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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Business, Customers Not On Same Page With Securing Personal Data

Business, Customers Not On Same Page With Securing Personal Data
Business, Customers Not On Same Page With Securing Personal Data
November 07, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

Centrify, an identity and assessment management (IAM) solution company, revealed on Monday (Nov. 6) the results of a survey that show businesses are not inspiring...

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Equifax Clears Four Execs Who Sold Shares Post-Breach
Equifax Clears Four Execs Who Sold Shares Post-Breach
November 03, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax announced that it has cleared four of its executives who sold shares before the company disclosed a massive data breach that exposed the personal...

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Hilton Settles Data Breach Suit for $700,000
Hilton Settles Data Breach Suit for $700,000
November 01, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The attorney general of New York announced a settlement with Hilton over the exposure of hundreds of thousands of credit card details, CNBC reported. The...

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State AGs Wonder Why Equifax Waited Six Weeks To Disclose The Breach
State AGs Wonder Why Equifax Waited Six Weeks To Disclose The Breach
October 30, 2017  |  Regulation

Five states’ attorneys general are investigating why exactly it was that Equifax didn’t disclose its data breach for almost six weeks after its discovery. Said...

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AIG To Add Cybersecurity To Policies In 2018
AIG To Add Cybersecurity To Policies In 2018
October 27, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

American International Group (AIG), the causality insurance company, is gearing up to look at all of its commercial policies with an eye toward including coverage...

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FinServ IT Professionals Grow Worried As Bank Breaches Climb
FinServ IT Professionals Grow Worried As Bank Breaches Climb
October 25, 2017  |  B2B Payments

Of all the sensitive personal data consumers and businesses would rather not see compromised, financial data is surely toward the top of the list. But,...

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Credit Karma To Monitor IDs For Free
Credit Karma To Monitor IDs For Free
October 24, 2017  |  Fraud Prevention

Credit Karma, the free credit monitoring company, announced news on Monday (Oct. 23) of the launch of free ID monitoring. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Whole Foods Resolves Data Breach
Whole Foods Resolves Data Breach
October 23, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The credit card data breach recorded at some Whole Foods locations has been resolved, according to a statement from the company. The breach, announced Sep....

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A Fraudster Speaks Out On Account Takeover Fraud
A Fraudster Speaks Out On Account Takeover Fraud
October 23, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

If fraud attacks are the flu, then the Equifax data breach was a raging fever: a symptom (albeit a dramatic one) of a larger illness...

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