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Data Scraping: Associated Security and Privacy Risks

05

May

2021

Web scraping, or data scraping, is the process of extracting and collecting data from websites. Today, data harvesting is mostly automated, relying on specific tools. On a much smaller scale, regular internet users often participate in data scraping. This manual process requires users to copy-paste the information into a locally stored document or file. Businesses […]

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Threat Actor Leaks Personal Records of 250 Million American Households on Hacking Forum

28

Apr

2021

A threat actor named Pompompurin has posted a treasure trove of 250 million personal records belonging to US residents. The database containing 263 GB of personally identifiable information (PII) and household-related data was leaked on a popular hacking forum last week. According to an analysis done by Hackread.com, the records contain 1255 CSV sub-files, each […]

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Phone Numbers and Associated Profile Info of 533 Million Facebook Users Leaked Online

05

Apr

2021

Fact: The personal information associated with over 533 million Facebook users was made public on a hacking forum this Saturday. User data appears to have been scraped in 2019 by malicious actors exploiting a vulnerability in the platform. Check if your personal info has been stolen or made public on the internet with Bitdefender’s Digital […]

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