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

InterContinental Hotels Hacked?
InterContinental Hotels Hacked?
December 29, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), parent company to more than 5,000 global hotel locations including Holiday Inn, is investigating a possible data security breach in some...

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Three Years After The Target Breach
Three Years After The Target Breach
December 21, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

There was a time when data breaches were not a daily part of consumers’ day-to-day lives. Sure, credit cards got stolen or skimmed from time...

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Lynda.com Hacked; Impacts 55,000 Passwords
Lynda.com Hacked; Impacts 55,000 Passwords
December 20, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Lynda.com, the online learning unit of LinkedIn that is now a subsidiary of Microsoft, is the latest victim of a data hack. According to a report,...

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Attempted Cyberattack Cost Turkish Bank $4M
Attempted Cyberattack Cost Turkish Bank $4M
December 19, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Turkey’s Akbank financial institution was targeted by hackers via the SWIFT global money transfer system earlier this month. While the bank confirmed no customer data...

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Verizon Wants Yahoo Asset Sale Deal Repriced
Verizon Wants Yahoo Asset Sale Deal Repriced
December 19, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Yahoo’s second massive hack of its systems, this time affecting 1 billion customers, is prompting Verizon Communications to demand concessions, or it will walk away...

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New Yahoo Data Breach
New Yahoo Data Breach
December 15, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

In what feels like déjà vu, there’s more bad news for Yahoo users. The company announced Wednesday (Dec. 14) that a new cybersecurity breach incident...

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Only One In Four Orgs Can Detect Hack, Respond To A Data Breach
Only One In Four Orgs Can Detect Hack, Respond To A Data Breach
December 08, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

New research from global security and compliance solutions provider Tripwire revealed that only 25 percent of organizations have the technology needed to effectively detect and...

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Ashley Madison Rebuilds Trust After Data Breach
Ashley Madison Rebuilds Trust After Data Breach
December 01, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Adultery on-demand site Ashley Madison has had a lot of cleaning up to do since a hack in July of last year. Last summer, hackers breached...

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Who Raided Tesco — and How — Still Unclear
Who Raided Tesco — and How — Still Unclear
November 08, 2016  |  Safety and Security

Across the U.K., the questions surrounding Tesco’s cybersecurity breach remain: Whodunit — and how? At the moment of this writing, there are precious few answers....

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