Databreach

Verisign employee accidentally compromises personal data of 63,000 colleagues

Verisign, a prominent telecommunications service provider in the US, recently disclosed a significant data breach affecting over 63000 individuals, mostly its employees. The breach, discovered on September 21, 2023, was only detected three months later, on December 12, 2023, and has impacted 82 people from Maine one of the easternmost states in the United States. …

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Password Security Measures ii

It is a known fact that we rely heavily on passwords to secure our online accounts in today’s digital world. However, the use of weak passwords or password reuse across multiple accounts makes us vulnerable to cyberattacks. That is why it is essential to regularly perform password exposure tests (PET) to identify weak or compromised …

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Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

What is PII? The Nation Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST), defines personally identifiable information (PII) as Any information about an individual maintained by an agency, including any information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, such as name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother‘s maiden name, or …

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Ubiquiti says customer data may have been accessed in a data breach

One of the biggest sellers of networking gear Ubiquiti Networks has alerted its customers to a data breach. In a short email sent to customers, the tech company said it became aware of unauthorized access to its systems hosted by a third-party cloud provider. Ubiquiti did not name the cloud company, when the breach happened …

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