What is Exactis -- and how did it leak the data of nearly every American

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Data broker Exactis tracks about 400 traits on every American. That information is now out in the wild. A hacker can drain your bank account using your email address. Listen to this Komando On Demand Podcast for a deep look into how this data got leaked by the company and what you need to do now.

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0:00.0	It seems like every other day there's news about another massive data breach.
0:05.0	Another week, another news story about a massive data breach.
0:08.0	Equifax.
0:09.0	But it clearly goes to the issue of control of the data, access to the data, and how that data is used.
0:14.0	Target.
0:15.0	I am just appalled by how poorly it's protected.
0:19.0	Home Depot.
0:20.0	Sensitive information. Cyber thieves making off with private information.
0:23.6	Yahoo.
0:24.6	It's your name.
0:25.6	Social Security number, birth date, driver's license, and addresses where you live.
0:30.6	Applebee's.
0:31.6	Serious negligence. So, oops, I guess.
0:36.6	And Facebook is under fire again.
0:38.7	After those popular quiz apps on the site, they expose the private data, get this, of up to
0:44.3	120 million users for years.
0:47.1	Now, you don't be sitting there saying, Kim, I already knew that.
0:50.1	That happened months ago.
0:51.3	No, no, no.
0:52.0	This is brand new breaking news just this past week,
0:55.8	that if you were on Facebook and you wondered, well, am I more like a hibiscus or an iris flower,
1:01.9	well, one of those quizzes, that they too got your personal data. Before it was the private information
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