Milt Tipperman had never heard of Zelle before April 18, but he learned about the P2P payment app quickly when 8 fraudulent Zelle transactions drained $800 from him checking account. “I was mad, and I still am,” says Tipperman, of Maryland. He says his bank, PNC, is investigating, but when [Keep reading]
The Weather Channel’s live TV programming was knocked off the air for about 90 minutes on Wednesday by computer criminals. While the network struggled to recover from the attack, taped programming aired, beginning at about 6 a.m, according to CNN. Live broadcast was restored at around 7:30 a.m., but the [Keep reading]
Today concludes the Equifax hack podcast. But the story of the Equifax hack is much bigger than a tale of lost Social Security numbers. It’s about corporate greed. Exploitation of a natural resource (us) for gross profit margins. It’s about control. Epidsode 6 zooms out and returns to the [Keep reading]
Quick: Which British king had six wives? And now, who won the 2012 World Series? Not a sports fan? Then try this one: Who was the runner up in the 2012 Republican presidential primary race? There’s a good chance you remember the name Henry VIII from high school. I remember [Keep reading]
An English teacher may have taught you that the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Your science teacher probably should have taught you that the English teacher was wrong — or at least using a bit too much poetic license. In truth, research shows that making concrete plans [Keep reading]
There’s a close play at the plate. Under a cloud of dust, the runner’s hand appears to sneak in just before the catcher applies the tag, but in real-time, it’s hard to say. The umpire signals safe. There’s an instant replay challenge. Video is shown on the board at Chicago’s [Keep reading]
If you’ve ever been wronged by a large company and wanted to do more than shake your angry irst at a building, you’re going to enjoy meeting Jessamyn West. When the Equifax hack hit, she wanted to do more than whine to friends and family. She wanted justice. So she [Keep reading]
A high school applicant to Worcester Polytechnic Institute says he was able to access his record within the school’s CRM software and edit crucial fields such as his own SAT scores, confidential recommendation letters, and even an “application decision” toggle field for his application. Dozens of other colleges might be [Keep reading]
Everyone makes mistakes. And every company might suffer a data breach. After years of examples, two things should be obvious to every company: 1) You will likely be hacked and 2) You should have an airtight, lock-solid plan for dealing with the aftermath of such an inevitable hack. Obvious, apparently, [Keep reading]
I’ll admit it; I love March Madness. Even if I have a million problems with the way the NCAA runs its business (and, it is a business). As long as we are all losing precious work hours checking in on our brackets, we might as well learn something. CNBC / [Keep reading]
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