American Express India enabled a database to be accessible to anyone for longer than five days in October, according to a report in The Next Web. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
In what is being viewed as a huge security breach, The Economic Times of India reported on Tuesday (Nov. 6) that nearly all of the banks in Pakistan have been hacked. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
HSBC, the U.K. bank, disclosed on Tuesday (Nov. 6) that some of its U.S. customers had their accounts hacked in October. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Facebook and Google have signed up for new internet standards, which will require internet companies to respect data privacy and “support the best in humanity.” According to Financial Times, the standards were designed by World Wide Web Founder Tim Berners-Lee, who last week warned that...
The Radisson Hotel Group suffered a data breach that impacted its loyalty and rewards program customers, reported ZDNet. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...
Equifax has extended its free credit monitoring to all Americans affected by last year’s massive data breach, but this time, it’s using a service offered by rival Experian. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently called data privacy a “human right,” urging tech companies to do all they could to protect users from cyber threats. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
The U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday (November 1) a three-count criminal indictment charging two individuals in a conspiracy to launder billions of dollars embezzled from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the investment development fund. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
There may come a day, a generation or two from now, when stories about the data breaches and other hacking threats faced by payments and commerce operators in 2018 seem quaint — or, at the least, like relatively primitive foreshadowing of a new type of...