Nov 21, 2016 | Data Breaches
Michigan State University has experienced a data breach, which it said took place on November 13th. It is believed that ‘only 449’ people are thought to have been compromised, after an unauthorized party gained access to its database (which contains over...
Nov 20, 2016 | Data Breaches
UK mobile company ‘Three’ has become the latest victim of a major data breach, with up-to six million customers reported possibly affected. Data that has been accessed includes names, phone numbers, addresses and birth dates. Three said that fraudsters...
Nov 17, 2016 | Data Breaches
The financial repercussions of a data breach have been highlighted by the $1 million fine handed out to Adobe Systems for a 2013 security incident. Roy Cooper, attorney general of North Carolina, said that businesses and government “must do more” to protect sensitive...
Oct 18, 2016 | Data Breaches, General Security
Netflix has found some of their customers’ username+password in data-dumps on the internet – when they found these re-used passwords, they reached out and recommended a password reset. This news was reported by AdWeek, where writer Steve Safran said on...
Oct 14, 2016 | Data Breaches
Vera Bradley, the maker of women’s handbags and accessories, said attackers compromised its payment processing system and were able to steal card data for customers who used cards in the company’s stores from the end of July through late September of this year. It...
Sep 22, 2016 | Data Breaches
Yahoo (YHOO, Tech30) has confirmed the reports that many millions of its users have had information compromised when “certain user account information was stolen from the company’s network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor.” The...
