Data Breach

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.

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Retailer Hanna Andersson, Salesforce Are First Sued Under New California Privacy Law

Retailer Hanna Andersson, Salesforce Are First Sued Under New California Privacy Law
Retailer Hanna Andersson, Salesforce Are First Sued Under New California Privacy Law
February 10, 2020  |  Legal

In retailing it’s usually a good thing when you’re the first to do something. Except when it’s a lawsuit. And except when you’re the first...

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DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
February 10, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Federal prosecutors charged four Chinese intelligence officers on Monday (Feb. 10) with the 2017 cyberattack on credit reporting giant Equifax, which was one of the...

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Inside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses
Inside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses
February 10, 2020  |  Authentication

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Deep Dive: Assessing And Tackling Debit Card Fraud
Deep Dive: Assessing And Tackling Debit Card Fraud
February 03, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

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Breach Exposes Personal Data Of 1.2M SpiceJet Passengers In India
Breach Exposes Personal Data Of 1.2M SpiceJet Passengers In India
January 30, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

A breach of India’s SpiceJet, one of the country’s biggest independent airlines, exposed the data of more than a million passengers, per a report on...

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Digital Fraud Is An Inside Job
Digital Fraud Is An Inside Job
January 28, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

Is there no end to the devious creativity of cybercrooks? If they’re not grabbing stolen credentials off the Dark Web then they’re neck-deep in buyer-seller...

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DocuSign Wages War On Phishing
DocuSign Wages War On Phishing
January 23, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

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Tourism Data Hack Leads Greek Banks To Cancel Thousands Of Their Cards
Tourism Data Hack Leads Greek Banks To Cancel Thousands Of Their Cards
January 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

All four of Greece’s main banking institutions enacted security protocols after a data breach, and consequently cancelled 15,000 consumer cards, according to reports. After consumer...

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ICO Fines Dixons Carphone £500K After Breach Affects 14M Consumers
ICO Fines Dixons Carphone £500K After Breach Affects 14M Consumers
January 10, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Dixons Carphone is staring down the barrel of a £500,000 (about $650,000) fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office over an incident of compromised data that...

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