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Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach

Security Affairs

The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a 2023 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 million individuals. million individuals.

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Congressional Report on the 2017 Equifax Data Breach

Schneier on Security

The US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has just released a comprehensive report on the 2017 Equifax hack. Here is my testimony before before the House Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection last November. Lance Spitzner also commented on this.

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

Security Affairs

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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Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach

Security Affairs

The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a 2023 data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 3.5 million individuals. million individuals.

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Tips for Choosing a Pentesting Company

The Hacker News

In today's world of automated hacking systems, frequent data breaches and consumer protection regulations such as GDPR and PCI DSS, penetration testing is now an essential security requirement for organisations of all sizes. But what should you look for when choosing the right provider?

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

Zero Day

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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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

GDPR, the EU’s flagship data privacy and “right to be forgotten” regulation, has made the stakes of a data breach higher than ever. Health data and patient data in the U.S. Financial Data Protection Laws. In the U.S., Compliance Comes Down to Risk Management.