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2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed (www.tomsguide.com)

submitted 3 months ago by fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 108 points 3 months ago (22 children)

With a breach of this size, I think we're officially at the point where the data about enough people is out there and knowledge based questions for security should be considered unsafe. We need to come up with different authentication methods.

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 35 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Private keys for everyone.

[–] zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You get a private key! And you get a private key! And you get a private key!

[–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Indian accent: Hello, this is Microsoft support. Your private key is being hacked and you need to give it to us immediately for safe keeping.

WCGW?

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