data theft
The sad reality of data security
Hacktivists, criminals, nation states, malicious or careless insiders – all these are fueling the need for data protection and risk management within enterprises. The …
Utah data breach numbers 750K+ victims
Social Security numbers of some 280,000 Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Plans users and “less sensitive” information on 500,000 more of them has …
Sophos finds unauthorized RATs on server, takes partner portal offline
Renowned security firm Sophos has taken down one of its partner portals (located at ) following the discovery of a compromise of the server on which it’s hosted. …
1.5 million cards compromised in Global Payments breach
A massive breach of the processing system of Atlanta-based Global Payments has been confirmed by the company. “The company believes that the affected portion of its …
Call center employees are selling user information
Indian call center employees sell confidential data belonging to users for as little as $0.03, reports the Daily Mail. According to the news outlet, reporters from The Sunday …
Top cause of data breaches? Negligent insiders
Negligent insiders are the top cause of data breaches while malicious attacks are 25 percent more costly than other types, according to the Ponemon Institute. The study also …
Confidential documents are leaving the workplace
90% of Americans believe people remove confidential documents from the workplace, even though most adults (79%) say taking confidential files outside the office is grounds for …
TRICARE data theft was targeted?
When sensitive data of nearly 5 million TRICARE patients was compromised last September due to the theft of backup tapes from an employee’s car, the company quickly …
Higher education breaches significantly down
In a year highlighted by the biggest data security breaches on record, the higher education vertical appears to have had a reprieve relative to prior years in terms of overall …
Privacy concerns impacting what people buy
Concerns about data security and privacy are impacting what people buy and which companies they do business with, according to a new Edelman study. Data security and privacy …
Most companies blame employees for data breaches
Employee negligence or maliciousness is the root cause of many data breaches, according to the Ponemon Institute. Over 78 percent of respondents blame employee behaviors, both …
British student jailed for hacking Facebook
26-year-old software development student Glenn Mangham has been sentenced to spend eight months in jail following his hack into several Facebook servers between April and May …
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