Cybersecurity

If you ever wondered why it is so easy to find your home address and other private information online, look no further than what recently happened in a courtroom in Maine.

The state recently passed one of the country’s strictest internet privacy laws, but they had to do so over the swift and severe objections of many of the country's biggest telecommunications providers.

According to Maine’s Attorney General, these companies hired "an army of industry lawyers organized against us."

This month, thousands of students finally returned to school classrooms. That’s the good news. The bad news? Ransomware has also gone back to school and is already causing trouble.

One of the fastest growing markets in online security is biometrics, a system in which you unlock devices like your cell phone using a fingerprint, voice recognition, or facial and iris (eye) recognition. It's billed as being safer since, unlike a password that can be stolen, your unique physical features are yours alone and cannot be hacked or duplicated.

The story of Elon Musk purchasing Twitter has evolved into a Musk vs. Twitter conflict that will be resolved in court. But there is an aspect to this story that has not been addressed, despite being the most critical to millions of Twitter users around the world.

The annual Court Leadership and Academy Conference recently concluded three days of meetings and presentations in Anaheim, California. The event was hosted by the National Association For Presiding Judges and Court Executive Officers (NAPCO).

You knew it was coming before it happened.

Days after the FBI executed a search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence, the judge that approved that warrant began receiving death threats.

Just months after Supreme Court justices found themselves in a similar situation, someone posted the judge’s home address on websites and posted anti-Semitic slurs that resulted in his synagogue canceling Friday night services as a precaution.

The more places that have your home address, the more likely that address will end up in a database that gets shared, purchased, or hacked. A post office box can help limit that exposure – but unfortunately, even here your identity and location are not as secure as they seem.

Many clinical social workers and therapists have found themselves caught up in a scam perpetrated by a company called CareDash.

We are pleased to announce that our company will offer 90 days of free online privacy protection for anyone impacted by the recent accidental disclosure of private information by the California Department of Justice (DOJ).

This breach revealed the personal information of individuals who were granted or denied a concealed and carry weapons (CCW) permit between 2011-2021. The information exposed included names, addresses, dates of birth, gender, race, driver’s license numbers, and criminal histories. 

The sole function of our IronWall360 privacy protection service is to protect you and your family, by making sure your private information is removed from the internet. This makes it understandably awkward when, as judges and police departments sign up for our service, the first thing we need to collect from them is…their private information.