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Here Are 5 Things VTech Must Do After Its Holidays Data Horror

Performance Marketing

'Twas the nightmare before Christmas. Apologies to Hollywood director Tim Burton, but VTech's current public-relations disaster is one of the scariest holiday marketing tales of all time.


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Bomb Threat, Hack Attack Disrupt Sony PlayStation

Performance Marketing

Sony's PlayStation Network is back up and running today after a cyber attack caused a weekend-long outage. No user information was breached, according to a Reuters report.

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Retailers Are Finding That Data Vulnerability Can Undo Years of Brand Equity

Brand Marketing

Data breaches, as we have all learned, can be #EpicFails with far-reaching and destructive implications for brands.

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The Simplest Twitter Handles Are Worth Big Bucks

Performance Marketing

Yes, Twitter handles are big business with usernames selling for tens of thousands of dollars, and a case this week shows the nefarious lengths extortionists will go to steal the [...]

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CNN Twitter Feed Hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army

Performance Marketing

It appears CNN's Twitter feed was briefly hacked this evening by the Syrian Electronic Army, a frequent hijacker of Western news feeds. A series of posts around 6 p.m. Eastern [...]

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Snapchat Grapples With New Year’s Hack

Performance Marketing

Snapchat rang in the New Year with a hack.