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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For Small Businesses, Cyberattacks Are Felt Long After A Data Breach
For Small Businesses, Cyberattacks Are Felt Long After A Data Breach
July 30, 2019  |  B2B Payments

In the wake of some high-profile cyberattacks on small businesses and local governments, new research suggests that the pain points of such incidents last long...

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Hacker Arrested In Capital One Breach Affecting 100M+ 
Hacker Arrested In Capital One Breach Affecting 100M+ 
July 30, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A former Amazon systems engineer working for Capital One is said to be the woman behind a breach that accessed the data of over 100...

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Thousands Of Users’ Data Exposed By FormGet Security Flaw
Thousands Of Users’ Data Exposed By FormGet Security Flaw
July 25, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

A security researcher reached out to a news outlet about a massive security flaw at Formget, a company based in Bhopal, India that provides email...

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Robinhood Users’ Passwords May Have Been Exposed
Robinhood Users’ Passwords May Have Been Exposed
July 25, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The popular stock trading app Robinhood sent an email to customers warning that some passwords were mistakenly stored in a readable format and that users...

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India’s Jana Bank Left KYC Customer Data Exposed
India’s Jana Bank Left KYC Customer Data Exposed
July 25, 2019  |  B2B Payments

A so-called “small finance” bank in India has reportedly left sensitive data on 2.6 million of its customers exposed without password protection, according to Security...

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Equifax Reports Slight Q2 Revenue Bump As Breach Deal Looms
Equifax Reports Slight Q2 Revenue Bump As Breach Deal Looms
July 24, 2019  |  Earnings

Equifax on Wednesday (July 24) reported that its second quarter 2019 operating revenue hit $880 million, up slightly from the approximately $877 million reported for...

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Bitcoin Daily: QuickBit Confirms Data Breach Impacting 300K Users; Iran Says Crypto Mining Is Legit
Bitcoin Daily: QuickBit Confirms Data Breach Impacting 300K Users; Iran Says Crypto Mining Is Legit
July 23, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Swedish cryptocurrency exchange QuickBit revealed to investors that it accidentally leaked 300,000 customer records via an unprotected MongoDB database. “QuickBit has recently adopted a third-party...

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Equifax Nears $700M Settlement For Data Breach
Equifax Nears $700M Settlement For Data Breach
July 21, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

The 2017 Equifax data hack affecting more than 143 million people worldwide will cost the company about $700 million.  The credit reporting company is close...

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Another 2.2M Patients’ Data Exposed In AMCA Data Breach
Another 2.2M Patients’ Data Exposed In AMCA Data Breach
July 17, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL) is the latest victim of a data security breach at the billing collections service American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). Some 2.2...

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