August 07, 2019
Is It Time To Retire Passwords For Digital Authentication?
Even if one tried, it would be hard to ignore the near-constant reports of data breaches. Based on the flurry of consumers scrambling to get their $125 settlement from Equifax,...
August 01, 2019
Capital One Data Breach Sparks GOP Probe
House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republicans have started a probe into Capital One and Amazon over a massive data breach that affected millions, according to a report by the...
August 01, 2019
Pearson Breach Exposed Data Of 13K+ Students
Textbook publisher and educational software maker Pearson announced it was hacked at the end of last year, exposing the information of more than 13,000 students, The Wall Street Journal reported...
July 31, 2019
Italian Bank UniCredit To Investigate Capital One Data Hack
One of Italy’s most well-known banks, UniCredit, said that it was going to start its own probe into the Capital One data breach, according to Reuters. “On July 30, UniCredit...
July 30, 2019
US Lawmakers Respond To Capital One Data Breach
The Capital One data breach that affected millions and spawned an investigation by the New York attorney general as well as a class-action lawsuit, has a new set of detractors: U.S....
July 30, 2019
Capital One Hack Prompts Lawsuit, NY AG Probe
The security breach at Capital One that exposed 100 million credit card applications and thousands of bank accounts and Social Security numbers is rapidly seeing repercussions. On Tuesday (July 30),...
July 26, 2019
Digital Gains (Payments) Ground, Across Verticals
Companies across far-flung verticals reported earnings this past week – disparate enough so that one might not see the connections between, say, quick service restaurants, payment network giants and others....
July 24, 2019
Equifax Reports Slight Q2 Revenue Bump As Breach Deal Looms
Equifax on Wednesday (July 24) reported that its second quarter 2019 operating revenue hit $880 million, up slightly from the approximately $877 million reported for the same period last year....
July 22, 2019
Facebook FTC Settlement To Include Board Oversight
The Federal Trade Commission will soon announce the details of a settlement with Facebook over privacy violations, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal on Monday (July 22). The...