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What's up with all this data breaches and leaks?
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this post was submitted on 25 Dec 2023
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Ashley Madison
Equifax
23 and Me
those are the only ones I know off the top of my head because those are the ones that affected me. (my ex-husband was on the AM list; I was affected by the Equifax breach; my daughter was affected by the 23 and me breach)
Ooo. Really sorry to hear about your husband doing that. :-(
No problem. I thought it was hilarious.
And I didn't say husband. I clearly said ex-husband.
I think they assumed it was “husband” at the time, and only ex husband after the AM leak.
The 23 and me stuff is expecially scary. It is bad enough giving out genetic information to a company. It is even worse when that information is stolen.
Anyone interested in using a gentic ancestry service should read the book Genethics by David Suzuki & Peter Knudtson first. TLDR if a big enough genetic data bank is aquired by the wrong hands, discriminatory practices could increase significantly in job interviews, health insurance and other sectors. Chemical warfare could also be specifically tuned to specific genetic groups.
My mortgage company had a breach and I saw three articles about three different companies having breachs. That and I think OP is also talking about the video game code leaks.
As someone in the thick of it, it has been a nervewracking quarter for mortgage company IT and Infosec teams. There have been several very high profile breaches the last few months.
Yeah like kinda everything. Wasn't sure if it's just more reports. In the end it's a mix of all the systems.
I thought i missed something. But all you folk's provided good information for me and i am thankful for this
Also mint mobile recently but yeah data = money. Had to search up Ashley Madison and I'm sorry you went through that