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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Equifax Apology Tour: 2.5M More People Affected By Breach
Equifax Apology Tour: 2.5M More People Affected By Breach
October 03, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Ahead of Equifax’s former Chief Executive Richard Smith’s testimony to Congress, the embattled credit scoring company said an additional 2.5 million customers may have been...

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Cybersecurity Falls Short In September
Cybersecurity Falls Short In September
October 02, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Since Sept. 7, the media has been abuzz over the security breach at credit scoring company Equifax and the vast number of consequences the incident...

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Equifax Credit Freezes Worry Lenders
Equifax Credit Freezes Worry Lenders
October 02, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The Equifax hack is worrying U.S. lenders, who fear their consumer loan and credit card businesses could be hurt if scores of people lock or...

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Was The Equifax Breach State-Sponsored?
Was The Equifax Breach State-Sponsored?
October 02, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax’s massive data breach, which potentially exposed the personal information of 143 million consumers and the credit card numbers of 209,000 U.S. consumers, has some...

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The Surprise And No Delight Edition: Whole Foods, Sonic and BAMS
The Surprise And No Delight Edition: Whole Foods, Sonic and BAMS
October 02, 2017  |  Data Dive

The worst lines ever spoken in thriller/horror movies are “I’ll be right back” and “What else could possibly go wrong?” In the first instance, the person speaking those words...

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Call Centers: Batten Down The Account Takeover Hatches
Call Centers: Batten Down The Account Takeover Hatches
September 29, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

That the Equifax breach will be a major watershed moment in the history of data security, impacting consumers nationwide for years to come, is not...

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Equifax Gets Slapped With Subpeona From New York Regulator
Equifax Gets Slapped With Subpeona From New York Regulator
September 28, 2017  |  Legal

Equifax is facing yet another legal woe from its massive data breach. This time, New York State’s financial services regulator has issued a subpoena to...

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Synthetic Identities, Tailor-Made For Fraud
Synthetic Identities, Tailor-Made For Fraud
September 28, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

Familiarity doesn’t breed contempt in payments security; it builds breaches — the kind that linger and cost billions of dollars in losses tied to fraud. The synthetic ID may be fraudsters’...

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Equifax CEO Retires In Wake Of Data Breach
Equifax CEO Retires In Wake Of Data Breach
September 27, 2017  |  Personnel

Equifax, the embattled credit scoring firm reeling from a data breach that may have impacted as many as 143 million U.S. consumers, announced news on...

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