on this page after learning that their email address has appeared in a data breach I've called "Collection #1". It's made up of many different individual data breaches from literally thousands of different sources. Collection #1 is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows.