Tag Archive for: data

Data breach exposes millions to phishing scams – Las Vegas Review Journal

Online inboxes nationwide are expected to face a wave of phishing attacks and extra spam after a data breach at a marketing company exposed the names and email addresses of millions of clients of high-profile banks and retailers, reports said Monday …
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Exclusive: Snafus forced Twitter data center move: sources (Alexei Oreskovic/Reuters)

Alexei Oreskovic / Reuters:
Exclusive: Snafus forced Twitter data center move: sources  —  (Reuters) – An ambitious plan to prevent “Fail Whales,” the cartoon icon that greets frustrated Twitter users during network outages, has turned into a fail whale of its own.  —  A new, custom-built facility in Utah meant …

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Play.com phishing risk after data breach – MacWorld UK

Online retailer Play.com customers could be at risk of receiving phishing emails after a data breach at a partner marketing company leaked names and email addresses. In an email that started going out to its entire customer base on Monday, Play.com the …
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SecurID Firm Suffers Data Security Breach – CNBC

The RSA Security division of EMC said Thursday that it had suffered a sophisticated data breach, potentially compromising computer security products widely used by corporations and governments. RSA, which is based in Bedford, Mass., posted an urgent …
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