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How Hackers Stole 24,000 Files From The Pentagon

Thousands of sensitive files were stolen from a defense contractor, the Pentagon has admitted this week--one of the highest profile hack attacks of this year, and the Pentagon is blaming "foreign intruders." In the latest Breach of the Week, we look at how the sting might have gone down. READ»

The Epsilon Breach: How Worried--and Angry--Should You Be?

So "someone just stole your email address." What now?READ»

Tumblr Stumbles Through Security Issues

A weekend security breach caused 748 lines of sensitive information to be exposed to the public. The hipster blogging service assures users that everything's fine. Not everyone is buying it.READ»

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AT&T Defends iPad Email Address Hack

After the disastrous (though perhaps unfair) PR of the iPad user email address security breach, AT&T finally responded last night. Their explanation is, understandably, very defensive.READ»

On Facebook? New Algorithm Can Guess Your SSN

Two researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have shown they can reverse engineer a person's Social Security number using, ironically, nothing more than data from publicly available data on government sites, and the data you share ...READ»

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FAA Hacked; Obama Orders Review of Federal Cyber Security

Hackers breached the network of the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this week and gained access to sensitive records, according to an aviation trade publication. The FAA breach has prompted President Obama to order an ...READ»