Hacking

Consumer Alert: Protecting your personal information this holiday

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–  Tis the season to shop and for many of us, the convenience of online shopping makes pulling out those credit or debit cards easy. But as our Angela Rogers reports, it also makes it easy for hackers. She’s got tips to help you try and protect your information.   The season of giving is wonderful, but you don’t…

Wendy’s Says More Than 1,000 Restaurants Affected by Hack

Wendy’s says hackers were able to steal customer’s credit and debit card information at 1,025 of its U.S. restaurants, far more than it originally thought. The hamburger chain says hackers were able to access card numbers, names, expiration dates and codes on the cards. Some customer’s cards were used to make fraudulent purchases at other stores. In May, it said…

Should You Worry About 32 Million Hacked Twitter Passwords?

Yet another security outfit is reporting that millions of stolen passwords — this time, for Twitter accounts — are floating around the dark side of the internet. Should you be worried? In truth, it’s hard to say. And that’s rapidly emerging as the latest dilemma of digital life. The website LeakedSource said it received a cache of Twitter data that…