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Over 14 Million Verizon Customers’ Data Exposed On Unprotected AWS Server

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Verizon, the major telecommunications provider, has suffered a data security breach with over 14 million US customers’ personal details exposed on the Internet after NICE Systems, a third-party vendor, mistakenly left the sensitive users’ details open on a server.

Chris Vickery, researcher and director of cyber risk research at security firm UpGuard, discovered the exposed data on an

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How A Simple Command Typo Took Down Amazon S3 and Big Chunk of the Internet

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The major internet outage across the United States earlier this week was not due to any virus or malware or state-sponsored cyber attack, rather it was the result of a simple TYPO.

Amazon on Thursday admitted that an incorrectly typed command during a… Continue reading How A Simple Command Typo Took Down Amazon S3 and Big Chunk of the Internet→

How A Simple Command Typo Took Down Amazon S3 and Big Chunk of the Internet

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The major internet outage across the United States earlier this week was not due to any virus or malware or state-sponsored cyber attack, rather it was the result of a simple TYPO.

Amazon on Thursday admitted that an incorrectly typed command during a… Continue reading How A Simple Command Typo Took Down Amazon S3 and Big Chunk of the Internet→