According to Have I Been Pwned, the data breach happened last August, two months before the police takedown of the ...

The December shooting at Brown University that left two students dead caused some across Stanford's campus to question ...

Abstract "Double-extortion" ransomware attacks not only encrypt systems but also steal sensitive data. Traditional backups ...

The latest incarnation of the notorious BreachForums hacking forum has suffered a data breach, with its user database table ...

Nearly 35 years ago, Warren Buffett, one of the world’s most successful investors, was lecturing at the University of Notre ...

Nigeria’s Defence Minister-designate, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), has called for a comprehensive national database and real-time tracking of ransom payments as part of efforts to curb insecurity ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook H.R. McMaster, former U.S. national security advisor, lectures about American strategy during the ...

The Trump administration yesterday issued a lengthier denial of a whistleblower’s allegation that DOGE officials at the Social Security Administration (SSA) copied the agency’s database to an insecure ...

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WASHINGTON ― Personal information of more than 300 million Americans is at risk of being leaked or hacked after employees of the Department of Government Efficiency uploaded a sensitive Social ...

The seal of the Social Security Administration outside the agency's headquarters in Woodlawn, Maryland, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. The seal of the Social Security Administration outside the agency's ...

A whistleblower has come forward with troubling information regarding DOGE's handling of Americans' Social Security data. Credit: Samuel Corum/Getty Images The Social Security Administration's Chief ...