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Security Threats: To Defend and Protect

In: How to Speak Tech

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  • Vinay Trivedi

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In 2012, an attacker obtained around 8 million hashed passwords from LinkedIn and eHarmony. Before long, LinkedIn was confronted with a $5 million class-action lawsuit over its security practices. It seems as if every month a major security breach at some large company hits the news, alarming or harming users and driving them to seek minimal exposure and avoid openness. The Internet presents fields of opportunity for virtuous entrepreneurs and customers, but malicious people prowl the Internet too.

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  • Vinay Trivedi, 2014. "Security Threats: To Defend and Protect," Springer Books, in: How to Speak Tech, chapter 0, pages 113-120, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4302-6611-2_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4302-6611-2_12
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