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NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data

August 15, 2024 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, atlas data privacy corp., Data Breaches, FBI, haveibeenpwned.com, infragard, instant checkmate, jerico pictures, national criminal data llc, national public data breach, peopleconnect, recordscheck.net, sal verini, salvatore verini, shadowglade llc, sxul, The Coming Storm, trinity entertainment, troy hunt, truthfinder, twisted history llc, usdod, vx-underground

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:38:36 +0000

A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named consumer data broker called NationalPublicData.com. This post examines what we know about a breach that has exposed hundreds of millions of consumer records. We’ll also take a closer look at the data broker that got hacked — a background check company founded by an actor and retired sheriff’s deputy from Florida.

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Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks

March 22, 2024 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, dimitiri shelest, firefox, firefox monitor, haveibeenpwned, haveibeenpwned.com, Mozilla Foundation, mozilla monitor, Ne'er-Do-Well News, nuwber, onerep, spamit, troy hunt, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:02:41 +0000

The nonprofit organization that supports the Firefox web browser said today it is winding down its new partnership with Onerep, an identity protection service recently bundled with Firefox that offers to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites. The move comes just days after a report by KrebsOnSecurity forced Onerep’s CEO to admit that he has founded dozens of people-search networks over the years.

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The Security Pros and Cons of Using Email Aliases

August 10, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, alex holden, allekabels, Data Breaches, email alias, haveibeenpwned.com, Hold Security, rtl nieuws, security tools, troy hunt

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:10:59 +0000

One way to tame your email inbox is to get in the habit of using unique email aliases when signing up for new accounts online. Adding a “+” character after the username portion of your email address — followed by a notation specific to the site you’re signing up at — lets you create an infinite number of unique email addresses tied to the same account. Aliases can help users detect breaches and fight spam. But not all websites allow aliases, and they can complicate account recovery. Here’s a look at the pros and cons of adopting a unique alias for each website.