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4 of the Biggest Data Breaches in Banking

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Since the 2008 breach, Heartland Payment Systems suffered another data breach in 2015, when their Santa Ana, California office experienced a break-in. It happened in 2020 when 24 million customers’ data was stolen after a South African employee fell victim to a threat actor by relinquishing a series of crucial, sensitive information.

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Google Phantom3 Update - Let’s dig a little deeper | Simplilearn

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Everyone uses Google to search for information. If not, this post will help you understand how the 19th November 2015 Google update, called “Google Quality Update: Phantom 3”, impacted millions of websites. But did you know that Google also impacts your earnings to a great extent, if you have a business online? Read More.

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How Machine Learning Enhances Momentum of Cryptocurrency Price Movements

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They have also created numerous opportunities for informed investors to create diversified portfolios and take advantage of a market for assets that provide an exceptional ROI. The researchers analyzed daily market data from nearly 1,700 cryptocurrencies that were sold between November 2015 and April 2018.

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Encryption Importance in the Age of Data Breaches

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However, it ensures that those prying on you find it harder to gain access to the information you read or post on the net. In late 2015, Google took the initiative and declared that it would favor sites with HTTPS protocol over those that still didn’t. Encryption is a critical component for safeguarding sensitive information.

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Big Data Will Become Central to Healthcare Following The Pandemic

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With the sheer volume of information that patients are capable of producing and the heightened emphasis on the industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic , big data may yet develop into one of the most significant tools in maintaining the health of individuals and even anticipating the emergence of conditions that are yet to manifest in patients.

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What Are the Most Important Steps to Protect Your Organization’s Data?

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Big data can reveal trade secrets, financial information, as well as passwords or access keys to crucial enterprise resources. After a marginal increase in 2015, another steep rise happened in 2016 through 2017 before the volume decreased in 2018 and rose in 2019, and dropped again in 2020. They even go after meta data.

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5 Ways Big Data Has Revolutionized Invoicing Software

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In 2015, Spend Matters wrote a detailed report on the applications of big data in the e-invoicing industry. The client information is available on whatever CRM is in use, and it’s not too difficult to plug it into a readymade invoice. Big data is changing the nature of invoicing software in many ways.

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