Category: security
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Uber Hid Hack of Data From 57 Million Users & Drivers
Bloomberg’s Eric Newcomer: Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security officer and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps, which…
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Android Users’ Location Information Is Always Being Sent to Google
Quartz’ Keith Collins: Many people realize that smartphones track their locations. But what if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t even inserted a carrier SIM card? Even if you take all of those precautions, phones running Android software gather data about your location and send it back to Google…
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Uber Had the Opportunity to Monitor Everything on Your iPhone’s Screen
Daniel Jalkut: Yesterday, Gizmodo reported that Uber had been granted an entitlement for their iOS app that allowed them to capture an image of an iPhone’s screen at any time, even when the Uber app was not the active app on the phone. This is a big deal, because users don’t typically expect than an…
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How to Check If Your Information Was Stolen in the Equifax Hack
To check if your information was stolen in that Equifax attack you have to attempt to sign up for a year of free credit monitoring through a service called TrustedID Premier that Equifax is providing out of the goodness of their hearts in order to get you subscribed to something you’ll have to pay for…
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Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Telling The Public About Getting Hacked
Bloomberg’s Anders Melin: Three Equifax Inc. senior executives sold shares worth almost $1.8 million in the days after the company discovered a security breach that may have compromised information on about 143 million U.S. consumers. The credit-reporting service said late Thursday in a statement that it discovered the intrusion on July 29. Regulatory filings show…