Data Breach

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.

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Georgia Tech Data Breach Leaves 1.3M Exposed
Georgia Tech Data Breach Leaves 1.3M Exposed
April 04, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The Georgia Institute of Technology confirmed that it suffered a data breach that has exposed the personal information of 1.3 million current and former faculty...

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Facebook Devs Expose 540M User Records
Facebook Devs Expose 540M User Records
April 03, 2019  |  Facebook

Hundreds of millions of Facebook user records were exposed on cloud servers and publicly visible, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Earl Enterprises Acknowledges Data Breach Of 2M Cards
Earl Enterprises Acknowledges Data Breach Of 2M Cards
April 01, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Buca di Beppo, the Italian restaurant chain, reportedly knew about a data breach that resulted in two million credit card and debit numbers being stolen...

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982M Email Accounts Leaked From Online Database
982M Email Accounts Leaked From Online Database
March 29, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Close to 1 billion email accounts were leaked by a marketing company in what some researchers are calling the “biggest and most comprehensive email database”...

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Supreme Court Denies Zappos’ Request To Throw Out Class-Action Suit
Supreme Court Denies Zappos’ Request To Throw Out Class-Action Suit
March 26, 2019  |  Retail

The United States Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by online shoe company Zappos over a data breach in 2012 that compromised the information of...

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British Airways Employees Say Call Center Data Not Secure
British Airways Employees Say Call Center Data Not Secure
March 24, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Current and former staff at British Airways, the U.K. airliner, told The Financial Times this weekend that data has been handled insecurely and has been...

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Thinking Differently On Digital Payments And Data
Thinking Differently On Digital Payments And Data
March 19, 2019  |  Today In Data

Data breaches are a serious threat to the financial health of businesses and consumers. Is there a newer way to treat data that might also help...

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Tackling Fraud With P2P Payments
Tackling Fraud With P2P Payments
March 18, 2019  |  Today In Data

Companies are working to keep funds safe from bad actors as payments grow increasingly faster with person-to-person (P2P) solutions and real-time platforms. In addition, dollar...

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Report Finds CEO Pay Rises After Data Breach
Report Finds CEO Pay Rises After Data Breach
March 18, 2019  |  B2B Payments

A new research report from Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick has found evidence that corporate cyberattacks lead to higher profits for chief...

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