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Surfshark Discloses a Server Breach — and It's a Useful Case Study in Reading the Fine Print

VPN provider Surfshark disclosed this week that an unauthorized party accessed one of its internal test servers. The company says no user data or VPN traffic was affected — and the details of how it happened are more instructive than alarming.

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A Company You've Never Heard of Lost 150 Million Driver's Licenses

IDScan, a company that verifies driver's licenses for bars, dispensaries, and other businesses, confirmed this week that hackers stole more than 150 million license records from its systems. Most of the people affected have never heard of the company — and never chose to hand it anything.

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