Biggest Privacy Breaches in 2009
Your right to privacy is shrinking, but it’s happening quietly without much publicity. Identity theft steals far more than your privacy. So far in 2009, over 13 million records have been breached! Here are the top privacy breaches this year.
by Angie Porter
Cyberspace is the new Wild West frontier where sophisticated hacking is like having the fastest gun. Man-in-the-middle attacks are common place, while credit card PIN crackers lead the pack of cyber outlaws. Neither SSL websites nor the “smart” grid can be considered safe anymore. Lucifer, AKA a social engineer, may dwell on your friend’s list within instant messengers or social sites. Even if you manage to avoid tweeting your intentions, botnets, or clickjackers, the vast frontier of cyberspace is shrinking in regards to your privacy.
