The Top 10 Hacks And Cyber Security Threats of 2023

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Social engineering “most dangerous” threat, say 75 percent of security professionals

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Meta fires employees for allegedly hacking into user’s accounts

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Dropbox suffers data breach following phishing attack

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Google blocks “largest ever” web DDoS attack

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Kaspersky Antivirus added to US security risk list

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Google announces its acquisition of Mandiant

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Twitter confirms data from 5.4 million accounts has been stolen

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Suspected Grand Theft Auto 6 hacker arrested by UK police

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Samsung hit with class action lawsuit following data breach

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Samsung hit with class action lawsuit following data breach

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Unemployment Report Growth Likely Slowed

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