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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

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An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Fixed a server crash exploit Updated localization files via Steam RSS News Feed "https://ift.tt/3c4O8q1"

Why the Latest Marriott Breach Should Make Us "Stop and Think" About Security Behaviors

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Marriott International has experienced their second data breach after two franchise employee logins were used to access more than five million guest records beginning in January. Contact details, airline loyalty program account numbers, birth dates and more were collected -- but likely not Bonvoy loyalty account numbers, PINs or payment information. As noted, this is the second breach that Marriott has undergone in recent times, the first being through its acquired Starwood brand of hotels back in 2018 when it lost a large amount of personal information relating to its customers.  So here we go again. While this breach may not be as serious this time around, the big question is what will this do for customer trust in Marriott's brand and reputation.  "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on

Why the Latest Marriott Breach Should Make Us "Stop and Think" About Security Behaviors

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Marriott International has experienced their second data breach after two franchise employee logins were used to access more than five million guest records beginning in January. Contact details, airline loyalty program account numbers, birth dates and more were collected -- but likely not Bonvoy loyalty account numbers, PINs or payment information. As noted, this is the second breach that Marriott has undergone in recent times, the first being through its acquired Starwood brand of hotels back in 2018 when it lost a large amount of personal information relating to its customers.  So here we go again. While this breach may not be as serious this time around, the big question is what will this do for customer trust in Marriott’s brand and reputation.  “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me” comes to mind. Most organizations who have gone through a breach review their security procedures and policies – no one wants it to happen to them again – traditionally extra fu