The Marriott Breach – We Now Know Everything
Consumers and many employers suffered a significant blow with the massive data breach recently revealed by Marriott International Hotels. Their hacked data included personal information from nearly half a billion guests. Marriott’s reservation system for their Starwood line of hotels exposed personal data including guest names, passport numbers, phone numbers, email and mailing addresses, along […]
Marriott Breach Impacts Millions
The Marriott International breach has had its online reservation system hacked. Now are we learning the extent of the damage it caused for consumers who have given information to this database. First estimates state that over 500,000 million customers have had their names put into the data system. Other sensitive information has also been put […]
How Easy Is It for Someone to Nab Your Password?
Network World recently came out with a list of people sent to jail in 2013 for computer crimes, whether it was stealing passwords or hacking into a system to obtain and then sell sensitive information. Sometimes, the hackers involved demonstrated technical expertise. Other times, the cyber-criminals didn’t have to make use of any sophisticated IT knowledge in order […]
3 Ways that Hackers Steal Data from Small and Medium Businesses
It used to be that hackers stole the data on your computer network by sending malware to your system. But you and other owners of small and medium businesses got wise to these methods by installing a firewall and security software. These digital measures went a long way in reducing nefarious attempts at theft. But hackers got […]
