[Hidden-tech] Fwd: Re: Latest large data breach

[Rich Roth]

I didn't see this on the list so copied it

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Subject: 	Re: [Hidden-tech] Latest large data breach
Date: 	Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:41:17 -0400
From: 	Michael Muller <tech at montaguewebworks.com>
Organization: 	Montague WebWorks
To: 	Rich Roth <rich at tnrglobal.com>, Hidden-Tech Tech 
<hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>



This one's not as bad as the the revelation last month, with Collections 
#2-5. Read the excerpt, below.

I recently applied for a Capital One credit card, and as part of the 
process downloaded the Credit Wise app to my phone. There's a tab along 
the bottom called "Alerts" which displays a list of "Credit & Identity 
Alerts" for the email address associated with the account. I've attached 
a screen shot, below the quote, below.

Thanks,

Mik

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*"Should you be worried?*"

"Yes, of course you should. This was, after all, a massive leak of the 
kind of personal information that would be a goldmine for the phishers 
and spammers of this world. However, that concern can be diluted by a 
number of factors. Not least there's the small matter that nobody has 
found any compelling evidence that the data has actually been used for 
any criminal purpose as of yet. Although the databases were accessible 
for some time, as soon as the problem was disclosed to Verifications IO 
the service was taken offline and remains so. Which means that bad guys 
alerted by this news won't be able to exploit it. What's just as 
important as what was in the breach is what wasn't. So, there were no 
social security numbers, no credit card numbers, no passwords. And, 
importantly, this was a leak not a hack: white hat researchers found the 
data was accessible rather than black hats looking to exploit it."

My "Credit Wise" alerts screen...

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Mik Muller, president
Montague WebWorks
50 Miles Street, Greenfield, MA
413-320-5336
http://MontagueWebWorks.com
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On 3/11/2019 1:01 PM, Rich Roth via Hidden-discuss wrote:
> For those who try to pay attention to these, or get asked by friends 
> and family as the local security expert, check this:
> https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2019/03/10/2-billion-unencrypted-records-leaked-in-marketing-data-breach-what-happened-and-what-to-do-next/ 
>
>
> More fun all
>
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