Data Breach on James Jardine

Adult FriendFinder Hack: ID Theft is NOT the Only Game in Town

Mon, 25 May 2015 18:45:18 +0000

When a breach occurs that shares our personal information we immediately think about identity theft and credit card fraud. More recently we are seeing more health information compromised as well, but the Adult FriendFinder breach changes that focus. The hack still revolves around personal information, but with the exception of the username/password, it does not include social security numbers or credit card numbers. Rather, this breach is focused on a persons sexual preferences or desires.

When Breaches Get Personal

Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:03:06 +0000

Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably heard about the breach of privacy against some celebrities who had some indecent images stolen. It is easy to get caught up in the hoopla that surrounds this latest intrusion due to the racy images that were stolen, but there is a bigger question around all of this. Lets pull away those top layers and see what the deal is.

Ebay Password Breach

Wed, 21 May 2014 22:35:30 +0000

Ebay announced today that the had usernames, encrypted passwords, phone numbers, email address, physical address and date of birth stolen during a recent breach. The key here is encrypted passwords, which hopefully means strong security. That is just an assumption though. It is not uncommon by any stretch to see a large company suffering from a breach that includes user credentials. We often overlook the idea that credentials are actually very valuable. We spend so much time focusing on social security numbers, credit card numbers, and HIPAA data that we forget about the basics. Those keys that protect the rest of all of that data.