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Data Breach Affects 20 Million Customers

Posted on February 19, 2023February 11, 2023 by cynmackley
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Two popular background check services suffered a data breach that affected over 20 million customers.

Posted in Security HelpTagged checkmate, data breach, People Connect, security, truthfinderLeave a comment

Home Depot Pays $17.5 Mil for Credit Card Breach

Posted on December 9, 2020December 13, 2020 by cynmackley

The Home Depot is going to pay a lot of money for its lax cybersecurity practices.

Posted in Computer Terms, Cyn's Tech Tips, Security Help, Using The InternetTagged credit card breach, cybersecurity, data breach, Home Depot, online securityLeave a comment

Walgreens leaked personal data

Posted on March 15, 2020March 6, 2020 by cynmackley

How a problem with the Walgreens prescription app exposed user data.

Posted in Android, Cyn's Tech Tips, iOS, Security Help, Smartphones, SmartphonesTagged app breach, app data, data breach, prescription security, security, security breach, WalgreensLeave a comment

Travelers’ data exposed by breach

Posted on November 1, 2019October 21, 2019 by cynmackley

A breach exposed the data of hundreds of thousands of travelers.

Posted in Computer Terms, Cyn's Tech Tips, Security HelpTagged autoclerk breach, best western breach, credit card breach, data breach, Phishing, security breach, travel breach, vpn mentorLeave a comment

200 million hacked – were you affected?

Posted on October 4, 2019 by cynmackley

200 million hacked - were you affected? If you played Words with Friends or Drawful, your data has been exposed.

Posted in Computer Terms, Cyn's Tech Tips, Free Downloads, Quick Tips, Security Help, UncategorizedTagged apps, data breach, drawful, drawful security breach, Free Games, games free, hackers, security, words with friends, words with friends security breach, zynga, zynga security breachLeave a comment

100 million hit by credit card hack

Posted on July 30, 2019 by cynmackley

100 million hit by credit card hack - find out if you could be one of them.

Posted in Computer Terms, Cyn's Tech Tips, In The News, Quick Tips, Security Help, UncategorizedTagged capital one, credit card, cybersecurity, data breach, hacking, security breachLeave a comment

Does Equifax owe you money for breach?

Posted on July 27, 2019 by cynmackley

Does Equifax owe you money for their data breach? Find out if your one of the 147 million people owed money.

Posted in Computer Terms, In The News, Security Help, UncategorizedTagged credit breach, cyber security, data breach, equifax, equifax settlementLeave a comment

80 million households exposed!

Posted on June 6, 2019May 4, 2019 by cynmackley

80 million households have been exposed by a data breach.

Posted in Computer Terms, Cyn's Tech Tips, Security Help, UncategorizedTagged credit freeze, data breach, exposed data, online safety, securityLeave a comment

885 million confidential records leaked

Posted on May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 by cynmackley

885 million confidential records were exposed online. Find out if you're affected.

Posted in Computer Terms, Cyn's Tech Tips, E-Mail Help, In The News, MS Word, Security Help, UncategorizedTagged data breach, data leaks, First American Financial, Phishing, securityLeave a comment

Huddle House Breach

Posted on March 5, 2019February 8, 2019 by cynmackley

A popular restaurant chain admits hackers have had access to customer data since 2017.

Posted in Computer Terms, Cyn's Tech Tips, In The News, Security Help, UncategorizedTagged credit card breach, data breach, hackers, huddle house, securityLeave a comment

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