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Hunter Biden Shirks Blame for Laptop Breach

The saga of the “laptop from hell” continues. If you aren’t familiar with the story, in 2019 first son Hunter Biden took his laptop in for repair and then never returned to pick it up. After several weeks, the new owner accessed personal data and then shared that information. Lawyer Says Hunter Biden is Trying to Shirk Blame for Laptop Breach Who is to blame? Hunter Biden is blaming the repair shop and the owner for this laptop breach, who made a data copy for himself before turning the information over to the feds. Either way, the laptop held personal information that was not protected or cared for responsibly. Read

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Maureen Kelly April 18, 2023
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Data Breach

Nearly 50 Million Have Had Their Health Data Breached

Over the last few years, healthcare organizations, both providers and insurers, in almost every state in the U.S. reported their health data breached. Hacking accounted for 75 percent of all healthcare data breaches. With the healthcare industry’s move to digital and an increase in remote work, there are now, more than ever, more avenues for attack. This is a widespread issue that raises significant privacy and security concerns for consumers and the industry. Remove the risk of having your own health data breached! Opal Lock provides you with the unmatched peace of mind that only hardware-based encryption can offer. We have a variety of packages available to meet the needs

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Maureen Kelly March 31, 2023
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Data Breach

Fox News Database with 13 Million Records Exposed

A Fox News database, that was not password-protected, allowed access to about 13 million Fox News records to be exposed. Records Exposed When National News Company is Hacked The files contained information about Fox News affiliate stations, storage details, internal Fox emails, usernames, employee ID numbers, and more. According to reports, one folder contained 65,000 names of famous people, members of the cast and crew, and their internal Fox identification reference numbers. You can read the full story here. Opal Lock Can Prevent This from Happening to You  Fox News’ recent breach put the sensitive data for their company, affiliates, and employees at risk. Opal Lock provides you with the

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Maureen Kelly February 22, 2023
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Data Breach

BetMGM Confirms a Data Breach of Over 1 Million Customers

MGM Resorts-owned online sports betting company BetMGM confirms a data breach the same day hackers offered to sell a database containing the information of 1.5 million BetMGM customers. The company is now offering to pay for two years of free credit monitoring and identity restoration services to the customers who were impacted. You can read the full story here. Stop Hackers In Their Tracks With Opal Lock MGM’s recent breach highlights the ongoing battle to keep sensitive data out of the hands of malicious hackers. Opal Lock provides you with the unmatched peace of mind that only hardware-based encryption can offer. We have a variety of packages available to meet

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Maureen Kelly February 9, 2023
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Data Sanitization

Secure Your Data with Proper Disk Drive Disposal

Properly disposing of disk drives is crucial in ensuring the security of sensitive information. Unfortunately, as seen in the Morgan Stanley data breach, not all companies take the necessary steps to protect their data. However, using products like Opal Lock can provide a solution to this problem! The Opal Lock Solution Opal Lock is a data security solution that protects data stored on disk drives using hardware-based encryption. This means that even if the drive is removed from the device, the data on it is encrypted and unreadable. This gives individuals and organizations that need to dispose of old disk drives peace of mind, as the data stored on them

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Maureen Kelly January 26, 2023
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Data Protection

Lost USB Drive Exposed the Data of Half a Million People

An IT worker in Japan had a few too many cocktails after work in Amagasaki, Japan. He decided to sleep it off on the streets, and when he woke up the following morning, he found his backpack was missing. USB Drive with Entire City’s Personal Data Lost After a Night Out One might chalk that up to an inconvenient lesson learned, but unfortunately the contents of that backpack were beyond valuable. One Mistake Led to a Big Problem Inside that backpack was a USB drive he used for work containing the birthdates, addresses, and bank account information of nearly half a million Amagasaki residents. Read The Full Story Protect Stolen

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Maureen Kelly January 19, 2023
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Data Sanitization

Data Sanitization is the Green Solution

Where does data go when it’s no longer needed? Data Sanitization to Prevent Waste! Companies often have untold terabytes of data stored on hard drives that they no longer have a use for, but it’s still essential that the data isn’t accessible. Why Should You Sanitize Hard Drives, Not Destroy Them? Unfortunately, this has led to the solution of simply destroying the hard drive through shredding, breaking, or burning it, and then throwing it in a landfill. Not only is this bad for the environment, but it underestimates the ability of bad actors. The truth is, information can still be accessed on a hard drive even when it’s been “destroyed”.

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Maureen Kelly January 13, 2023
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Cyber Security

New Year Data Security Resolutions

Whether you’ve never considered your personal security before or have been meaning to do so for a while, this is the year to make changes. Spamming, phishing, and ransomware are real-world threats that every internet user faces on a daily basis. Passwords continue to leak in massive corporate breaches, and people own an increasing number of devices that can be hacked. There’s no denying that adding more security to your life requires some effort and inconvenience. Taking digital security precautions is slightly annoying but very doable, just like locking your bike instead of simply leaning it against a tree. So go for it! The first step is to cross off

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Maureen Kelly December 30, 2022
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Data Protection

Protect Your Data with Opal Lock

The holiday season is a time when your critical information is the most vulnerable. Unfortunately, we live in a day and age where if you set down your mobile device or computer in a public place, it can be gone in a second. Theft can happen at any time and can cost you plenty of money. It is the same case with your personal information. Don’t wait idly by… protect yourself and your data with Opal Lock today. We protect you by setting up drive encryption and password protection, locking your drives, and reverting setup when needed. Download and safeguard your data today! Opal Lock Features Supports up to five

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Maureen Kelly December 21, 2022
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Data Breach

Your Personal Information May Have Been Mishandled in a Data Breach

The SEC charged Morgan Stanley with extensive failures in protecting the personal identifying information (PII) of about 15 million customers. Morgan Stanley will be paying a $35 million penalty fee for selling used hard drives on eBay without first sanitizing the drives. Since at least 2015, Morgan Stanley has not properly disposed of devices holding sensitive customer data, according to the settlement. Sanitizing hard drives in the traditional way is very costly and time consuming. It typically takes up to 10 hours to sanitize one drive. Using a drive shredder, which physically breaks down hard drives into small pieces, is also costly and results in unnecessary and environmentally unfriendly physical

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Maureen Kelly November 23, 2022
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Data Breach

Do you leave your home without set the lock, and hope the theft never find out? Do you leave your work without lock your system and close your door? Data is your property, protect it before you lost it. Use Opal Lock for your data protection. “Data Breach” is defined in the Wikipedia as a security violation, in which sensitive, protected or confidential data is copied, transmitted, viewed, stolen or used by an individual unauthorized to do so. Hard drive or USB drives are the potential target for the data breach. Lost or stolen computers can cost significant damage to the owners and the owner’s organizations. According to current CCPA

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Maureen Kelly December 6, 2021
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Fidelity Height LLC Releases Opal Lock Software for Data Security Protection on October 1, 2021

On October 1, 2021, Fidelity Height LLC will launch its HDD and SSD Opal Self-Encryption Drive (SED) software for the MS Windows application called Opal Lock software. (https://fidelityheight.com/) Opal Lock is a Windows security application that utilizes TCG (Trusted Computing Group)SED (Self-Encrypting Drive) technology and provides a software solution for managing hardware-based full-disk encryption (FDE). Users are given the ability to set up a password to be used for authentication to unlock and manage their TCG SEDs. Additionally, Opal Lock displays the current status and detailed information about the drives on the system. “As a professional storage application vendor, Fidelity Height LLC is happy to present the Opal Lock software

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Maureen Kelly September 30, 2021
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