Arcadia Data Breach: Disaster Alert Emails May Have Leaked
Residents handed over an email address to get alerts. One intrusion at the vendor behind those alerts may have put that address at risk in town after town.
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Articles by Ahsan Luqman
271 articlesAn Email Alias Is Only as Safe as the Provider Behind It
One forwarding provider sits behind every alias you own. Its storage and logging decide whether the alias protects you. Here is how to judge it.
Commune Slices Now Add Real Names and Home Addresses
Yamaha Motor's PAS Life slice adds real names and home addresses for ~1,600 members. New Commune disclosures keep adding fields, not victims.
Stop One Leaked Password Opening Every Account You Own
A password from an old breach can still open your accounts. Credential stuffing replays real pairs, and making every login different starves it.
Got an iRhythm Breach Letter? 360,000 Affected in Filings
iRhythm's notice never gave a victim count. State filings did: 298,647 Texans, 69,526 South Carolinians. The number was in the paperwork, not the letter.
Your email is for sale, and opt-outs only prune the listing
Your email address is listed for sale by companies you never met. Opt-outs prune the listing. A killable alias fixes the trade itself.
You Cannot Stop Spam Emails Forever, but You Can Starve Them
No one can stop spam emails permanently. One alias per site, tight filters and breach checks get you near zero. Here is how each layer works.
Suzuki, Mizkan Name Slices of the Commune Breach Email File
Suzuki's car-owner community and a vinegar maker's fan garden just named their slices of the Commune breach: new disclosers on the same stolen email file.
ApplyNow breach leaked 928 civil-service applicants
Fuji and Shimada cities confirmed 928 civil-service applicants' data leaked from vendor ApplyNow: names, phones, emails. The impersonation calls are the real threat.
The Breach Is the Setup. The Phishing Email Is the Punch
After a leak, your inbox changes. The mail knows your name, the notice you expect. This is how post-breach phishing works and the check that exposes it.