Eroding Trust in Facebook
It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks for Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. I won’t rehash all the details, since it’s been covered ad nauseam, but new tremors continue to ripple through the tech giant. We covered last time the intended investigations by European legislators, but now, in the US,… Read More
Consumers look to have their say over data breaches
Major corporate entities will often, after failing to adequately protect countless records of personal information, seek to exonerate themselves as much as possible. While it’s natural to want to avoid penalties, it is nice when their feet are ultimately held to the fire. That’s exactly what US District Judge Lucy Koh did last Friday. Verizon,… Read More
Equifax’s data breach is the gift that keeps on taking
Every time we think we’re out, they pull us back in. Just when we’ve seemingly heard the last of the Equifax story, more damning updates come to light. This time, yet another additional set of people affected by last year’s data breach (2.4 million more) was announced recently, which brings the total number up to… Read More
Monitoring Your Data After a Breach
You might think younger generations would be the least likely to closely monitor their finances, but according to a recent survey from CreditCards.com, this isn’t the case. Checking your credit report and credit score following a data breach is important, and apparently millennials are the most likely generation to do so since the Equifax breach…. Read More
Rules and Rewards in Cybersecurity
This might be somewhat similar to my previous post, or at least cover some of the same ground, but it’s a crucial topic, and one I believe deserves emphasis. First, however, let me just say that with the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang are now in full swing, it is once more the time for viewers… Read More
Prioritizing Consumer Security: A Comparison
GDPR is steadily approaching. It is only a few months now until the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation comes into final effect, and European firms have continued a strong investment in data protection and data loss prevention (DLP). Both have been among top priorities for organizations; according to a Computer Weekly and TechTarget IT Priorities… Read More
To be, or not to be for data responsibility
Only a short time after being roped into a controversial political situation in the US, Norway has become the victim of a massive data breach. In a nation of over 5 million people, 2.9 million have now had their personal and health information stolen by hackers. The healthcare organization pilfered in this scenario, Health South-East… Read More
Social Credit System – Where Will Your Data Rank You?
Among US media, at least, it has long been the prevailing view that Chinese citizens are, on the whole, less demanding when it comes to their personal data online, or critical of its misuse; that there is a greater generosity and leeway afforded than in Western countries. That perception is currently being put to the… Read More
VTech and Equifax still on the hook for breaches
Back in 2015, the electronic toy manufacturer VTech suffered a particularly shameful data breach that exposed personal information for millions of people, including children. Customers who registered for the company’s online Learning Lodge platform or its Kids Connect service had their information—190 GB worth of photos, chat logs, audio files and other tidbits—accessed by a… Read More
What You Need to Know about the Homeland Security Breach
It looks like we couldn’t go a single week in the new year without a significant data breach of a major government agency. Right off the bat, the Department of Homeland Security announced that personal information was compromised for over 240,000 former and current employees, as well as subjects and witnesses involved with investigations of… Read More