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Twitter Says 'Spear Phishing' Attack On Employees Led To Massive Breach Involving Elon Musk, Bill Gates
Friday, July 31, 2020 - 3:20am | 345Read More...Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) said Thursday the attackers exploited its employees’ “human vulnerabilities” to conduct the infamous breach on the social media platform earlier this month. What Happened: The attackers used so-called "spear phishing"...
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Report: Capital One Cyberbreach A Result Of High Turnover
Friday, August 16, 2019 - 9:34am | 396Read More...Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF) lost one-third of its employees in its cybersecurity unit in 2018 which may have culminated in the July 2019 data breach, The Wall Street Journal reported. What Happened Capital One's cybersecurity unit suffered high amounts of turnover and may have...
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The Equifax Hack: What We Know
Friday, September 8, 2017 - 9:05am | 512Read More...In the company’s third major cyberattack since 2015, Equifax Inc. (NYSE: EFX) surrendered data on about 143 million consumers between mid-May and late July, according to a Thursday press release. The breach compromised about 209,000 Social Security numbers as well as credit card numbers,...
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Why Verizon Just Found Out About Yahoo's Security Breach This Week
Friday, September 23, 2016 - 3:38pm | 417Read More...There is a real possibility the Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) disclosure regarding the hacking of 500 million users could have severely negative implications for the proposed Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) acquisition of Yahoo. The telecom service provider responded cautiously without...
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How Does Hacking Affect Consumers?
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 11:47am | 424Read More...There has been a lot of media attention over the past year on the impact of cyber attacks on companies such as Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT), The Home Depot Company, Inc. (NYSE: HD), and JPMorgan Chase Co. (NYSE: JPM). Some of the incidents are being blamed on "Russian-speakers,...
