data theft
Are you prepared for dealing with a breach?
RSA, The Security Division of EMC, released the results of a new global breach readiness survey that covered thirty countries and compared those global results with a survey …
US to enact sanctions against foreign cyber attackers
US president Barack Obama has signed on Wednesday a new executive order aimed at imposing “sanctions on individuals or entities that engage in malicious cyber-enabled …
Data breaches drive identity theft and fraud
Data breaches are affecting consumers nationwide and residents in and around Washington, D.C. are not immune to the consequences. According to a survey by Experian, 57 percent …
Slack hacked, user database compromised
Slack, the company behind the popular multi-platform enterprise collaboration app of the same name, has announced that they have suffered a data breach in February. …
British Airways freezes some frequent-flyer accounts in wake of hack
Tens of thousands of British Airways customers have had their frequent-flyer accounts temporarily frozen in the wake of a security breach. “British Airways has become …
Premera breach: Are HIPAA standards too low?
Here’s an interesting twist regarding the Premera data breach revealed last week: the company has been deemed compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and …
Twitch forces users to reset password in wake of breach
Twitch, the popular Amazon-owned game streaming service, has apparently suffered a breach that might have resulted in the compromise of users’ personal information and …
Personal, healthcare info of over 11M Premera customers compromised
US healthcare provider Premera Blue Cross has suffered a data breach that resulted in a potential compromise of personal, financial and health-related information of as many …
When it comes to patient data privacy, compliance and security differ
If a name perfectly underscored a growing issue of concern, it’s Anthem. In February, the health insurance plan provider disclosed cyber attackers had breached its IT …
Three indicted for breaching Email Service Providers, monetizing stolen data
Viet Quoc Nguyen and Giang Hoang Vu, both citizens of Vietnam who resided for a period of time in the Netherlands, have been indicted on Friday for their role in a massive …
Anthem refuses comprehensive IT security audit after the breach
Recently breached US health insurer Anthem has refused to let The Office of Personnel Management’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) perform a full security audit of its …
Mandarin Oriental suffers credit card breach
Mandarin Oriental, the hotel group managing luxury hotels and resorts in Asia, Europe, the US and Latin America, has confirmed that “the credit card systems in an …