Mars Hydro is a leading Chinese brand producing a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT) devices for indoor gardening and the hydroponics industry. It specializes in designing energy-efficient LED grow lights catering to various plant growth stages, from seedling to flowering, ensuring optimal yield for users.

The Coast Guard is the only branch of the United States military in the Department of Homeland Security. It enforces federal law, controls the nation’s borders and maritime Approaches, and protects the United States ports and waterways. The premier maritime law enforcement agency has about 55,000 civilian employees and military service members. Like any other military branch, the Coast Guard maintains systems that store national security intelligence and personnel records.

DeepSeek, founded by Liang Wenfeng, is an AI development firm located in Hangzhou, China. The company focuses on developing open source Large Language Models (LLMs) and specializes in data analytics and machine learning. DeepSeek gained global recognition in January 2025 with the release of its R1 reasoning model rivalling OpenAI's o1 model in performance but at a substantially lower cost.

Community Health Center (CHC) is a non-profit founded in 1972 and headquartered in Middletown, Connecticut. It offers a broad range of services, including dentistry, primary care, urgent care, specialty medical services, and behavioral health. CHC provides healthcare services to residents in various parts of the state, including Bristol, Hartford, Waterbury, Middletown, Stamford, and New Britain.

PowerSchool was founded in 1997 and is known for its expertise in providing cutting-edge education technology within the education community. It currently serves over 60 million students globally. The company has a robust intelligent system tailored to meet each student’s individual needs and serves educators in over 90 countries globally, including the United States. PowerSchool has its headquarters in Folsom.

Popularly known as text messages, SMS messages are one of the widely used communication channels by Americans. They are generally used for various purposes. For instance, besides being a channel of communication among individuals, several millions of Americans rely on SMS systems to access and secure their social media, email, and online banking accounts, particularly through OTPs (one-time-passcodes), which are typically delivered via SMS.

Recently, the security team at LEAKD.COM discovered that about 5 million United States credit cards and users’ personal details had been leaked online. This discovery came about when the security team found 5 terabytes of sensitive data exposed on an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, a cloud storage service provided by Amazon Web Services that is used to store customer information. According to the security team at LEAKD.COM, the party responsible for this credit card leak/breach remains unknown.

Established in 1920, Scholastic is an American-based multinational and the largest publisher and distributor of children’s books globally. The company’s global headquarters is in New York City. It offers digital and print resources to support learning for pre-kindergarten to grade 12 students. Some of the corporation’s popular children's book series are Clifford the Big Red Dog, Harry Potter, Goosebumps, SPY, Animorphs, and Hunger Games.

Data is everywhere in the digital realm, on cell phones, tablets, PCs, and Macs. Even smart TVs, game controllers, and home appliances have data now. With too much data being generated, should we protect all of this content or specific items relevant to protecting their personal security? Everyone using smart devices must understand how data is generated and how long we should keep the data. How can you determine if someone has compromised your data?

Founded in 2018, MC2 Data is based in Florida and specializes in background check services. MC2 aggregates data from several records to provide background check services to landlords, employers, and other organizations. The company is said to operate other services, including PeopleSearch USA, PrivateReports, PrivateRecords.net, PeopleSearcher, and ThePeopleSearchers.