Incident Of The Week: 4.9 Million Records Exposed For Food Delivery Service DoorDash

You’re hungry but not interested in dressing up and heading out to a restaurant only to wait to be seated and take your turn to order. Take out is an option however you’d need to get dressed and make the trip. This modern need for on-demand gratification in all aspects of our lives has led
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Ransomware Strikes 49 School Districts & Colleges …

The education sector has seen 10 new victims in the past nine days alone, underscoring a consistent trend throughout 2019. Education is a hot target for ransomware: Nearly 50 school districts and colleges have been hit in 2019 so far, and more than 500 individual K-12 schools have potentially been compromised. Cloud security firm Armor
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49 Million Instagram Influencer Records Exposed in Open Database

An AWS-hosted database was configured with no username or password required for access to personal data. How many Instagram influencers does it take to create a massive unplanned data release? At least 49 million, if the contents of a publicly exposed database are any indication. In the latest data incident involving an AWS-hosted database misconfiguration,
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