When security experts discuss employees as potential sources of data breaches in the enterprise, it is often assumed that these security lapses are mistakes. But a new report is warning that, sometimes, an employee may be enticed to deliberately divulge sensitive corporate data to hackers....
When the news of the IRS data breach hit earlier this week (May 26), IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said the agency was “confident that these are not amateurs.” And a report that came out yesterday (May 28), indicates those suspicions have been confirmed. And the early...
January 08, 2024
Mortgage company loanDepot experienced a cybersecurity incident on Monday (Jan. 8). In a cyber incident update posted on its website on Monday at 6 a.m. ET and remaining there at 6 p.m. ET, loanDepot said that in response to the incident, it has taken certain systems offline and is working to restore normal business operations. “We are working quickly […]
May 29, 2015
When the news of the IRS data breach hit earlier this week (May 26), IRS Commissioner John Koskinen said the agency was “confident that these are not amateurs.” And a...