Hacked Twitter Accounts Can Be More Valuable Than Stolen Credit Cards

Hacked Twitter Accounts Can Be More Valuable Than Stolen Credit Cards

Hackers operate by the same rules of economics as we all do. Thanks to a high profile breach like Target’s , a glut of stolen credit cards has made them cheap cheap cheap. So you know what’s a more valuable target these days? Your Twitter account.

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California Department Of Motor Vehicles Suffers Credit Card Data Breach

California Department Of Motor Vehicles Suffers Credit Card Data BreachIt does not matter where you are right now, but basically all companies should always do their utmost best to make sure that they do not end up as a victim of a credit card data breach. I suppose one can chalk up the California Department of Motor Vehicles as the latest victim in an ever growing list, where this wide-ranging security breach could have affected up to thousands of citizens, at least according to some sources. It was earlier in the week that MasterCard issued an alert that noted that credit cards which were used online in transactions that had California’s DMV could have resulted in the theft of data and personal information, where among them included credit card numbers, expiration dates, and three-digit security codes.

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