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)

Retailer Hanna Andersson, Salesforce Are First Sued Under New California Privacy Law
Retailer Hanna Andersson, Salesforce Are First Sued Under New California Privacy Law
February 10, 2020  |  Legal

In retailing it’s usually a good thing when you’re the first to do something. Except when it’s a lawsuit. And except when you’re the first...

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DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
DOJ Indicts Four Chinese Army Spies For Equifax Hack
February 10, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Federal prosecutors charged four Chinese intelligence officers on Monday (Feb. 10) with the 2017 cyberattack on credit reporting giant Equifax, which was one of the...

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Inside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses
Inside The Fight For Digital Driver’s Licenses
February 10, 2020  |  Authentication

Biometric digital identity verification solutions are becoming more and more commonplace thanks to their implementation in everyday devices like smartphones and fitness wearables. Approximately 800...

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Deep Dive: Assessing And Tackling Debit Card Fraud
Deep Dive: Assessing And Tackling Debit Card Fraud
February 03, 2020  |  Next-Gen Debit

  Fraudsters have grown adept at finding debit cards’ weak points, and merchants are struggling to keep up. Losses due to false credit and debit...

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Breach Exposes Personal Data Of 1.2M SpiceJet Passengers In India
Breach Exposes Personal Data Of 1.2M SpiceJet Passengers In India
January 30, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

A breach of India’s SpiceJet, one of the country’s biggest independent airlines, exposed the data of more than a million passengers, per a report on...

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Digital Fraud Is An Inside Job
Digital Fraud Is An Inside Job
January 28, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

Is there no end to the devious creativity of cybercrooks? If they’re not grabbing stolen credentials off the Dark Web then they’re neck-deep in buyer-seller...

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DocuSign Wages War On Phishing
DocuSign Wages War On Phishing
January 23, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

More than 4.1 billion consumer accounts fell victim to data breaches during the first half of 2019 — to the tune of $4 million in...

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Tourism Data Hack Leads Greek Banks To Cancel Thousands Of Their Cards
Tourism Data Hack Leads Greek Banks To Cancel Thousands Of Their Cards
January 22, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

All four of Greece’s main banking institutions enacted security protocols after a data breach, and consequently cancelled 15,000 consumer cards, according to reports. After consumer...

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ICO Fines Dixons Carphone £500K After Breach Affects 14M Consumers
ICO Fines Dixons Carphone £500K After Breach Affects 14M Consumers
January 10, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Dixons Carphone is staring down the barrel of a £500,000 (about $650,000) fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office over an incident of compromised data that...

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