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An ex-Mastercard executive was nearly scammed of $100,000. Here's how she spotted it.
Account takeover fraud surged 354% in 2023, costing $13 billion. Here's how a former Mastercard exe…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Uber forces some riders to reset their passwords after a spike in account takeovers
Instead, following the increase in people's accounts being hacked in February, the company updated …
Biz Carson
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There has been a surge in Reddit users getting hacked
Would-be account hijackers can comb these dumps for password and email address/user name combinatio…
Rob Price
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Harvard professor emerita says Elon Musk's Twitter takeover is 'fundamentally intolerable' and a threat to political stability
Data privacy expert Shoshana Zuboff is worried about how big tech billionaires like Musk will impac…
Aaron Mok
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Twitter drops 5.6% after Elon Musk walks away from $44 billion takeover bid and a legal battle brews
Musk agreed to buy the social media company back in April, but has now walked away from that deal.
George Glover
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Uber wants to ditch the email-and-password login - here's why
"Uber is committed to developing security features that go beyond relying on email accounts and pas…
Biz Carson
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Elon Musk responds to a user saying he and his wife are bots as Twitter drama continues
Reacting to a user who asked if you are also a bot, Musk chuckled: "I'm a bot & so's my wi…
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Four in five Asian banks are losing money to fraud as real-time payments rise — and it will only get worse in 2020
FICO, a US analytics company that uses predictive trends and data science, conducted a survey where…
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Elon Musk's latest money making idea for X? Selling old Twitter handles for $50,000 a pop, report says.
The company is looking to plug a huge advertising revenue shortfall following Elon Musk's takeover …
Lara O'Reilly
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The CEO of Twitter rival Mastodon calls Elon Musk 'not entirely comprehensible,' says the billionaire must now 'deal with the fallout' of his 'impulse' buy
Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko told Time magazine that that Elon Musk "is not entirely comprehensibl…
Aaron Mok
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A 27-year-old Indian developer bags ₹75 lakh for reporting a critical flaw in ‘Sign in with Apple’
Jain who holds a bachelor's degree in electronics and communication discovered Zero Day bug in…
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Elon Musk amplified attacks on Twitter executives by right-wing activists soon after agreeing to buy the platform
Musk's takeover of Twitter has prompted concerns that he could roll back policies that have been us…
Tom Porter
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Google locks Afghan government email accounts as concerns grow over the Taliban tracking down their enemies, report says
The Taliban has promised amnesty to all, including those who worked with the US, but reports of det…
Kelsey Vlamis
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More than a million Twitter accounts have been deactivated or suspended in the week since Elon Musk's takeover, report says
The number of Twitter account losses tripled in the days following Elon Musk's takeover, according …
Pete Syme
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Mark Cuban tells Elon Musk he's losing up to 1,000 followers a day despite paying for Twitter Blue
Mark Cuban told Musk he subscribed to Twitter Blue to stop losing followers, but suggested it wasn'…
Ryan Hogg
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Top Twitter exec says Elon Musk's approach to his takeover has created a 'chaos tax' for the company
Jay Sullivan, Twitter's new product chief, said he expected the upheaval caused by Musk's takeover …
Ryan Hogg
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The world's biggest ad buyer says advertising on Twitter is 'high-risk' amid surging fake accounts and hate speech
GroupM has named Twitter advertising "high-risk" after Yoel Roth, the head of safety and trust resi…
Pete Syme
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After filing countersuit against Twitter, Elon Musk says 'interaction with almost all Twitter accounts seem to be much lower' lately
Elon Musk's remarks come a day after he filed a countersuit against Twitter in an ongoing legal bat…
Sarah Jackson
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Warren Buffett's disdain for investment banking 'money-shufflers' leads to lower takeover price for Alleghany Corp. shareholders
Buffett subtracted $27 million — or the fee Alleghany is paying Goldman Sachs to be its advisor dur…