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A recent study revealed that more than one quarter of the working citizens in the United Kingdom lost work data due to malfunctioning or corruption of technology. This disturbing figure is 6% higher than back in 2012. Many believe this figure is partially due to workers using personal devices to do their jobs. For more details on this finding, click here:: A Quarter of UK Workers Lost Data Last Year
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A major vulnerability has been discovered that could expose the users of Internet Explorer and could inject malware into the user’s browsers when online. The cross-site scripting vulnerability bypasses the “Same-Origin” policy and works on Internet Explorer 11 running Windows 7 or 8.1. For more details on this bug, click here:: Major Internet Explorer vulnerability could lead to convincing phishing attacks
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Over the past few weeks, numerous hospitals, medical centers, and physician offices have stated that the medical data of registered patients had been compromised. How? Through stolen devices such as computers, laptops, and cell phones. For more details on this troubling trend, please click here:: Stolen Computers, Mobile Phones Expose Thousands of Patients’ Medical Data
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Last week, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office indicted five people using personal information from nearly 200 people to purchase thousands of dollars in Apple gift cards. The information was stolen from patients at the dental office where one of the criminals worked. For more details on this story, click here:: ID theft ring allegedly stole $700,000 in Apple gift cards
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The Islamic terror group known as ISIS has experienced a cyberattack perpetrated by the hackivist group Anonymous. Anonymous’ operation #OpISIS had successfully attacked the Facebook and Twitter accounts used by ISIS for recruitment and propaganda. This attack was in retaliation to the terrorist attack of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. For more info on this story, click here:: Hacktivist Group Anonymous (#OpISIS) Takes Down Islamic State (ISIS) Social Media Accounts
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