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Massive Data Breaches: The Truth You Might Not Know About
The headlines are frightening: Massive Data Breach! Billions of Records Stolen! Millions of personal identities at Risk! It seems that every month brings another data breach and another mad rush to protect our data fortunes against nefarious intruders. Data breaches on the scale of Equifax, Yahoo, the IRS and others are a serious concern, but […]
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Why Small Businesses Need to Learn from High-Profile Data Breaches
In a recent report, McAfee declared 2014 "the year of the breach," and it’s easy to see why. Several high-profile companies and corporations have suffered crippling data breaches since January, from more than 50 million people at Home Depot to 70 million plus at JPMorgan. Meanwhile, Staples, PF Chang’s, Goodwill and a slew of other […]
Data Breach
What is a Data Breach? A data breach, also known as a data spill or data leak, refers to an incident that involves the unauthorized or illegal viewing, access, or retrieval of data by a threat actor – a term used to describe an entity capable of potentially attacking an organization’s digital infrastructure or network. […]
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AT&T Breach: Big Corps Keep Losing Our Personal Data - What Can We Do?
Four months after a security breach impacted millions of AT&T customers, the company confirmed that a new attacker has stolen”‘nearly all” of its customers’ data. AT&T’s website security incident post and disclosure to regulators reveal that the stolen data included phone call and text message records of nearly all of AT&T’s cellular customers from May […]
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'Mother of All Breaches': Everything You Need to Know about 26B Records Data Leak
Users of popular services — including Twitter, Dropbox, LinkedIn, Adobe, Canva, and Telegram — have been shocked by the discovery this week of a “super beach” of 26 billion records of user info. The breach, which has quickly become known as the “Mother of All Breaches” (MOAB), includes 12 terabytes of leaked user data from […]
Gambling
How Big Data Is Reshaping Our iGaming Experiences
As one of the highest revenue-generating sectors within the global gambling market, the iGaming industry has undoubtedly evolved beyond all expectations, with big data credited for driving its continued expansion. Able to tap into a colossal amount of individual player datasets, big data has given iGaming operators free rein to develop hyper-personalized and engaging casino […]
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Cyberattacks Are the New Healthcare Epidemic — Medical Data at Risk
As yet another healthcare cybersecurity attack hits the U.S., Techopedia speaks to experts about the steps hospitals and medical centers must take. We have seen large-scale medical attacks already in 2005, including an attack on New York-based blood centers, which disrupted supply at 400 hospitals. But it is not just large institutions at risk — […]
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Hacker Claims ‘20 Million ChatGPT Logins’ Breached — But Is It Real?
A single post on a hackers’ forum has put OpenAI into investigation mode. Going by the pseudonym “EmirKing,” a hacker claimed on Breach Forums that he was selling 20 million login credentials from ChatGPT users. Black hat hacker platform Breach Forums is heavily used by cybercriminals to share resources, recruit operators, and sell malware. The […]
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AI Training Data Has Run Out: Where Do We Go From Here?
Back in 2023, just one year after ChatGPT was released, researchers warned that the world could run out of high-quality data to train AI by 2025. In the years that followed, many studies echoed similar concerns. Fast forward to February 2025, and the issue has resurfaced. Elon Musk himself jumped into the conversation and agreed […]
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Top 10 Cybersecurity Threats 2025: How to Protect Your Data
Cybersecurity threats are getting more advanced, and 2025 is expected to bring new challenges for businesses. From ransomware to AI-powered cyberattacks and insider threats, companies face serious risks that can expose sensitive data and cause major disruptions. Hackers are using smarter tools and finding new ways to target businesses. In this article, we will look […]
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