February 19, 2025 1:14 pm

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Massive data breach exposes Social Security information

data breach

FLORIDA—On the 89th anniversary of the Social Security program on Wednesday, August 14, it was reported that 2.9 billion records were compromised, including Social Security numbers, in a breach of National Public Data, a background check company, that occurred four months earlier in April. “It is disturbing and unacceptable that Americans are just now learning […]

Swatting incidents surge as a means to threaten journalists and public officials

Swatting

Swatting incidents, targeting public officials nationwide, are on the rise exhausting first responder resources and leaving their victims feeling threatened and harassed. Swatting is both a state and federal crime. Swatting is a criminal harassment act of deceiving an emergency service—usually law enforcement—into sending a police or emergency service response team to another person’s address with […]

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