Date Breach news and trends

Anthem Racks Up Two More Lawsuits
News // February 20, 2015

Lawsuits are piling up over the data breach at Anthem, the second-largest U.S. health insurer, that exposed personal data about 80 million individuals. The latest was filed on Wednesday (Feb. 18) in Denver, the Denver Post reported. The class-action lawsuit names Mary Mellon, a Denver...

Airport Parking Companies: We Were Breached
News // January 15, 2015

Two online airport parking services have confirmed that they suffered payment card data breaches in December, Krebs on Security reported on Wednesday (Jan. 14). Park ‘N Fly previously said it hired multiple security firms to investigate breach claims after credit-card numbers apparently used at its...

IBM: Fewer Retailer Cyberattacks, More Data Stolen
News // January 08, 2015

The number of cyberattacks against retailers has dropped by 50 percent over the last two years, but thieves are getting much more data from a typical attack, according to new data from IBM — and much of it is coming directly through flawed e-commerce websites,...

The Latest POS Breach – Who and How
News // September 29, 2014

There’s more reported fallout from the databreach at sandwich-chain Jimmy John’s, with some 100 new restaurant victims identified and a confirmation from the chain that “an unauthorized person gained access to a user name and password that Signature Systems used to remotely access POS systems.”...

Quick Reads
Majority Of Breaches Caught By Outside Source

February 26, 2015
When cyberthieves attack, it takes months for anyone in the victimized organization to spot the breach — and increasingly, that doesn’t happen until law enforcement, banks or other outsiders flag an apparent problem, according to a new report by security company Mandiant. Mandiant’s “M-Trends 2015” report, which was released Tuesday (Feb. 24), found that the […]

Anthem Racks Up Two More Lawsuits

February 20, 2015
Lawsuits are piling up over the data breach at Anthem, the second-largest U.S. health insurer, that exposed personal data about 80 million individuals. The latest was filed on Wednesday (Feb....

Airport Parking Companies: We Were Breached

January 15, 2015
Two online airport parking services have confirmed that they suffered payment card data breaches in December, Krebs on Security reported on Wednesday (Jan. 14). Park ‘N Fly previously said it...

IBM: Fewer Retailer Cyberattacks, More Data Stolen

January 08, 2015
The number of cyberattacks against retailers has dropped by 50 percent over the last two years, but thieves are getting much more data from a typical attack, according to new...