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What Happens When All SSNs are Breached

Thu, 19 Mar 2015 18:28:32 +0000

Visit any news site or social media outlet and you are bound to see news of some new company getting breached. It is a lot of what we talk about these days. Whether it is passwords, credit card information, health information or social security numbers, if it is breached it is headline news. With the exception of those trying to scam the system and get a quick payday, it is getting to the point where most people outside of the information security industry just write it off and don’t give it much thought.

1.2 Billion Passwords… Password Best Practices Again

Wed, 06 Aug 2014 13:28:01 +0000

There is a lot of talk about the recent discovery of what appears to be about 1.2 billion username and passwords stolen. I haven’t seen the list, so I can’t confirm that, but let’s assume it is accurate. Is this something we should be panicking about?

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.