data breach

Fear Of Data Breaches And Unreliable Wi-Fi Networks “Holding Back” UK SMBs

Over three quarter of British small and medium businesses say workplace Wi-Fi is “business critical”

10 years ago

JPMorgan Hack Could Be Largest Ever Breach

The recent co-ordinated cyber attack on JP Morgan may be more serious and much larger than first thought

10 years ago

Disgruntled Staff Pose Insider Threat Risk, FBI Warns

Beware the threat from within, says new warning about the hacking risk from unhappy employees

10 years ago

Up To 1.4m Viator Users Have Passwords And Credit Card Details Stolen

Viator warns customers about data breach two weeks after it happened

10 years ago

Experts Condemn eBay After XSS Attack Puts Users At Risk

Security experts have condemned the online security at eBay after another attack exposes user data

10 years ago

Home Depot Confirms Massive Security Breach

The US retailer has confirmed hackers had access to its point-of-sale systems for as long as five months

10 years ago

US Banks Targeted In ‘Co-Ordinated’ Cyber Attacks – FBI Investigates

The FBI and Secret Service investigate reports that a number US banks suffered co-ordinated cyber attacks

10 years ago

US Homeland Security Contractor Warns Of ‘State-Sponsored’ Breach

A US Homeland Security contractor warns its systems have been breached in what it suspects was a “state-sponsored” attack

10 years ago

ICO Puts Legal Profession In The Dock Over Data Breaches

The ICO sounds alarm over the handling of personal data by the legal profession

10 years ago

Mozilla Admits Developer Password Breach

Red faces and embarrassment all round at Mozilla after a serious breach of developer details

10 years ago

Paddy Power Admits Historical Data Breach

All bets are off, as criminals fleece Paddy Power of its customer records - four years ago

10 years ago

ICO Fines Travel Company £150,000 Over Data Breach

Inadequate security resulted in the loss of more than a million customer credit and debit card numbers

10 years ago

ICO Report Identifies Eight Most Common Causes Of Data Breaches

ICO says the same mistakes are being made again and again

11 years ago

Bitly: Offsite Backup Hack To Blame For Breach

Bitly employee credentials stolen from a source code repository - and then used to hit the site's backup

11 years ago

Target CEO Leaves Following Epic Breach

Retail giant announces Gregg Steinhafel is stepping down as CEO to lead the company forward after its epic hack

11 years ago

Eircom Restores Webmail Service After ‘Intrusion’

Irish ISP urges users to change their passwords but says there is no evidence of data breach following shut down

11 years ago

Target Hires New CIO After Data Breach

Target appoints a veteran CIO to oversee security and technology at the giant US retailer

11 years ago

Verizon: Global Digital Espionage Rising

China said to be chief perpetrator, US the main target, with plenty of activity in Eastern Europe too

11 years ago

US Retail Giant Michaels Admits 3m Hit By Data Breach

Arts and crafts retailer says its stores, including Aaron Brothers outlets, had machines infected with malware

11 years ago

Germany Investigating Data Breach Affecting 18 Million

Three million of the affected people are in Germany, meaning many others are likely impacted

11 years ago

ICO Looks Into BT E-Mail Data Breach Claims

ICO looks into claims that BT exposed its users' email accounts during platform migration from Yahoo Mail

11 years ago

Target CIO Resigns Amid Ongoing Breach Fallout

US retailer Target is still reeling from its damaging security breach, as the CIO hands in her resignation

11 years ago

University Of Maryland Breach Leaks Over 300k Records

Law enforcement brought in after serious breach at a US university

11 years ago

Whistleblower: Barclays Customer Data Stolen And Sold For Scammers’ Use

Bank says it is looking into a report that data was stolen before being used and sold by rogue traders

11 years ago

South Korea Bank Data Breach Hits 15m

Epic data breach affecting a third of all South Koreans - believed to have been an inside job

11 years ago

Companies Fret Over Targeted Attack Success

Companies are increasingly concerned they will not get better at defending against sophisticated attacks

11 years ago

Adobe Admits Massive Security Breach

Adobe has reported a major security breach that could impact up to 2.9 million customers

11 years ago

More Companies Adopting Cyber-Security Insurance

While less than one-third of companies are currently insured against data breaches, that figure is growing, according to a new…

11 years ago

NHS Fined £200k After Computers Containing Patient Data Sold On eBay

One of the worst data breaches the ICO has ever seen leads to hefty fine for the NHS

12 years ago

Password Reuse Risk After LivingSocial Breach

Security experts are warning users about the dangers of password reuse after the LivingSocial database breach

12 years ago