What Is Identity Theft? Identity theft is something that can happen to anyone. With an increase in identity theft these days, anybody is at risk. Hackers steal your information from a website you use when your password is weak. Sometimes they will hack a whole database of users, and the company must release a statement…
Getting Rid of Digital Baggage Deleting something and starting fresh is something generally discouraged by social media and tech giants. Itâs hard enough to throw away physical junk, but itâs even harder to throw away years of digital data that just sits around. If you canât bear to delete it, then you should at the…
Data Leaks Continue to Increase Identity Fraud Data is valuable to hold, but often easily stolen When large corporations leak your data, they donât actually lose anything until theyâre either sued or the government steps in. Most cyber criminals take a copy of the data and leave everything behind intact. Copying documents is far less…
Canadian Doxxer Dumps Personal Data of ~3 Million People All it takes is one employee to unload a massive data breach. Such was the case in Canada, where a disgruntled employee working at Desjardins Group unloaded the personal files of 2.7 million people and about 173,000 businesses. For whatever reason he was angry at the…
Phishing for Personal Info Same scam, different techniques Somethings never get old and stealing information is one of those things. Phishing is commonly done through email, but times have changed so much since the first iteration of the World Wide Web. Weâre practically on a whole new playing field, with new rules and gadgets. Itâs…
Transparency for Who? Consumers seem to be transparent as big organizations become opaque Transparency seems to be the new buzzword for governments and corporations alike. But whoâs really becoming more transparent at the end of the day? Are they⊠or are we? Privacy is continually being eroded at legal levels all around the world. Governments…
Australia Says Goodbye to Privacy In a quiet storm, Australiaâs government has taken away privacy rights The Australian government has new founded spying powers, but can it protect the data it obtains? This question doesnât only apply to Australia â if you take a look at America and other countries that have whittled away privacy…
Be Wary of Old Documents and Old âFriendsâ The harder you are to find, the safer you are Deleting something and starting fresh is something generally discouraged by social media and tech giants. Itâs hard enough to throw away physical junk, but itâs even harder to throw away years of digital data that just sits…
Patient Info is Often Leaked by Hospitals Worldwide Hospitals are cash farms in America, but the IT department doesnât seem to get the funding it needs to keep patients and staff secure. It doesnât take a brain surgeon to understand that when a network is insecure, everyone is at risk. It seems quite strange that…
99% Authentic Sophisticated scammers donât play around Youâre buying a house. Youâre about to wire over the down payment after receiving the email from your real estate agent and lawyer. Everything looks real, the contract in the email is the same as the one in your hand, and the details match 99%. But when you…