CyberTechTips

Another day, another security breach (and another, and another...). This time it's Disqus, which is revealing that in 2012 -- around the time when Engadget used Disqus for comments -- hackers made off with some of its data, covering a snapshot of usernames and associated email addresses dating back to 2007, as well as "sign-up dates, and last login dates in plain text for 17.5mm [sic] users." More distressing is news that it also coughed up passwords for a third of those accounts, which were in hashed (SHA1) form but it's possible the attackers could have decrypted them.

Taking steps now can help protect your money, and minimize the risks of tax consequences from this devastating data breach.

Equifax last week disclosed a historic breach involving Social Security numbers and other sensitive data on as many as 143 million Americans. The company said the breach also impacted an undisclosed number of people in Canada and the United Kingdom.…

In a highly unusual hacking case, an entire school district in Montana shut down for three days following a data breach of student and faculty records.

Freezing your credit is one line of defense in a data breach.

This breach of personal data potentially affects a vast number of people in the US, UK and Canada. Here's how to find out if your identity is compromised.

Equifax, the credit reporting behemoth, said on Thursday that it is the victim of a massive security breach.

If you stayed at any of these hotels between August 2016 and March 2017, your credit card information may have been stolen.

The majority of Americans have experienced some kind of data theft or fraud. Our bank accounts, credit cards, tax information, loans, credit rating, investments, and more could be in jeopardy. We are worried that we are losing control of our private information.

T-Mobile customers should be on alert: Hackers stole the personal information of around 15 million people, including Uncarrier users, from its credit

The business of protecting data is getting tougher by the day – but there are ways not to breach the law and still safeguard customer data

You can protect your company's data, customer data, and your good name if you have a data-centric focus on security.