CNBC's Jackie DeAngelis reports the latest on Yahoo's cyber security issues, and the company's efforts with law enforcement to
secure hacked accounts.
Not exact matches
OKEx, a Bitcoin exchange based in China, issued a statement over the weekend, denying it was
hacked and blaming recent thefts on careless users who didn't
secure their
accounts.
One way to do so is to sign up for LastPass (LastPass.com), which stores all of your passwords on a
secure server and generates
hack - proof passwords for every new
account you sign up for.
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Hacks are a continuing threat these days, and businesses need to
account for that threat when considering their obligation to keep personal information
secure.»
Thursday's news that Yahoo suffered a
hack of 500 million of its user
accounts may have many people taking a new look at how to keep their own email
accounts and personal information
secure.
If you have a
secure, complex password, chances of your
account getting
hacked are significantly reduced.
So down go the insider job conspiracies: as is often the case, we can chalk up the
hacked accounts and the missing Bitcoin Cash tips to yet another poorly
secured third - party app.
Currently, it is more inconvenient and less
secure than copy - pasting a QR code from Mycelium or another mobile wallet into telegram — if the bot goes down, if their
accounting server gets
hacked, or an exploit is found in Telegram's API, Their system fails, whereas the QR code method's only disadvantage is that the person you want to transact with knows one of your Bitcoin wallet addresses.