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70 million AT&T customer records reportedly stolen in data breach

Per Restore Privacy, wireless carrier AT&T has had personal data stolen from some 70 million customer records, albeit the company has stated the data isn’t really from their subscribers. The data includes names, phone numbers, social security numbers, birth dates, and physical addresses. The hacker, named ShinyHunters, is trying to sell the database for $1 […]

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Wikileaks publishes two more Mac-specific exploits from CIA Vault 7 files

If you’re interested in security, you’ll like this. Wikileaks has just Wikileaks published two more Mac exploits from the so-called CIA Vault 7 under the name Project Imperial. The new exploits—Achilles and SeaPea—affect older versions of OS X, such as Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. The exploits behave […]

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Verizon settles on $4.48 billion purchase price for Yahoo’s core assets following email hacks

Verizon was able to save even more money following Yahoo’s email hacks. The telecommunications company announced a deal to buy the core business of Yahoo for $4.48 billion —managing to secure a $350 million discount it was pursuing because of two major security breaches, the last of which affected over 1 billion accounts. The deal […]

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Yahoo sale price discounted by $250 million in wake of hacks

You pay less if the item you’re buying has a couple of dings on it. Verizon is apparently close to purchasing Yahoo’s Internet properties for roughly $4.8 billion, a price that includes a $250 million discount after the revelation of security breaches at the web company. Sources close to the store cited the discounted price […]