Panda Express is the latest to be hacked. What to do when your personal data are exposed
Los Angeles Times -

Another day, another report about a company exposing its customers' personal information to hackers or other unintended audiences. On Wednesday, Panda Restaurant Group (parent company of Panda Express, Panda Inn and Hibachi-San) revealed that hackers had obtained the personal data of an unknown number of employees. In previous weeks, Kaiser Permanente and AT&T announced unauthorized data releases affecting millions of their customers. The specifics surrounding what information was exposed in...

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