Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. says a hack of an internet application on its network has exposed the personal health information of about 34,000 people.
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Dec 13, 2016
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The Health and Human Services Department is investigating a possible breach of a computer system holding personal information of more than 6,700 doctors, nurses and other uniformed public health workers overseen by the surgeon ...
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Oct 7, 2016
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What's in a name? The answer to that question has changed over time. New research suggests that American parents are choosing more unique names for their children than they did a decade ago, bucking what many thought would ...
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Sep 29, 2016
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Of all the personal information people tend to give out willy-nilly on the internet, birthdate is perhaps the most ubiquitous.
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Sep 24, 2016
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The Yahoo hack exposed personal details from at least 500 million user accounts, potentially the largest breach of an email provider in history. Despite the size of the break-in, attackers don't appear to have accessed obviously ...
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Sep 22, 2016
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A breach in a vendor's system that processes online sales of hunting and fishing licenses in Idaho, Oregon and Washington state exposed several million records containing buyers' personal information, officials said Friday.
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Aug 27, 2016
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Facebook announced Friday it would roll out optional "end to end encryption" for its Messenger application, following a trend aimed at stronger security and protection against snooping.
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Jul 8, 2016
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Utah-based essential oil company doTERRA is warning customers and distributors that their personal information may have been compromised in a data breach in March.
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Apr 27, 2016
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The top watchdogs in the House demanded to know Tuesday why a personal laptop taken from a federal building in Washington state was used to conduct child-support audits, especially because it and other stolen hard drives ...
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Apr 5, 2016
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Senate investigators indicated Monday they've received few answers from the Obama administration after a laptop and portable hard drives—likely containing names and Social Security numbers of millions—were stolen from ...
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Apr 5, 2016
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