Within just a few days of each other, both Quest Diagnostics and Lab Corp, two of the largest blood testing providers in the nation, warned that millions of their customers might have had information breached. In both cases, customers may have had personal, financial and medical information breached due to an issue with the American […]
Since May 7, Baltimore has been dealing with a ransomware attack that brought many city systems to a standstill. Hackers seized parts of the computer systems that run Baltimore’s government. A classic ransomware assault, the attack used malware known as “RobbinHood”. City workers’ screens suddenly locked, and a message in broken English demanded over $100,000 […]
If you have stayed at one of Marriott’s Starwood hotels in the past few years, chances are you have been affected by a massive data breach that potentially exposed your personal data along with about 500 million other people. Your name, phone numbers, email addresses, passport number, date of birth, and potentially credit card numbers […]
Amazon and Google have both come out with wildly popular digital assistants that are loosely known as smart speakers. Amazons is called Alexa and Googles is called, well, Google. “Hey Alexa, would you say you are smarter than Google?” Apple’s digital assistant is Siri which can be found on all new Apple devices, including the HomePod, […]
Now, more than ever, I am being asked how to delete a Facebook account. It’s totally understandable given the massive amount of data that has been shared by and breached from the Facebook servers about our most personal information, including our political leanings, our buying behaviors, even the contents of our phone calls and text messages. Users are finally figuring out that their private information fuels Facebook’s profit model. Your data is Facebook’s inventory, to be traded and sold as they see fit. Deleting your Facebook account should be something that you spend a few minutes thinking about before you press the button. While you are doing a great deal to protect your privacy, there are consequences that you should think about.
