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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The Security Threat Of Bank-FinTech Collaboration
The Security Threat Of Bank-FinTech Collaboration
December 05, 2018  |  B2B Payments

When the data of 15 million T-Mobile customers was stolen in 2015, the mobile firm’s CEO immediately went into damage control mode. John Legere released...

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Quora’s 100M Users Affected By Data Breach
Quora’s 100M Users Affected By Data Breach
December 04, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Question and answer site Quora announced that it has been hit with a massive data breach that impacted 100 million of its users. “We recently...

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Marriott’s Unreported Hacks Leave Travelers Exposed
Marriott’s Unreported Hacks Leave Travelers Exposed
December 04, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The massive data breach revealed by Marriott last week might hurt its customers beyond the personal information that was stolen. On November 30, the company...

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Marriott Breach: Why The Worst May Be Yet To Come
Marriott Breach: Why The Worst May Be Yet To Come
December 04, 2018  |  Fraud Prevention

Let’s try this a different way, if only to make a vital point with insincerity. We must give credit to the criminals who engineered the...

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Jared And Kay Jewelers Fix Consumer Data Breach
Jared And Kay Jewelers Fix Consumer Data Breach
December 03, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Signet Jewelers, the company that owns Jared and Kay Jewelers, has fixed a massive data breach that allowed anyone to view the order information of...

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Draft Guidelines Clarify GDPR Scope
Draft Guidelines Clarify GDPR Scope
December 03, 2018  |  Regulation

As GDPR continues to take root, having an impact in Europe and beyond the confines of the continent, news came late last month that the...

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2015 Marriott Breach: Prelude To 2018 Cyberattack?
2015 Marriott Breach: Prelude To 2018 Cyberattack?
December 03, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Marriott International, which announced last week it was the victim of a hack in which the bad guys accessed its reservation database for Starwood properties,...

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Why Consumers Will Shrug Off The Marriott Breach
Why Consumers Will Shrug Off The Marriott Breach
December 03, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

In 1954, mathematician L.J. Savage published research about how consumers process information when making decisions. Dubbed the sure-thing principle, Savage’s work showed that consumers consider...

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How OfferUp Works To Safeguard Both Buyers And Sellers
How OfferUp Works To Safeguard Both Buyers And Sellers
December 03, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Digital marketplaces have become beloved by buyers and sellers — and fraudsters. Nick Huzar, CEO of OfferUp, says most current authentication standards are either too...

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