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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

Experts Mixed On Protecting Unregulated Data
Experts Mixed On Protecting Unregulated Data
November 02, 2015  |  News

There’s no shortage of massive data breaches hitting headlines around the world, and while there are big implications when payment data is compromised, the same...

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Web Host Data Breach Cost 13M Users Their Passwords
Web Host Data Breach Cost 13M Users Their Passwords
October 29, 2015  |  International

The usernames and passwords of millions of users of Lithuanian web hosting company 000webhost may have been compromised as the result of a recent data...

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TalkTalk Payment Breach Could Cost Millions
TalkTalk Payment Breach Could Cost Millions
October 26, 2015  |  International

In what could be regarded as one of Britain’s biggest online security breaches, British broadband provider TalkTalk confirmed the private payment and bank data of...

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Russian Hackers Hit Dow Jones Servers For Trading Secrets
Russian Hackers Hit Dow Jones Servers For Trading Secrets
October 19, 2015  |  News

Late last week, Bloomberg reported Russian hackers had targeted the servers of media company Dow Jones in order to steal stock trading information. People familiar...

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Major Banks’ Breach Left Accounts Vulnerable For Years
Major Banks’ Breach Left Accounts Vulnerable For Years
October 16, 2015  |  News

A major account authentication flaw might have exposed as many as 23,000 customers of Halifax and Bank of Scotland to fraud and data theft for...

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Did Lyft’s CTO Hack Uber?
Did Lyft’s CTO Hack Uber?
October 08, 2015  |  News

While it’s still unclear who was behind a data breach that ultimately compromised the names and license numbers of nearly 50,000 Uber drivers back in...

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