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Articles Tagged with ''personally identifiable information (PII)''

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Healthcare top infrastructure target for cyberattacks

Security Staff
October 2, 2023

According to the recent KnowBe4 report, healthcare is the top infrastructure topic for ransomware attacks with an increase in cyberattack frequency.


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FTC warns against online tracking technology for healthcare providers

Security Staff
July 28, 2023

Hospitals and telehealth providers have been warned by the FTC and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) regarding online tracking technology.


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51% of users admit to resetting forgotten passwords once a month

Security Staff
March 27, 2023

Research highlights current shifts in identity management including passwordless authentication and personally identifiable information ownership.


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Legislation introduced to protect personally identifiable health data

Security Staff
March 7, 2023

The UPHOLD Privacy Act was introduced to the Senate to prevent companies from profiting off of identifiable health data for advertising purposes. 


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IC3 issues warning on deepfake use in remote work applications

Madeline Lauver
June 29, 2022

The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has warned about fraudulent job applications using deepfakes and stolen PII to attempt to earn IT and software development roles.


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Secrets in code make passwords vulnerable to hackers

Security Staff
June 2, 2022

The “Secrets Insights Across the Software Supply Chain'' report from Apiiro discovered vulnerable personally identifiable information (PII) and passwords stored in private and public repositories.


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Facebook breach exposes 533 million users

April 6, 2021

The personal data and phone numbers of hundreds of millions of Facebook users were posted for free in a hacking forum over the weekend. The data includes personal information of 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including more than 32 million records on users in the U.S. 11 million on users in the U.K., and 6 million on users in India. 


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GoDaddy Confirms Data Breach - 28,000 Customers Affected

May 6, 2020
GoDaddy, one of the world’s largest domain registrar and a web hosting company that provides services to roughly 19 million customers around the world, has confirmed a data breach.
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Outsourcing Data: Don't Take a Fairytale Approach

Adult Live-Streaming Website Leaks 10.88 Billion Records

May 5, 2020
SafetyDetective's security research team, led by Anurag Sen, has discovered a significant data leak stretching into 10 billion records at adult live-streaming website CAM4.com, belonging to Irish company Granity Entertainment.
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Data Breach Report: Kinomap, Exercise App, Exposes 42 Million User Records

April 23, 2020
Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team recently discovered a data breach belonging to the exercise technology company Kinomap. In total, the database was leaking more than 42 million records, affecting people all over the world.
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