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SocNet Data Breaches – Daily Security Byte EP. 266

June 1, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

With the amount of data breaches in the headlines lately it’s easy to get overwhelmed with yet another user record or password leak. Nonetheless, if you’ve ever been a Myspace or Tumblr user, you should pay attention to the headlines at least long enough to change your passwords. In today’s video, I share the impact of two social network data leaks.

(Episode Runtime: 3:07)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAyeH2Uqo6s

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Hundreds of millions of Myspace records leaked online – Leakedsource.com
  • 65M Tumblr accounts on sale on the Darknet – CBR Online
  • Myspace confirms their leak was a hack – ITPro 
  • Myspace discloses their data leak – Myspace
  • Is the Tumblr leak associated with the Linkedin one? – Digital Trends
  • As an aside, Katy Perry’s twitter account was hijacked – NBC News

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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