data theft
Microsoft accessed Hotmail account to uncover internal leaker
This week’s charging of a former Microsoft employee for stealing the company’s trade secrets could have passed almost unnoticed were it not for an important detail …
Risks and opportunities of personal data, privacy, and trust
The increased number of stories on data breaches in the news today has many implications, for consumers it’s an increased risk of financial loss, identity theft and …
Sally Beauty payment card data breach confirmed
International cosmetics retailer Sally Beauty Holdings has confirmed that it has suffered a data breach that resulted in the possible theft of payment card data stored in …
Target failed to act on malware alerts and signs of breach
The massive Target data breach could have easily been prevented if only its IT team had the good sense to thoroughly check out the alerts it received from the $1.6 million …
EC-Council discloses hack of customer email accounts
The International Council of Electronic Commerce Consultants (EC-Council), an organization that provides training and certifications for security professionals, has finally …
290k+ users possibly affected in North Dakota University breach
Hackers have managed to access and to apparently misuse one of the servers used by the North Dakota University System, but there is no evidence that they made off with the …
50,000 Statista users affected by data breach
Customers of the biggest online statistics portal Statista are being notified that the company’s systems have been breached and the hackers likely made away with its …
Personal info of 12 million KT customers stolen and misused
Two men have been arrested in connection with the massive KT Corp. data breach that resulted in the theft of personal and financial information of some 12 million customers of …
Cyber crooks will go after medical records next
As security firms and law enforcement agencies continue to cooperate and successfully take down botnets, cyber crooks will be forced to look for new and more lucrative …
University of Maryland sets concrete cybersecurity goals in wake of data breach
The individuals affected in the recent data breach at the University of Maryland will be getting five instead of one year of free credit monitoring, the University’s …
Target hack spurred US businesses to spend more on cyber security
New research conducted this month reveals that the attacks on international businesses, including banks and retail giants such as Target, led to a significant 60% of US …
Details about Neiman Marcus breach revealed
The Neiman Marcus breach is not as bad as previously believed, as the number of potentially affected cards dropped from 1.1 million to approximately 350,000. “The number …
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