• Ireland Is Investigating Yahoo's Massive Data Breach
    Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) is investigating the data breach that left 500 million Yahoo accounts exposed to hackers.
  • ProtonMail Offers Cyber Monday Deal
    Swiss email encryption service ProtonMail is offering a deal for Cyber Monday: a lifetime subscription for $1400. The company launched in beta in 2014 out of CERN and promises to deliver NSA-free email. The company raised more than $2.5 million in funding before its full launch earlier this year.
  • MailChimp Hack Threatens Some Senders in Australia
    Hackers broke into some of MailChimp's business accounts in Australia and sent out emails with malicious links.
  • Canadian Government Past Due & Over Budget on Email Overhaul
    The Canadian government's major email overhaul is more than 20 months past due and the project is over budget.
  • Riseup's Encrypted Email Service Has Some Users Worried
    Encrypted email and messaging service Riseup.net may not be as secure as users think, some users are speculating on Hacker News and Reddit forums.
  • NYC Mayor Releases Some Emails With Political Consultant
    New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a batch of email correspondence with political consultants in order to avoid having to release more emails through a lawsuit. Two news organizations have sued for these emails between De Blasio and these outside advisors.
  • Hackers Broke Into EU Commission's Computers
    Hackers have broken into the European Commission's computers, overwhelming one EU executive's servers with digital service requests. However, while the break in affected connection speeds, the Commission reported that there was no data breach.
  • Uber Portal Exposure May Have Leaked Customer Names & Emails
    UberCENTRAL, Uber's portal to help businesses facilitate rides for clients, has a vulnerability that may have leaked the names, email addresses, and unique ID of all Uber users. Tech student Kevin Roh discovered the weakness. The issue is related to an insecure direct object reference, or IDOR vulnerability.
  • Niagara Falls Police Warn of Email Scam
    Police in the Niagara Falls area are warning local residents of a new email scam in circulation that claim to be traffic tickets. These fraudulent messages give users a bill for a traffic violations such as negligent driving, along with a link to pay the fine. Residents have been complaining about the issue via social media. Authorities have instructed recipients to ignore the messages.
  • Madison Square Garden Reports Data Breach
    Madison Square Garden Company has revealed that a data breach could have affected customers that used credit cards at its properties between November 9, 2015 and October 24, 2016.
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