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US officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack
Officials from the FBI and CISA said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.
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Delta sues CrowdStrike after widespread IT outage that caused thousands of cancellations
Delta is seeking damages for its losses from the July IT incident, as well as litigation costs and punitive damages.
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China targeted phones of Trump, Vance and Harris campaign affiliates, sources say
A broad Chinese hacking campaign against U.S. telecommunication networks targeted the phones of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, two sources familiar with the matter say. Another source told NBC News that people affiliated with the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris were also targeted.
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Chinese hack of telecommunications companies under investigation, NSA chief says
The director of the National Security Agency said Sunday that a Chinese hack of three major telecommunications firms is under investigation but that it remains “premature” to discuss the case.
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Why you should freeze your child's credit, and how to do it
One in 43 kids will have their personal information exposed, according to Javelin.
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2.9 billion records may have been exposed in a data breach. Here's what to know
The data first appeared on April 8, when hacking group USDoD posted a database on “Breached,” a dark web forum, and claimed to have 2.9 billion rows of unencrypted records.
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FBI says it is investigating after Trump campaign said sensitive documents were hacked by Iran
The FBI released a brief statement Monday that read, “We can confirm the FBI is investigating this matter.” The campaign provided no specific evidence of Iran’s involvement.
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Why you should avoid the use of one-time passwords sent by text
One-time passwords have become a common method to restore consumer access to apps, but they are vulnerable to hacks.
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CrowdStrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
CrowdStrike has blamed a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers. It set off last week’s global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers. CrowdStrike also outlined measures it would take to prevent the problem from repeating, including staggering...
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Malicious actors trying to exploit global tech outage for their own gain
As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain.
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How to protect yourself after a data breach
As our reliance on technology increases, data breaches revealing sensitive information are becoming more common.
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AT&T, FBI release statements after ‘nearly all' AT&T customers' cell, text records stolen by hackers
The investigation revealed that compromised data included phone and text message records of “nearly all” AT&T customers from May 1, 2022 to Oct. 31, 2022, as well as Jan. 2, 2023.
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Was your data part of a breach? Here's what to do
If your information was leaked as part of a data breach, here are a few easy ways to protect your sensitive details.
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Phone, text records from ‘nearly all' AT&T customers were hacked. Here's what to know
If you have an AT&T account, chances are you were impacted by the security breach. Here’s what to know.
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AT&T says hackers stole records of nearly all cell and landline customers' calls and texts
A security breach in 2022 compromised the data of nearly all of AT&T’s cellular customers, customers of mobile virtual network operators using AT&T’s wireless network, as well as its landline customers interacted with those cellular numbers.
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Car dealerships in North America revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks on software provider
Car dealerships in North America continue to wrestle with major disruptions that started last week with cyberattacks on a software company used widely in the auto retail sales sector.