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LastPass breached, hashed master passwords compromised
LastPass, the company behind the popular password management service of the same name, has announced on Monday that they have suffered a breach, and has urged users to verify …
OPM hack: Vast amounts of extremely sensitive data stolen
The extent of the breach suffered by the US Office of Personnel Management has apparently widened. Reports are coming in that the hackers have not only accessed Social …
Antiquated environment and bad security practices aided OPM hackers
By now, you’ve all heard about the massive breach at the US Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM), and that the attackers have accessed (and likely made off with) …
Personal info of 4 million US government workers compromised in OPM breach
Approximately 4 million US federal employees, both current and former, will start receiving a breach notification alerting them that their personal information has potentially …
70% of breaches are detected by a third-party
46 percent of organizations that have suffered a data breach took more than four months to detect a problem, and more than three months to mitigate the risk. Worryingly, the …
Hackers stole personal info of over a million of Japanese pensioners
Personal information of some 1.25 million of Japan’s pensioners has been compromised and some of it was leaked following a successful breach of Japan Pension …
Total cost of average data breach reaches $3.8 million
The average consolidated total cost of a data breach is $3.8 million, according to a Ponemon Institute study of 350 companies spanning 11 countries.The study also found that …
Reactions to the IRS hack that impacted 100,000 people
Cybercriminals were able to successfully steal tax forms full of personal information of more than 100,000 taxpayers through IRS’ Get Transcript application. This data …
Breach detection: Five fatal flaws and how to avoid them
When the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was passed, it fell on corporate security teams to translate its requirements into technical controls. That threw the IT Security function …
mSpy finally admits they’ve been hacked
After having first denied that they suffered a breach and had their customer’s data stolen and leaked on the Dark Web, mobile spyware maker mSpy has finally admitted …
Hacker leaks sensitive info of millions of Adult FriendFinder users
Information of over 3.5 million users of dating site Adult FriendFinder has been stolen and leaked online, and is being used by spammers, scammers and phishers, a Channel 4 …
Personal info of 1.1M customers stolen in CareFirst breach
CareFirst, a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, has announced that they have suffered a breach in which the attackers gained access to one of their databases.“Evidence …
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