Posts tagged "Cybersecurity"

Australia’s under-16 social media ban triggers mass account removals and age-verification checks. How it works, the risks, and what it means for your privacy.

Reports on a supposed UC Berkeley database leak surfaced in July 2025, but the university has issued no confirmation. We trace the dark-web claims, timeline, and evidence gaps.

The retailer says names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers were copied from a customer database. Passwords and payment data were not included, according to notices sent this week. What happened, in brief What data was exposed Notices and media reports state the leaked dataset includes names, mailing addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. Current reporting

Reports say the Cancel the Hate app exposed user emails and phone numbers. Learn what happened and how to reduce your risk.

Redact.dev: Company Overview, FAQs, and How It Works People often find Redact when they’re ready to clean up their social media footprint and start taking their privacy seriously. To do this, they need a tool they can trust. This page gives a straight, verifiable overview of Redact.dev, how it functions, what data it does

Discord says third-party support vendor Zendesk was breached, exposing user IDs and data from support tickets. Learn what was involved, how Discord is responding, and practical steps to reduce risk.

Imgur is no longer accessible in the UK. See what changed, how to request your data or delete your account without logging in, and quick fixes for broken embeds.

Delete tweets fast with Redact.dev. Step-by-step guide to bulk delete on X/Twitter - filters, preview, and archive import for 1k+ tweets. Clean your history.

Proton suspended email accounts tied to a Phrack investigation after a CERT alert, then restored them following public pressure. Here is what happened, what Proton and the journalists say, and how to reduce your exposure.

Protect yourself from doxxing with a 24-hour sprint: lock down accounts, clean up posts and images, and set a recurring privacy routine.

DOGE copied SSA’s NUMIDENT to AWS with weak safeguards - putting 300M Americans at risk. What happened, and how to protect your identity.

Learn what a social media footprint is, why it affects jobs, privacy, and compliance, and how to audit and clean it up fast with manual checks or Redact.

Stop Facebook social engineering: spot profile cloning and quiz bait, lock down privacy, and bulk-delete risky posts fast with Redact.

Home Depot faces a lawsuit over alleged use of facial recognition at self-checkout kiosks. Learn why this case is a dangerous precedent for consumer privacy and how to protect your digital footprint.

Compare 2026’s safest web browsers for privacy ahead of time. We review Brave, Firefox, Tor, DuckDuckGo, Edge and more - features, ratings, trade-offs, and best use cases.

Learn how to turn off the new Friends Reels feature in just a few steps. Our guide shows you exactly where to find the settings to keep your activity private.

Google's internal Salesforce breach reveals how social engineering and modified apps are used to steal data.