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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FLEETCOR Reveals Gift Card Data Breach
FLEETCOR Reveals Gift Card Data Breach
May 04, 2018  |  Earnings

FLEETCOR Technologies, a provider of commercial payment services, reported a data breach as the company announced on Thursday (May 3) a 17 percent year-over-year revenue...

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Commonwealth Bank Of Australia Admits 2016 Customer Data Loss
Commonwealth Bank Of Australia Admits 2016 Customer Data Loss
May 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Commonwealth Bank of Australia has lost track of some 20 million customer statements scheduled for destruction two years ago — records that contain personal details...

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Data Breaches Are Stressing Americans, Canadians Out
Data Breaches Are Stressing Americans, Canadians Out
May 01, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Kaspersky Lab, the cybersecurity company, revealed in a new survey on Tuesday (May 1) that 81 percent of Americans and 72 percent of Canadians are...

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Access Group Education Leaks Data On Student Loan Borrowers
Access Group Education Leaks Data On Student Loan Borrowers
April 30, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Access Group Education Lending, the student loan servicing company, has been the subject of a data breach. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Uber Updates ‘Bug Bounty’ Payments Policy
Uber Updates ‘Bug Bounty’ Payments Policy
April 26, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Uber is changing its policy on bug bounties, payments to people who expose data security problems, Reuters reported on Thursday (April 26). Get the Full...

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Equifax Breach Costs Top $242M As Q1 Revenue Grows 4 Percent
Equifax Breach Costs Top $242M As Q1 Revenue Grows 4 Percent
April 26, 2018  |  Earnings

Equifax’s ongoing data breach recovery efforts will soon bring a new chief technology officer and other top security and IT talent to the credit scoring...

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GDPR’s Data Breach Notification Requirements Tripping Up Businesses
GDPR’s Data Breach Notification Requirements Tripping Up Businesses
April 26, 2018  |  B2B Payments

The U.K. is only weeks away from bringing its Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules into effect, and corporates are ill-prepared for the data security requirements, according...

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Equifax’s Data Breach Has Cost It $242.7M
Equifax’s Data Breach Has Cost It $242.7M
April 26, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax, the embattled credit scoring company that is still reeling from last fall’s massive data breach that exposed information on more than 145 million people,...

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Facebook Cleans Out Fake Accounts Selling SSN And Credit Card Info
Facebook Cleans Out Fake Accounts Selling SSN And Credit Card Info
April 25, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook has removed a number of accounts and pages that advertised the personal information of dozens of people, including Social Security numbers, addresses, phone numbers...

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