Steve Ensley
Internet Safety Specialist
AMAZON Hacked!!!
January 16th, 2012
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/01/15/zappos-says-hackers-accessed-24-million-customers-account-details/?partner=yahootix More proof that nothing you do on the Internet is private. This is very unfortunate, much as the recent Facebook hack, because once again folks tend to use the same user name and password for all their activities. So once again if you were one of the 24 million Amazon subscribers, someone has your [...]
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URGENT: Special Facebook Security Alert
January 6th, 2012
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/06/cyberworm-gobbles-up-45000-facebook-user-logins/?intcmp=obnetwork The article above describes a very serious security breach through Facebook. Although 45,000 accounts out of 800 million doesn’t sound like much, the significance of this hack is much larger. Why? Because folks often use the same username and password for everything they do online, which means if their account has been hacked, suddenly [...]
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