Tag: Security Breaches
  • Dec 4, 2018 |
  • Chris Miller |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News,

Quora Data Breach Affects 100 Million Users

On December 3rd, 2018, the infamous Question and Answer site, Quora announced that the private messages and account information from around 100 million users was exposed by a “malicious third party.” The breach was first discovered by Quora on Friday, according to chief executive, Adam D’Angelo, and an investigation is still underway. In addition, D’Angelo … Continue reading “Quora Data Breach Affects 100 Million Users”

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Data breach laws: would you know if your personal information was compromised?

If your personal information was involved in a data breach, would you know?   While it’s unfortunately become the norm to see data breaches announced in the headline, it’s not always clear who has been impacted by a breach and what specific data was lost, stolen or compromised. As consumers, patients and citizens, we may expect … Continue reading “Data breach laws: would you know if your personal information was compromised?”

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  • Sep 25, 2014 |
  • Joseph |
  • General Privacy News,

Jimmy John’s Joins List of Hacked Large Businesses

We learned this morning that several locations of the Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich shops have been impacted by a security breach of customers’ credit and debit card data. In fact, Jimmy John’s reportedly learned about a possible security breach in their system on July 30th and hired a third-party investigator to contain the situation. The company stated … Continue reading “Jimmy John’s Joins List of Hacked Large Businesses”

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