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What questions to ask about data breach?
Did you get an email or letter telling you that your data has been breached? With all these data breaches happening to YOU👈 lately, what are the right/good/best questions to ask?
Daniel Masterson, Ai Courtrie Buson & Bard Gee
August 09, 2024
for the week August 4th, 2024, 32nd edition
☝️ TOP STORY
 | Our data is out there already - harvested, publicly available, breached! Just like fireproofing our house before there’s a fire, you need to take precautionary steps to protect your credit and your financial accounts before anything happens to them. See What Now. |
Remember. Washing your hands protects you from a lot of health threats. Having good cyber hygiene also helps safeguard against a lot of cyber threats.
📰 Headline Highlights 📰
Cybersecurity firm warns Android users to watch out for money-draining malware
HACKERS ATTEMPT TO SELL THE PERSONAL DATA OF 3 BILLION PEOPLE RESULTING FROM AN APRIL DATA BREACH
Cybersecurity Researcher Discovers Yet Another Flaw in Georgia’s Voter Cancellation Portal
Intelligence bill would elevate ransomware to a terrorist threat
Illinois governor approves business-friendly overhaul of biometric privacy law
A New Plan to Break the Cycle of Destructive Critical Infrastructure Hacks
Vulnerabilities Exposed Widely Used Solar Power Systems to Hacking, Disruption
Researchers Bypass Microsoft 365 Anti-Phishing Measures By Manipulating First Contact Safety Tip
Nearly 40 French museums reportedly affected by ransomware attack
ADT confirms data breach after customer info leaked on hacking forum
🤷♀️ What now?
The article shares important questions to think about in a society where no one’s data is safe.
What can we do about our data that has been breached? Making sure that (1) our credits are frozen and (2) closely monitoring our accounts while (3) legislators make mandates for institutions to enhance digital security will hopefully make us worry less about our data having been breached. |  |
🔥 Hot Tip: Learn about authentication apps and use it as an alternative to passwords.
Today’s Top Story actually came from a conversation I had with someone. I think it’s very valid especially when there has been so many big data breaches lately. That made us ask a lot more questions as we write about it. Be sure to read What Questions To Ask About Data Breach?
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Glossary/Legend:
Cyber Attackers and Cyber Predators - these terms refer to people who use any kind of technology, including cell phones, to prey on us.
Phishing - a common type of cyber attack that targets individuals through email, text messages, phone calls, and other forms of communication.
ISP - Internet Service Provider
Cyber hygiene, or cybersecurity hygiene - a set of practices and procedures that individuals and organizations can use to protect their devices, networks, data, and systems from cyber threats. The goal of cyber hygiene is to keep sensitive data secure and help organizations recover from attacks.
Biometrics - automated recognition of individuals by means of unique physical characteristics.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) - a security method that requires users to provide more than one piece of information to log in to an account. MFA is also known as 2-step verification.
Hacker - a person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data.
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