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It’s no secret that artificial intelligence is growing more and more intertwined with society, and that it subsequently affects each and every one of our daily lives. Currently, Forbes estimates that over 70% of businesses are using or considering A.I. for professional use, whether that’s using it to directly produce goods and services, or simply adding chatbots on their front webpage.
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Ever feel like the internet is following you around? You browse for vintage cocktail shakers, and suddenly every ad screams “shaken, not stirred”? You search for a new stroller on your phone and suddenly every Instagram ad is about pacifiers and cribs?
That is both the magic and mayhem of third-party data collectors.
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Do you know about…the algorithm?
No, it’s not some terrifying creature or horror movie villain. When people talk about “the algorithm,” they’re referring to the social media phenomenon which personalizes your feed with videos, pictures and posts that you might like.
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Digital wallets have revolutionized the way we handle transactions, offering convenience and efficiency in our increasingly digital world. However, with the convenience comes the need for heightened security measures to safeguard sensitive financial information.
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Supply chain attacks are not new cyber-threats. For a long time now, cybercriminals have gone after the services that our services rely on instead of spending time targeting each individual. Ultimately, the goal is the same: to steal as much of your personally identifiable information (PII) as is possible.
In a statement released by the largest telecommunications company in the United States, AT&T, they shared that they recently discovered a dataset for sale on the “dark web” that contained information for about 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former users, totaling approximately 73 million affected accounts.
Another day, another cyber-attack! In early April, Omni Hotels & Resorts was the victim of a cyber-attack that brought down the entire IT system and led to a company-wide outage. The organization took immediate action and brought the entire network offline to isolate the issue, protect its data and prevent further damage from occurring.
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Imagine you have a secret message you want to send to your friend, but don’t want anyone else to read it. If they have the “key” to reading it, then only the intended recipient can decipher what you mean.
Encryption is like that secret code you and your friend create to lock the message, making it look like gibberish to anyone else who finds it.
Imagine a threat actor determined to target YOUR data and finances. It would take a LOT of time, effort and money to build ransomware code all on their own, let alone to build a whole email campaign convincing you to fall for their tricks…Now imagine they could simply buy ransomware off the Dark Web, completely ready-made to launch against you?
Unfortunately, that’s a very real scenario.
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Are you familiar with the ancestry and biotechnology service, 23andMe? More than 14M people around the world use their website!
In December 2023, 23andMe confirmed a data breach that affected 6.9 million users. Hackers accessed data including names, birth years, relationship labels, DNA shared percentages, ancestry reports, and self-reported locations.
