In this newsletter:

 - ID theft - so easy today
 - Know your MALWARE
 - Fined again: Facebook

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ID theft - so easy today
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A university is facing legal action following the leak of personal data from 100,000 students.  Read the full story:
https://www.theregister.com/2023/06/06/mercer/

However, this is only one such leak, these type of leaks are occurring everyday.  All our personal data is being stored at all types of locations which you may not have thought about?  You can feel a little safer using a fictitious DOB for unimportant websites (knowing that data will not be encrypted and will be hacked eventually) even this is useless when our DOB is added by others sending you a card via an online birthday card shop.  This is just one location where your real data can be reliably found...

This is a growing problem without a current fix.

 - and this reported the following day: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65829726


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Know your MALWARE
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Malware has been around for decades, and the risks of being infected are still growing.  When a local network gets infected it is often a major issue for business continuity.  Knowing how and where it might come from will help in protecting and guarding against such an intrusion.

Ensure you check the list of the new and more aggressive malware here:

https://www.cybertalk.org/2023/04/25/10-new-and-dangerous-malware-threats-to-watch-out-for-2023-edition/


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Fined again: Facebook
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Facebook misuse of private data: fined a slightly more reasonable amount at last:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-65669839

I bet he still does not know where all the data is stored!

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