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Quora Falls to Cyber Attack

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Quora, the renowned open platform & question-and-answer website, reported that a data breach may have compromised data of around  100 million Quora users . The real culprit behind this Quora data breach is a malevolent third party that gained unauthorized access to one of Quora’s systems on 30 th  November 2018. Quora in Action Adam D’Angelo, co-founder & CEO of Quora, reacted to the incident & said that Quora is investigating to find the precise causes of this catastrophe and retained an elite digital forensic firm to assist them. In addition to that Adam informed that the company is logging out & unplugging Quora users who may have been impacted by this security breach to prevent any further damage to Computer Security. The company is notifying users with relevant & important details via e-mail & urging them to change the passwords. A FAQ list about Quora data breach has been set up by the company which can be referred to by Quora users. W...

9.4 Million Passengers affected by Cathay Pacific’s Data Breach

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Major IT security breach occurred in the information system of Cathay Pacific Airways that compromised the sensitive information of up to 9.4 million people. Let us read more to know about this data protection breach & how to protect yourself against this cyber breach. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, the flag carrier of Hong Kong suffered a major Data Security breach. This Data Security Event is the worst damaging cyber attack ever to hit an airline. The theft compromised highly sensitive information of 9.4 million customers. Out of this total number 3, 80,000 passenger’s financial details were stolen. 1. Personal Data: Passenger Name, Date of Birth, Nationality, passport number, Identity Card Number, Address, Email, Phone Number, customer service remarks, frequent flyer programme membership number, Historical travel information 2. Credit Card Details: * 403 expired Credit card Numbers, * 27 Credit cards with no CVV Information stolen varies from passenger to passenger Rea...

Click2Gov data breach: Financial corporate Cybercrime

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Technological advancements continue to create a friction-less lifestyle in all aspects ranging from the digital workplace to personalized customer experiences. Twenty-five years ago, making cash withdrawal, depositing a paycheck, paying bills meant taking a trip to your bank or service centers, interact with concerned people. This is not all! Lack of online presence also involved a lot of paper clutter, account management, & other cumbersome tasks that caused a lot of inconvenience. Online existence of businesses and services has made our lives a piece of cake. It is deemed as a useful lifestyle innovation. From customer experience standpoint, technologies such as online banking, online bill payment, online travel booking, and flight check-ins reflect an appetite for smoother, instant processes. Online transactions remove almost all inconveniences along the customer journey & provide a stellar customer experience. Technology has enlightened lives in general, but, as we know...