Massive data leak could affect nearly all American
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Posted On: 07/09/2018 10:58:48 AM
Massive data leak could affect nearly all American adults, security researcher says
"..A new data leak could affect hundreds of millions of Americans, perhaps more than the nearly 150 million affected by the Equifax breach.
Exactis, a Florida-based marketing and data-aggregation firm, leaked detailed information on individual adults and businesses, a security researcher says. While the exact number of individuals affected isn’t known, the leak involved about 340 million records on a publicly available server.
Wired was the first to report that the exposed information included phone numbers, home addresses, email addresses and personal characteristics for every name, such as interests and habits, plus the number, age and gender of the person’s children. Other types of information found: religion, whether a person smokes, and type of pet.
No evidence has surfaced that anyone with malicious intent actually obtained the Exactis data. That makes it different from the Equifax hack, which was a cyberattack on the company’s data.
Read about California’s strict new data privacy law:
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/06/28/massi...cher-says/
Blockchain Will Be Used By 15% of Big Banks By 2017
"..Trying to transfer cash to a friend’s bank account is a surprisingly stressful process if you’re going through a traditional bank.
The transfers can take days, often lack a “received” receipt, and come with fees. At times, the cash seems to just disappear.
But a major shift is underway among startups and big banks who hope to make that process, and others, cheaper, faster, and more efficient by using the technology that underlies cryptocurrency Bitcoin. In fact, banking and financial markets are adopting the technology “dramatically faster than initially expected,” according to a Wednesday IBM report titled “Leading the Pack in Blockchain Banking: Trailblazers Set the Pace.”
More from Fortune on Banks and the Block Chain:
http://fortune.com/2016/09/28/blockchain-banks-2017/
"..A new data leak could affect hundreds of millions of Americans, perhaps more than the nearly 150 million affected by the Equifax breach.
Exactis, a Florida-based marketing and data-aggregation firm, leaked detailed information on individual adults and businesses, a security researcher says. While the exact number of individuals affected isn’t known, the leak involved about 340 million records on a publicly available server.
Wired was the first to report that the exposed information included phone numbers, home addresses, email addresses and personal characteristics for every name, such as interests and habits, plus the number, age and gender of the person’s children. Other types of information found: religion, whether a person smokes, and type of pet.
No evidence has surfaced that anyone with malicious intent actually obtained the Exactis data. That makes it different from the Equifax hack, which was a cyberattack on the company’s data.
Read about California’s strict new data privacy law:
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/06/28/massi...cher-says/
Blockchain Will Be Used By 15% of Big Banks By 2017
"..Trying to transfer cash to a friend’s bank account is a surprisingly stressful process if you’re going through a traditional bank.
The transfers can take days, often lack a “received” receipt, and come with fees. At times, the cash seems to just disappear.
But a major shift is underway among startups and big banks who hope to make that process, and others, cheaper, faster, and more efficient by using the technology that underlies cryptocurrency Bitcoin. In fact, banking and financial markets are adopting the technology “dramatically faster than initially expected,” according to a Wednesday IBM report titled “Leading the Pack in Blockchain Banking: Trailblazers Set the Pace.”
More from Fortune on Banks and the Block Chain:
http://fortune.com/2016/09/28/blockchain-banks-2017/
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