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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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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FireEye Says Cisco Routers Vulnerable To Cyberspies
FireEye Says Cisco Routers Vulnerable To Cyberspies
September 16, 2015  |  News

Mandiant, the computer forensic arm of cybersecurity firm FireEye, has uncovered secret cyber attacks targeting routers made by Cisco. The highly sophisticated and stealthy malware...

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Health Insurer Data Breach Impacts 10M Members
Health Insurer Data Breach Impacts 10M Members
September 11, 2015  |  News

New York-based health insurer Excellus BlueCross BlueShield revealed Wednesday (Sept. 9) that its computer systems have been hacked, possibly exposing the data of more than...

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