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Canada’s Largest Liquor Retailers Lose Credit Card Information to Hackers
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) issued a statement on Jan. 12 regarding a cybersecurity incident it experienced. According to the notice, the incident affected “online sales through LCBO.com,” and “immediate steps were...
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Norton’s LifeLock Password Manager Faces Breach
Hackers breached Norton Password Manager in early December, according to Gen Digital, the parent company for Norton, AVG, Avast, and other well-known cybersecurity products. This came after the attacker purchased username and pass...
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ID Verification Now Required to Watch Adult Content in Louisiana
Louisiana has issued a law — Act 440 — that requires websites with adult content to verify the age of its visitors. The means of verification can be a government-issued ID, such as a driver’s license.
The bill was proposed by Rep...
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NordVPN’s No-Logs Policy Verified a Third Time
NordVPN conducted the third independent audit of its no-logs policy. The audit was performed by Deloitte, which is an industry-leading auditing firm. It’s a member of The Big Four — four massive firms that oversee over 80% of US p...
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LastPass Sued Over Password Vault Breach
LastPass is facing a class action lawsuit after announcing last month that it lost its customers’ password vaults during a data breach. The lawsuit was filed by Plaintiff John Doe, who, apparently, has been using the password mana...
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Bitdefender Releases MegaCortex Ransomware Decryptor
Bitdefender, in cooperation with Europol, the Zürich authorities, and the NoMoreRansomware Project has released a free ransomware decryptor to help the victims of the MegaCortex cyber criminal group get their stolen data back. Thi...
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Job Applicants Fall Victim to Five Guys Burger Chain Data Breach
American burger chain, Five Guys, experienced a data breach mid-September last year, which led to the exposure of personally identifiable information (PII) of job applicants.
According to the fast food chain, it “identified a secu...
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Slack’s Github Code Stolen During Breach
Popular online chat company Slack announced last week that it was the victim of a data breach, which resulted in several employee tokens being stolen. Though there was only a limited amount of tokens taken, threat actors were able...
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Meta Faces a $400 Million Fine for Violating Data Transparency Laws
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued two fines to Meta this week that totaled more than $400 million for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws.
The DPC also stated that Meta has three months to...
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Hackers Issue Apology for Attacking a Children's Hospital
SickKids released a statement last month to inform the public it was a victim of a cybersecurity attack. SickKids is a children’s hospital in Canada dedicated to improving the health of children in the country. The hospital is aff...