Medical lab testing giant Quest Diagnostics has confirmed a cyberattack and data breach affecting an as-yet unspecified amount of sensitive patient information stored in its systems, according to a legally required disclosure with U.S. regulators.…
Muse, the new general-purpose AI agent from Meta, can expose sensitive information when users share conversations through Web links, researchers reported Monday. Like many online services, Muse allows users to share searches, conversations, images, and…
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Two people can keep a secret if one is dead, or so goes the saying. But what happens when you share the details of your life with an AI agent? Unfortunately, data can’t die the…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has reportedly told its agents and support staff that their personal information was stolen in a recent cyberattack that targeted the bureau’s job application portal. It’s the bureau’s first acknowledgment…
Data breaches at two shipping companies has put cryptocurrency owners with physical hardware wallets at greater risk of having their funds stolen, highlighting weaknesses in the broader tech ecosystem relied on by the crypto industry.…
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Clear dashboard with profile screenshots and broker links Useful free scan and Exposure Report Strong privacy standards Cons Dashboard “View” links are not guaranteed matches Like all data-removal services,…
Most people don’t intentionally publish their personal information online. Yet bits and pieces of it end up there anyway through social media posts, app permissions, shopping habits, and countless websites that quietly collect data behind…
Data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned says a data breach at convenience store chain 7-Eleven affects over 185,000 people, including their names, dates of birth, and physical addresses. The data breach, reported in…
Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it was exposing customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers, and order identifiers to the open internet. Chris Walker, a spokesperson for the Trump-branded phone maker, told…