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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...

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...

Another Facebook Rip-Off: 50 Million Users’ Account Hacked

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Facebook Vulnerability : 50 Million Users’ Account Hacked The Social Media World is ruled by Fackbook! This Social media giant  is not just platform but a lifestyle. For millions of people, Facebook has become the synonym for internet. To get online on Facebook is their daily ritual and they follow it with great determination to connect with their friends and family. Since the Launch of Facebook on February 4 2004, this social media platform managed to touch the hearts of more than 2.2 billion people. This unprecedented growth has made this online social communication platform a powerful global network. All this popularity has made Facebook a prominent target in cyber crime world. In recent years, the company has faced intense issues of all sorts. This includes problems pertaining to: Fake news, Instigating speeches,  Political influence campaigns . Guilty of not protecting user information after the Cambridge Analytica  broke etc. Facebook is already attemp...