Note: It is interesting that Facebook is taking the same route that we are when it comes to notifying individuals of issues. We are working on solutions to be able to notify people when their information becomes public or is disclosed. Hopefully they give us some good ideas that we can incorporate in doing so.
ARTICLE:
Facebook believes you shouldn't have to worry about hacked web passwords.
It's there to protect you, it says.
After the news that hackers obtained 7 million Dropbox passwords
by hacking a third-party service that works with Dropbox, Facebook says
it has a plan to alert you if your password gets stolen.
Security engineer Chris Long says Facebook has been crawling around
websites where hackers sell and expose passwords. Since most people use
the same username/password combination for multiple websites, Facebook
checks if any of the hacked passwords are used for Facebook accounts.
Read the full article at the source
The purpose of this page is to provide awareness to individuals and organizations that are leaking information and the information of their customers. The entities listed on this site are verified to be leaking personal information sometimes without the company even being aware. SLC Security is now owned and operated by Jigsaw Security Enterprise. We are currently in process and as such this blog will eventually be taken offline and merged with Jigsaw Security resources.
No comments:
Post a Comment