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Marriott: Data Breach Hits 500M Starwood Guests

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30) that as many as 500 million guests’ data was accessed, tied to a breach of the Starwood hotel guest reservation database. The company also stated that credit card data may have been compromised even though it had been encrypted.

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Mobile App TeenSafe Leaks Parent And Child Data

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TeenSafe assures parents that the app “employs industry-leading SSL and vormetric data encryption to secure your child’s data. Your child’s data is encrypted — and remains encrypted — until delivered to you, the parent.”. Both of the servers were pulled offline after ZDNet alerted the company. “We

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The Evolution of Biometric Security Technologies 

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These traits are virtually impossible to duplicate or forge, making biometric security an attractive alternative to traditional methods like passwords or knowledge-based authentication. To address this, many systems now use encryption and secure storage techniques such as on-device storage.

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How to solve challenges in bank statement verification using AI

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Data matching: Key details—such as balances, transactions, and account holder information—are compared with internal records or third-party databases. Third-party integration: Connect to government databases and services like Plaid and Yodlee (US and Europe) to confirm reported incomes.

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How to Use AI in Bank Statement Processing

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Set up rule-based workflows to identify and remove any duplicate entries and human review for complex or ambiguous transactions. Regularly analyze reasons for variances (for eg: format differences, fraud, duplicate records) Discrepancy identification During reconciliation, any mismatches are flagged for further review.

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President Obama On The ‘Cyber Arms Race’

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He added that the intention was to not “duplicate a cycle of escalation” that has been seen in the past. The sensitive data, which the Yahoo-like site supposedly did not encrypt, included usernames, email addresses and passwords. We’re moving into a new area here where a number of countries have different capacities.”.

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What Is Blockchain Technology?

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One answer: use a database — a ledger. Hashes, public-private key encryption, segregated witness, sidechains, forks, and block size, among other elements, fall outside of the scope of this piece. A common digital history is important because digital assets and transactions are in theory easily faked and/or duplicated.