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National Consumer Protection Week: Keeping your personal data safe in a digitally connected world

Webroot

March is a time for leprechauns and four-leaf clovers, and as luck would have it, its also a time to learn how to protect your private data from cybercrime. Each year, the first week of March (March 2-8) is recognized as National Consumer Protection Week (NCPW).

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CafePress faces $500,000 fine for data breach cover up

Malwarebytes

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it took action against online customized merchandise platform CafePress over allegations that it failed to secure consumers’ sensitive personal data and covered up a major breach. CafePress has already settled with seven US states as a result of this data breach.

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Robocall Legal Advocate Leaks Customer Data

Krebs on Security

A California company that helps telemarketing firms avoid getting sued for violating a federal law that seeks to curb robocalls has leaked the phone numbers, email addresses and passwords of all its customers, as well as the mobile phone numbers and other data on people who have hired lawyers to go after telemarketers.

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How Thales and Red Hat Protect Telcos from API Attacks

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Over the past year, the Telecom industry has suffered some massive, high-profile data breaches — all of which happened by exploiting unprotected APIs. These include breaches on major operators such as T-Mobile. What are Telcos particularly vulnerable to API attacks?

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Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Consumers are guarding their privacy more than ever. Any operational downtime or even worse data loss due to a data breach could significantly impact customer loyalty and their highly anticipated holiday season revenues. According to a recent study, the average cost of a retail data breach in 2024 is reported to be $3.48

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Camera tricks: Privacy concerns raised after massive surveillance cam breach

SC Magazine

“I would say that you’re talking about state data breach laws, state and federal laws against unfair and deceptive trade practices, [and] potentially HIPAA liability for health institutions that were relying on a system that was using inadequate security protocols,” Davisson continued. “If

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Holiday Shopping Readiness: How is Retail Data Security Holding Up?

Security Boulevard

Consumers are guarding their privacy more than ever. Any operational downtime or even worse data loss due to a data breach could significantly impact customer loyalty and their highly anticipated holiday season revenues. According to a recent study, the average cost of a retail data breach in 2024 is reported to be $3.48

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