The hacker who steals your data is just one part of an illicit supply chain featuring producers, wholesalers, distributors and consumers – a black-market industry worth millions of dollars.
Up to 9.8 million Australians have been affected. Here’s what you can do to proactively defend yourself.
Defending against cyberattacks increasingly means looking for patterns in large amounts of data – a task AI was made for.
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Data breaches have become a fact of life. Here are articles from The Conversation that detail the threat, why it happens and what you can do to protect yourself.
Security experts can provide valuable information on vulnerabilities that could be exploited in cyberattacks.
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Cyberattacks are on the rise. Canada needs to work with cybersecurity experts to enable them to identify and address security vulnerabilities.
Credit bureau Equifax announced in 2017 that the personal information of 143 million Americans – about three-quarters of all adults – had been exposed in a major data breach.
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If an organization that has your data gets hacked, your vulnerability depends on the kind of attack and the kind of data. Here’s how you can assess your risk and what to do to protect yourself.
Facebook’s data centre in Clonee, Ireland.
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More than 500 million people’s details were compromised. The records include various combinations of name, email, gender, date of birth, location, relationship status and employer.
How can we keep our personal data safe?
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Companies today collect vast amounts of our personal data. What measures can governments and regulators take to reduce the inherent risks and keep our data?