scr3: January 2019

Thursday 31 January 2019

Minnesota Department of Human Services Reports Data Breach

The Minnesota Department of Human Services says a data breach potentially exposed personal information on up to 3,000 people.

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Facebook Takes Down Vast Iran-led Manipulation Campaign

Facebook said Thursday it took down hundreds of "inauthentic" accounts from Iran that were part of a vast manipulation campaign operating in more than 20 countries.

The world's biggest social network said it removed 783 pages, groups and accounts "for engaging in coordinated inauthentic behavior tied to Iran."

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GitHub Helps Developers Keep Dependencies Secure via Dependabot

Microsoft-owned GitHub informed developers on Thursday that they can easily ensure that the dependencies used by their applications are always secure and up to date through an integration of its Security Advisory API with Dependabot.

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Firms That Sold Fake Social Media Activity Settle With New York State

Companies that sold fake social media activity have reached a settlement with the state of New York in a case that, for the first time, established such activity as illegal, the state's attorney general said Wednesday.

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State Bank of India Leaves Millions of Customer Messages Exposed

The State Bank of India is the latest large organization to leave a database full of personal information exposed and accessible on the internet.

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Dell Teams With CrowdStrike, Secureworks for New Endpoint Security Offering

Dell on Thursday announced that it has teamed up with its subsidiary Secureworks and CrowdStrike for a new endpoint security offering that includes threat prevention, detection and response services.

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