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TalkTalk breach: Third arrest, data already for sale, criminals targeting pensioners
News about the TalkTalk breach and the investigation of it are coming fast and thick. After the arrests of two teens (one in Northern Ireland, the other from Feltham) believed …
Second teenager arrested in connection with TalkTalk hack
Police have arrested a second teenage boy in connection with the investigation into alleged data theft from TalkTalk.On Thursday, 29 October, detectives from the Metropolitan …
Hackers put up for sale 13 million plaintext passwords stolen from 000webhost
000webhost, a popular free web hosting service, has suffered a data breach that resulted in the compromise of the name, email address and plaintext password of some 13 million …
Most are unaware of the seriousness of medical data theft
Most remain unaware of their vulnerability to medical data theft, and the fact that it can be far more damaging than credit card or social security number compromise, …
TalkTalk hack: Teenager arrested in Northern Ireland
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the investigation into alleged data theft from the TalkTalk website.“On Monday, 26 October, at …
TalkTalk breach: Attackers demand £80,000 for stolen data
UK Telecom TalkTalk revealed on Friday that its website has suffered an attack, that it has been taken down as a precaution, and that names, addresses, dates of birth, email …
What should companies do after a wide-scale data breach?
It is not always possible to prevent such attacks, however, it is possible to make them highly unlikely to succeed. It is also possible to limit the extent of possible damage …
Data of 4 million TalkTalk customers likely stolen in wake of website attack
TalkTalk, one of UK’s biggest telecoms, has suffered a “significant and sustained cyberattack” on their website, and it’s possible that personal and …
WikiLeaks publishes documents stolen from CIA director’s email account
CIA Director John Brennan’s private AOL email account has been hacked, apparently by teenage hackers with good social engineering skills.While it seems that the account …
Data dump points to a breach at Electronic Arts
Account details of some 600 Electronic Arts (EA) customers have apparently been leaked on Pastebin. The company has yet to confirm whether the leak is genuine. “At this …
Cyberattacks will cost U.S. health systems $305 billion
Cyberattacks over the next five years will cost U.S. health systems $305 billion in cumulative lifetime revenue. Accenture estimates that one in 13 patients – roughly 25 …
When it comes to breaches, time is the biggest challenge
A new SANS report includes results of a survey that polled 430 security and risk professionals from the SANS community, all working in private and public sector organizations …
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