Data Breach

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

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Microsoft Admits Breach Of Web-Based Email Accounts
Microsoft Admits Breach Of Web-Based Email Accounts
April 14, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Microsoft, the Redmond, Washington software giant, confirmed to reporters over the weekend that its web-based email services were hacked. According to reports citing Microsoft, the company...

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Study: Hotels Often Leak Guest PII
Study: Hotels Often Leak Guest PII
April 10, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A study by Symantec, a cybersecurity company, showed that two out of every three hotel sites have leaked personal data, which could include credit card...

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Wanted: Cybersecurity Aces — Mastercard, Partners Have A Plan
Wanted: Cybersecurity Aces — Mastercard, Partners Have A Plan
April 10, 2019  |  Mastercard

Here’s a bit of heresy for 2019: Data’s not everything. Sure, data often gets called the oil of the digital age — and data, as a...

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Georgia Tech Data Breach Leaves 1.3M Exposed
Georgia Tech Data Breach Leaves 1.3M Exposed
April 04, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Georgia Institute of Technology confirmed that it suffered a data breach that has exposed the personal information of 1.3 million current and former faculty...

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Facebook Devs Expose 540M User Records
Facebook Devs Expose 540M User Records
April 03, 2019  |  Facebook

Hundreds of millions of Facebook user records were exposed on cloud servers and publicly visible, according to reports. Security firm UpGuard posted about the news...

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Earl Enterprises Acknowledges Data Breach Of 2M Cards
Earl Enterprises Acknowledges Data Breach Of 2M Cards
April 01, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Buca di Beppo, the Italian restaurant chain, reportedly knew about a data breach that resulted in two million credit card and debit numbers being stolen...

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982M Email Accounts Leaked From Online Database
982M Email Accounts Leaked From Online Database
March 29, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Close to 1 billion email accounts were leaked by a marketing company in what some researchers are calling the “biggest and most comprehensive email database”...

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Supreme Court Denies Zappos’ Request To Throw Out Class-Action Suit
Supreme Court Denies Zappos’ Request To Throw Out Class-Action Suit
March 26, 2019  |  Retail

The United States Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by online shoe company Zappos over a data breach in 2012 that compromised the information of...

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British Airways Employees Say Call Center Data Not Secure
British Airways Employees Say Call Center Data Not Secure
March 24, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Current and former staff at British Airways, the U.K. airliner, told The Financial Times this weekend that data has been handled insecurely and has been...

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