What Do ADT, Vimeo, and a Rogue AI Have in Common? A Very Bad Week in Cybersecurity

It’s been another big week for hacks, as the ShinyHunters ransomware group breached video platform Vimeo and home security company ADT. The hackers primarily got video metadata, titles, and email addresses from Vimeo. The ADT hack was worse: ShinyHunters obtained over 10 million records, including 5.5 million email addresses, names, physical addresses, and telephone numbers. In some cases, they got the last four digits of customers’ Social Security numbers and their birthdates. Keep tabs on your identity out there. Identity theft isn’t the only thing you have to be worried about when your data is lost in a hack, however. In many cases, and especially now that AI is in the mix, you also have to be on the lookout for scams and phishing attempts that use the lost data to target you specifically. That’s why this week, we rounded up the best scam protection tools that can help steer you away from scammy websites, emails, and more.  In other security news, OpenAI is ditching passwords in favor of hardware security keys, which is a welcome change considering how valuable ChatGPT accounts can be, especially for those willing to shell out money for pro-level accounts. That’s a good security move
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