Data Breach

A data breach is the intentional or unintentional release of secure or private/confidential information to an untrusted environment.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Atrium Health Patient Database Breached
Atrium Health Patient Database Breached
November 28, 2018  |  Safety and Security

Atrium Health revealed that the data of about 2.65 million patients may have been compromised in a breach at its third-party provider AccuDoc Solutions. The...

READ MORE >
Urban Massage’s Customer Database Leaked
Urban Massage’s Customer Database Leaked
November 27, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

A popular London-based massage startup has leaked its entire customer database — and could face steep fines due to violating GDPR (General Date Protection Regulation)...

READ MORE >
Uber Gets Fined By UK, Dutch Regulators For 2016 Data Breach
Uber Gets Fined By UK, Dutch Regulators For 2016 Data Breach
November 27, 2018  |  Regulation

Uber was hit with a fine by U.K. and Dutch regulators on Tuesday (Nov. 27) for the data breach in 2016 that impacted millions of...

READ MORE >
Give SMBs A Break On Cyber Penalties, Researchers Argue
Give SMBs A Break On Cyber Penalties, Researchers Argue
November 27, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Two researchers from Bloomsberg University of Pennsylvania are arguing that small businesses should not be held accountable to the same level as large corporations when...

READ MORE >
IBM CEO Latest To Pile Onto Big Tech
IBM CEO Latest To Pile Onto Big Tech
November 27, 2018  |  Facebook

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is the latest tech executive to criticize web platforms, such as Facebook and Google, over their data collection practices. Rometty pointed...

READ MORE >
Facebook Fights UK Fine For Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook Fights UK Fine For Cambridge Analytica Scandal
November 22, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook plans to appeal a fine issued by the U.K.’s data watchdog in response to the social media site’s Cambridge Analytica scandal. An estimated 1...

READ MORE >
Glitch Exposes Amazon Customer Emails
Glitch Exposes Amazon Customer Emails
November 21, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

In what it described as a “technical error,” Amazon confirmed Wednesday (Nov. 21) that some of its customer names and emails have been exposed, and...

READ MORE >
Italian Certified Email Accounts Targeted In Cyberattack
Italian Certified Email Accounts Targeted In Cyberattack
November 20, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The government of Italy was hit with a major cyberattack, violating data privacy by exposing thousands of Italian certified email accounts, including around 9,000 magistrates, as...

READ MORE >
Third-Party Data Breaches Rise To 61 Pct In US
Third-Party Data Breaches Rise To 61 Pct In US
November 15, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Opus, the provider of global compliance and risk management solutions, announced Thursday (Nov. 15) the results of the third annual Ponemon Institute’s “Data Risk in...

READ MORE >