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Inside the DemandScience by Pure Incubation Data Breach

Troy Hunt

Additionally, the threat actor with… pic.twitter.com/tqsyb8plPG — HackManac (@H4ckManac) February 28, 2024 When Jason found his email address and other info in this corpus, he had the same question so many others do when their data turns up in a place they've never heard of before - how? And the "why" part?

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The State of Data Breaches

Troy Hunt

I've been harbouring some thoughts about the state of data breaches over recent months, and I feel they've finally manifested themselves into a cohesive enough story to write down. Data Breach Victims are Making it Worse I'm talking about class actions.

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The Data Breach "Personal Stash" Ecosystem

Troy Hunt

That's the analogy I often use to describe the data breach "personal stash" ecosystem, but with one key difference: if you trade a baseball card then you no longer have the original card, but if you trade a data breach which is merely a digital file, it replicates.

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When Efforts to Contain a Data Breach Backfire

Krebs on Security

There was no reason to believe Holistic-K1ller had fabricated their breach claim. This identity has been highly active on Breached and its predecessor RaidForums for more than two years, mostly selling databases from hacked Mexican entities. That same month, they also sold data on 1.4

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How Website Localization Strengthens Cybersecurity in Global Markets

SecureWorld News

Notably, 2024 was unprecedentedly precarious with the second largest in history National Public Data breach and the biggest healthcare data breach to date with the massive attack on Change Healthcare. Religious and cultural taboos should be taken into account to prevent alienation of your audiences in the new market.

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Data Breach Misattribution, Acxiom & Live Ramp

Troy Hunt

This is a story about a massive corpus of data circulating widely within the hacking community and misattributed to a legitimate organisation. That organisation is Acxiom , and their business hinges on providing their customers with data on their customers. Welcome to my world. This made massive news headlines until.   U.S.

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An Interview With the Target & Home Depot Hacker

Krebs on Security

But not long after KrebsOnSecurity reported in April that Shefel/Rescator also was behind the theft of Social Security and tax information from a majority of South Carolina residents in 2012, Mr. Shefel began contacting this author with the pretense of setting the record straight on his alleged criminal hacking activities. Image: U.S.

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