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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Zuckerberg Suspended Facebook Share Sale In Q4
Zuckerberg Suspended Facebook Share Sale In Q4
January 04, 2019  |  Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg chose to not sell a single Facebook share in the last quarter of 2018. According to a Bloomberg report, this was the first...

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What Lies Beneath: FIs’ Biggest Cyberthreat
What Lies Beneath: FIs’ Biggest Cyberthreat
January 03, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

Well, let’s start with the bad news first, even at the risk of robbing some of the joy and optimism that comes with the new...

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Android Apps Feed Facebook User Data, Violate EU Reg
Android Apps Feed Facebook User Data, Violate EU Reg
December 31, 2018  |  Facebook

Some popular apps for Android smartphones are feeding data to Facebook without user consent, which could be a breach of the European Union’s (EU’s) General...

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2018 Data Breaches: The List No One Wanted To Make
2018 Data Breaches: The List No One Wanted To Make
December 31, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there have been 2,216 confirmed data breaches across 65 countries. Even more...

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Why ‘Knowing More Up Front’ Means Knowing Credit Unions’ Digital Future
Why ‘Knowing More Up Front’ Means Knowing Credit Unions’ Digital Future
December 28, 2018  |  Credit Unions

It may come as no surprise to readers that, when asked about what influences the use of one payment method over another, credit union (CU)...

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Facebook Breaches Stoke Calls For New Regs
Facebook Breaches Stoke Calls For New Regs
December 27, 2018  |  Facebook

The Facebook Cambridge Analytica breach and the knowledge that the company was selling private information to companies might mean that Congress will consider a version...

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2019 To See Increase In Nation-State Cyberattacks, Ransomware
2019 To See Increase In Nation-State Cyberattacks, Ransomware
December 27, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Will the New Year bring an increase in cyberattacks? According to one security expert, the answer is, unfortunately, yes. According to Robert Ackerman, Jr., founder and...

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Uber Faces Fine From France For 2016 Data Breach
Uber Faces Fine From France For 2016 Data Breach
December 20, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The French Data Protection Authority said Thursday (Dec. 20) that it fined Uber $460,000 over its 2016 data breach that exposed the data on 57...

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