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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Today In Data: TNS Survey Shows Customers’ Security Insecurities

Today In Data: TNS Survey Shows Customers’ Security Insecurities
Today In Data: TNS Survey Shows Customers’ Security Insecurities
September 18, 2017  |  Today In Data

According to a recent survey by Transaction Network Services (TNS), 85 percent of adults in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia believe fraud attempts...

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Why Regulation Won’t Fix Credit Reporting Agencies
Why Regulation Won’t Fix Credit Reporting Agencies
September 18, 2017  |  Regulation

Some of the most memorable television commercials of the 1970s and 1980s were those promoting E. F. Hutton’s brokerage services. When its tagline, “When E....

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Why Consumers Are Less-Than-Secure Over Payments Security
Why Consumers Are Less-Than-Secure Over Payments Security
September 18, 2017  |  News

How secure do you feel when it comes to payments? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Jumio CEO On Finding The Anchor Point For Digital IDV
Jumio CEO On Finding The Anchor Point For Digital IDV
September 18, 2017  |  News

What to do in the wake of the Equifax data breach: Run? Hide? Freeze credit? Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

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Democrats Introduce Credit Freeze Bill In Response To Equifax Leak
Democrats Introduce Credit Freeze Bill In Response To Equifax Leak
September 15, 2017  |  CFPB

After the Equifax data breach that exposed the personal information of around 143 million consumers, Democrats have introduced a bill to give consumers the ability...

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Equifax Hack May Hinder Ant Financial’s Chances Of Buying MoneyGram
Equifax Hack May Hinder Ant Financial’s Chances Of Buying MoneyGram
September 15, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

As a multi-agency advisory panel in the Trump Administration comes to the end of its review of Ant Financial’s acquisition of MoneyGram, the possibility of...

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FTC Launches Investigation Into Equifax Breach
FTC Launches Investigation Into Equifax Breach
September 15, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an investigation into the data breach at Equifax that impacted 143 million consumers. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Visa And Mastercard Warn Of 200K Vulnerable Credit Cards From Equifax Leak
Visa And Mastercard Warn Of 200K Vulnerable Credit Cards From Equifax Leak
September 15, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Visa and Mastercard are warning financial institutions across the country that more than 200,000 credit cards were compromised during the Equifax hack. Get the Full...

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Equifax CEO Vows To Make Changes, Protect Consumers In Wake Of Breach
Equifax CEO Vows To Make Changes, Protect Consumers In Wake Of Breach
September 14, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax Security chairman and chief executive officer Richard Smith recently penned an Oped in USA Today in which he vowed to provide protections to everyone...

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