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How Google Fought Bad Ads in 2015
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IRS Electronic Filing PIN Application Hacked
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NSA chief: ‘Paris would not have happened’ without encrypted apps
National Security Agency Director Adm. Michael Rogers warns that encryption is making it “much more difficult” for the agency to intercept the communications of terrorist groups like the Islamic State, citing November’s Paris attacks as a case where his agency was left in the dark because the perpetrators
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U.S. orders Citibank to pay customers over debt and collections practices
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said on Tuesday it ordered Citibank to pay $5 million (£3.5 million) back to customers and $3 million in penalties over its debt sales and collection practices.
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EMV Chip Card Fail
My first time shopping with an EMV chip enabled credit card.
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Consumers Warned of New Surge in IRS E-mail Schemes during 2016 Tax Season
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Dwolla Hit with Fine by CFPB Over Phishing Vulnerability
Dwolla fined by CFPB over phishing vulnerability
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Oculus Rift Collects Information and Sends It to Facebook
When Facebook acquired Oculus VR for $2 billion two years ago, some had privacy concerns. It appears those fears may have a bit more credence.
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Microsoft Sues U.S. Government to Protect Consumers Email Data
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has sued the U.S. government for the right to tell its customers when a federal agency is looking at their emails, the latest in a series of clashes over privacy between the technology industry and Washington.
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Microsoft Patches Office 365 Platform Against SAML Exploit
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Online fraud is rising, thanks to those fancy chip cards
Chip cards' greatest attribute—increased security for in-person transactions—is having an unwelcome knock-on effect.
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Man sued for $30K over $40 printer he sold on Craigslist
Doug Costello found himself embroiled in a complicated legal dispute for next 6 ½ years.
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Hackers Stole Customers' Credit and Debit Card Information from 1,025 Wendy's Locations
Hackers Stole Customers' Credit and Debit Card Information from 1,025 Wendy's Locations
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Hackers Stole Account Details for Over 60 Million Dropbox Users
Although the accounts were stolen during a previously disclosed breach, only now is the extent coming to light.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines Wells Fargo $100 Million for Widespread Illegal Practice of Secretly Opening Unauthorized Accounts |...
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Yahoo! Confirms Hack of 500 Million Accounts
A recent investigation by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company’s
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Fintech Firm LendUp Pays $3.6 Million Over Misleading Borrowers
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Cleveland education center gets a $23,000 Verizon bill as businesses nationwide complain of data overages
As thousands of Verizon Wireless customers complain about skyrocketing bills for data usage, some small businesses have also been clobbered. And when businesses get hit, the bills are sometimes staggering. In Greater Cleveland, David Smith of Horizon Education Centers is staring at a Verizon bill for data usage for $20,291.94. That's for one month. For data overages. The entire bill was for more than $23,000.
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IRS Employee Indicted for Stealing Taxpayers’ IDs and Filing Fraudulent Returns
A federal grand jury sitting in the Northern District of Georgia indicted an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee today for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, announced Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney John A. Horn for the Northern District of Georgia.
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China uncovers massive underground network of Apple employees selling customers' personal data
Chinese authorities say they have uncovered a massive underground operation run by Apple employees selling computer and phone users’ personal data. Twenty-two people have been detained on suspicion of infringing individuals’ privacy and illegally obtaining their digital personal information, according to a statement Wednesday from local police in southern Zhejiang …
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