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Data breach exposes 1.6 million Washington state residents who filed unemployment claims in 2020

GeekWire

million people who filed for unemployment claims in the state in 2020. In addition to members of the general public, this group includes many state employees, as well as people whose identity was used to file for claims fraudulently in early 2020. SAO was reviewing all claims data as part of an audit of that fraud incident.

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State of Cybercrime 2020: FBI Report

SecureWorld News

Here is the report's opening paragraph: "In 2020, while the American public was focused on protecting our families from a global pandemic and helping others in need, cyber criminals took advantage of an opportunity to profit from our dependence on technology to go on an Internet crime spree. Business Email Compromise 2020.

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T-Mobile investigating report of customer data breach that reportedly involves 100 million people

The Verge

Motherboard reported that it was in contact with the seller of the data, who said they had taken data from T-Mobile’s servers that included Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and driver license information related to more than 100 million people. After reviewing samples of the data, Motherboard reported it appeared authentic.

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Online romance scammers stole more hearts (and money) in 2020 than 2019

Vox

In 2020, the amount of money people in the US lost to romance scams, which usually start online, surged 50 percent from the year before, jumping from just over $200 million in 2019 to more than $300 million, according to the Federal Trade Commission. I mean, they copied my picture into their driver’s licenses, into passports.

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Valve recaps a record 2020 for Steam and looks ahead to China launch this year

GeekWire

Steam’s user community broke a lot of records during the socially-quarantined year of 2020. It provides a look back on 2020, as well as a roadmap for what’s coming for Steam in 2021. Steam, like the rest of the games industry, had a banner year in 2020. Valve Software image). Bellevue, Wash.-based

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Fortnite honors Renegade creator Jalaiah Harmon with her own in-game emote

The Verge

It’s not clear whether Epic and Harmon struck some type of licensing deal, but it’s a possibility considering the developer’s rocky legal history with dance emotes. But quite often these dances were invented by black creators and later went viral on social media. pic.twitter.com/EeXtdcxubh — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) July 18, 2020.

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T-Mobile CEO calls latest data breach ‘humbling,’ claims it’s committed to security

The Verge

That includes this one, two in 2020 , plus one each for 2018 and 2019. Too bad it’s only happening after a hacker made off with enough IMEI/IMSI, driver’s license, and social security data to spend the next few years stealing identities and phone numbers at will. Will that put an end to this ridiculous streak of insecurity?

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